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In the confusion at the end of World War I, Frederick abdicated on 22 November 1918. A republic had already been declared on 14 November. [18] Württemberg became a state (Land) in the new Weimar Republic. Baden named itself a "democratic republic," Württemberg a "free popular state." Instead of monarchs, state presidents were in charge.
The Grand Duchy of Baden (German: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in south-west Germany on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. [1] [2]
After World War II, Württemberg was divided between the American and French occupation zones and became part of two new states: Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. These two states merged with South Baden in 1952 to become the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany. [5]
German Instrument of Surrender: World War II ends in Europe . 23 May The Flensburg Government around Karl Dönitz and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk is detained by British forces. Heinrich Himmler commits suicide. 26 June: The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was founded. 2 August
After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867–1870). The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918).
In 1832 Baden joined the (Prussian) Customs Union. [12] After news broke of revolutionary victories in February 1848 in Paris, uprisings occurred throughout Europe, including Austria and the German states. Baden was the first state in Germany to have popular unrest, despite Baden being one of the most liberal states in Germany.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
Overall, participation in the Austro-Prussian War claimed the lives of 27 Baden soldiers, [76] while around 200 were wounded. [77] A Baden field letter dated 2 July 1866. Even before Badenese troops had contact with the enemy for the first time, the war was de facto decided at the Battle of Königgrätz. For this reason, there was a debate in ...