Free State of Saxony-Altenburg

Free State of Saxony-Altenburg

coat of arms	flag
The previous small coat of arms of Saxony-Altenburg (the so-called Saxon rhombus coat of arms)	White-Green (Article 1 of the Act on the Provisional Regulation of the Constitution of March 27, 1919)
Situation in the German Reich
Arose from	Principality of Saxony-Altenburg
Incorporated into	State of Thuringia
Data from 1919
State capital	Altenburg
Form of government	republic
Consist	1918-1920
surface	1,323 km²
Residents	209,904 inhabitants
Population density	159 people / km²
Religions	96.2% Ev. 3.4% Roman Catholic 0.5% others
Reichsrat	1 vote
License Plate	SA
administration	1 city district and 3 administrative districts
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The Free State of Saxony-Altenburg was a free state in (today's) eastern Thuringia , which existed from 1918, the abdication of the Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, until 1920, when the State of Thuringia was founded. In terms of its layout, it was identical to the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg .

history

After Duke Ernst II abdicated on November 13, 1918, the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg was founded. The residential city of Altenburg then became the state capital of the new Free State. Wilhelm Tell became the leading minister of state of the transitional government . After the state elections, which took place on January 26, 1919, the parties SPD and DDP formed the new government. With the exception of Wilhelm Tell, it was composed of the transitional government. The new Minister of State was August Frölich (SPD). The Landtag of the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg passed a law on March 27, 1919 for the provisional regulation of the constitution.

On May 1, 1920, the Free State was opened in the state of Thuringia . Until April 1, 1923, it retained the status of a higher-order local authority association with its own regional government and regional representation as the "Altenburg area" . In addition, in the first 15 years after the Thuringian state constitution of 1921 came into force, a member of the state government always had to come from the Altenburg area.

Cities

city	Population (1919)
Altenburg	37,289
Schmoelln	10,924
Eisenberg	10,030
Meuselwitz	9,171

Administrative division

The Free State of Saxony-Altenburg consisted of the independent city of Altenburg and the three district offices of Altenburg , Roda and Ronneburg .

Election to the first state parliament

On January 26, 1919, the election for the first state parliament took place.

Election to the 1st state parliament in 1919
Political party	Voting share in%	Seats
SPD	58.55%	24 seats
DDP	24.64%	10 seats
DNVP	16.82%	6 seats

100% missing votes = not represented in the state parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joachim Emig: State Assembly of the Free State of Saxony-Altenburg and Area Representation Altenburg 1919–1923. In: Thüringer Landtag, Harald Mitteldorf (Ed.): The forgotten parliaments. State parliaments and regional representations in the Thuringian states and regions 1919 to 1923. Hain, Rudolstadt 2002, pp. 161–182.
2. ^ Bernhard Post, Volker Wahl: Thuringia Handbook. Territory, constitution, parliament, government and administration in Thuringia 1920 to 1995. Böhlau, Weimar 1999, p. 326.