Free State of Brunswick

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The Free State of Brunswick was a short-lived German republic and constituent state of the Weimar Republic that emerged after World War I from the former Duchy of Brunswick.

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Free State 2
Free State of Brunswick canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German state
constituent state of the Weimar Republic
republic
capital Brunswick
continent Europe
country Germany
currency Papiermark
Reichsmark
followedBy Lower Saxony
surface form: State of Lower Saxony
formerMonarchyAbolished true
governmentForm republic
hasType Free State
historicalEra Interwar period
historicalRegion Northern Germany
language German
locatedInTime Weimar Republic
surface form: Weimar Republic era
namedAfter Brunswick
origin abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick
partOf Nazi Germany
surface form: German Reich

German states of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
politicalSystem parliamentary democracy
predecessorState Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
replaced Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick
shortLived true
startEvent German Revolution of 1918–1919
status defunct
successorState Lower Saxony

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Braunschweig historicalRegion Free State of Brunswick
Lippe governmentType Free State of Brunswick
this entity surface form: Free State
Free State of Gotha hasType Free State of Brunswick
this entity surface form: Free State
Braunschweig region historicalPredecessor Free State of Brunswick