Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
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The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II
of Schaumburg-Lippe
on 15 November 1918. It was a state in Germany
during the Weimar Republic
, headed by a Minister President. The democratic government was suppressed during Nazi rule
. At the end of World War II the British military occupation government
decreed on 1 November 1946 the union of Schaumburg-Lippe, Hannover
, Braunschweig
, and Oldenburg
to form the new state of Lower Saxony
.
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Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was the last ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:...
of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.- History :...
on 15 November 1918. It was a state in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
during the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
, headed by a Minister President. The democratic government was suppressed during Nazi rule
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. At the end of World War II the British military occupation government
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during 1945–49. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe, US forces had pushed beyond the previously agreed boundaries for the...
decreed on 1 November 1946 the union of Schaumburg-Lippe, Hannover
Province of Hanover
The Province of Hanover was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation...
, Braunschweig
Free State of Brunswick
The Free State of Brunswick was the republic formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German Revolution of 1918–19. It was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.-History:...
, and Oldenburg
Free State of Oldenburg
The Free State of Oldenburg was a state of the Weimar Republic. It was established in 1918 following the abdication of the Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II following the German Revolution....
to form the new state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
.
Chairman of the State Council
- Heinrich Lorenz (SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
) (4 December 1918 - 14 March 1919)
State Councillors
- Otto Bönners (14 March 1919-22 May 1922)
- Konrad Wippermann (22 May 1922-28 May 1925)
- Erich Steinbrecher (SPD) (28 May 1925-7 October 1927)
- Heinrich Lorenz (SDP) (7 October 1927-7 March 1933)
- Hans Joachim Riecke (NSDAP) (1 April 1933-23 May 1933)
State presidents
- Karl Dreier (NSDAP) (25 May 1933-March 1945)
- Alfred MeyerAlfred MeyerDr. Alfred Meyer was a Nazi official, achieving the rank of Staatssekretär and Deputy Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories .-Early life:Meyer was born in Göttingen, the son of a government official...
(ReichsstatthalterReichsstatthalterThe term Reichsstatthalter was used twice for different offices, in the imperial Hohenzollern dynasty's German Empire and the single-party Nazi Third Reich.- "Statthalter des Reiches" 1879-1918 in Alsace-Lorraine :...
) (NSDAP) (16 May 1933-4 April 1945)
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