Free State of Brunswick

Free State of Brunswick
Freistaat Braunschweig (German)
State of Germany
1918–1946
Flag of Brunswick
Flag
Coat of arms of Brunswick
Coat of arms

The Free State of Brunswick within the Weimar Republic

Territory of Brunswick (shown here with the post-World War II inner German border between East and West Germany)
CapitalBrunswick (Braunschweig)
Government
 • TypeRepublic (de facto until 1933)
National Socialist one-party totalitarian dictatorship (de facto 1933-1945)
Council Chairman 
• 1918–1919
Sepp Oerter
• 1919–1920
Heinrich Jasper
Minister-President 
• 1919–1920 (first)
Heinrich Jasper
• 1946 (last)
Alfred Kubel
LegislatureLandtag
Historical eraInterwar period
• Established
10 November 1918
• Abolition de facto
14 October 1933
• Disestablished
1 November 1946
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Brunswick
Lower Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Today part ofGermany

The Free State of Brunswick (German: Freistaat Braunschweig) was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic. It was formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German revolution of 1918–1919. Its capital was Braunschweig (Brunswick). In 1933 it was de facto abolished by Nazi Germany. The free state was disestablished after the Second World War in November 1946.