Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont explained

Native Name:German: Freistaat Waldeck
Conventional Long Name:Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1918–21)
German: Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont
Free State of Waldeck (1921–29)
Common Name:Waldeck-Pyrmont
Subdivision:State
Nation:the Weimar Republic
P1:Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Flag P1:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
S1:Free State of Prussia
Flag S1:Flag of Prussia (1918–1933).svg
S2:Province of Hanover
Flag S2:Flagge Preußen - Provinz Hannover.svg
S3:Province of Hesse-Nassau
Flag S3:Flagge Preußen - Provinz Hessen-Nassau.svg
Anthem:German: [[Mein Waldeck]]
Image Map Caption:The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (red) within the Weimar Republic (after 1921)
Capital:Arolsen
Government Type:Republic
Era:Interwar period
Event Start:German Revolution
Year Start:1918
Date Event1:1921
Event1:Pyrmont joins Hanover
Event End:Merges with Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau
Year End:1929
Stat Year1:1925
Stat Pop1:55750

The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (German: Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont), later the Free State of Waldeck (German: Freistaat Waldeck), was a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It was created following the German Revolution which forced Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont along with the other German monarchs to abdicate.

On 30 November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the city and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian province of Hanover. The remainder of the State was incorporated into the Free State of Prussia on 1 May 1929, following another plebiscite, and became part of the province of Hesse-Nassau. The territory is today part of the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse.

State directors (1918–1929)

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