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The abolition of Prussia took place on 25 February 1947 through a decree of the Allied Control Council, the governing body of post-World War II occupied Germany and Austria. The rationale was that by doing away with the state that had been at the center of German militarism and reaction , it would be easier to preserve the peace and for Germany ...
The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947. The successor to the Kingdom of Prussia after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, it continued to be the dominant state in Germany during the Weimar Republic, as it had been during the empire, even though most of ...
The Constitution began with the statement that Prussia was a republic and a member of the German Reich. The people as a whole were the bearers of state power. They could exercise their rights directly through plebiscites (referendums) or indirectly through their representatives in the Landtag (parliament). The State Ministry, made up of the ...
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Prussia did not survive the defeat and the division of Germany following the end of World War II in 1945 and was formally abolished in February 1947 by Control Council Law No. 46. Several of its provinces attained statehood or became a part of other post-war states in East Germany and West Germany.
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Some of these corresponded to the former states and some were new creations, largely due to the dissolution of Prussia, formerly the largest German state. By 1947 the länder in the Western zones had freely elected parliamentary assemblies, thus effectively repealing the provisions of the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich." Institutional ...
The office of Minister-President (German: Ministerpräsident), or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed from 1848, when it was formed by King Frederick William IV during the 1848–49 Revolution, until the abolition of Prussia in 1947 by the Allied Control Council.