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The Ernestine Wettins, on the other hand, repeatedly subdivided their territory, creating an intricate patchwork of small duchies and counties in Thuringia. The Albertine Wettins ruled as Electors (1547–1806) and Kings of Saxony (1806–1918), and also played a role in Polish history – two Wettins were Kings of Poland (between 1697–1763 ...
Through the Reich Law of 30 April 1920 (RGBl. I p. 841), [1] the seven people's or free states, excluding the Coburg region, were finally united on 1 May 1920, to form the State of Thuringia with an area of 11,763 km 2. The first state coat of arms had seven stars on a red background, symbolizing the former free states. The capital was Weimar.
The outcome of the comital war strengthened the position of the Wettins in Thuringia, although were unable to finally drive the Schwarzburgs and the advocates out of Thuringia and these vassals continued to play an important role until the end of the monarchy in Thuringia in 1918 (c.f. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Reuß ...
The other four states were merged on 1 May 1920 alongside Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen into the Free State of Thuringia. This reorganisation has remained to the present day, although it was de facto nonexistent during Nazi Rule , when the Reichsgau system was used instead and Gau Thuringia administered the Free State and ...
Saxe-Altenburg had an area of 1,323 km 2 (510 sq. mi.) and a population of 207,000 in 1905. Its capital was Altenburg.. The duchy consisted of two separate areas: the Ostkreis, containing the cities of Altenburg, Schmölln, Gößnitz, Lucka und Meuselwitz (including the exclave of Mumsdorf), Roschütz, Hilbersdorf, Neukirchen by Waldenburg and Rußdorf by Chemnitz; and the Westkreis, which ...
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In the 15th century, much of what is now the German state of Thuringia, including the area around Eisenach, was in the hands of the Wettin dynasty, since 1423 Prince-electors of Saxony. In 1485, the Wettin lands were divided according to the Treaty of Leipzig, with most of the Thuringian lands going to Elector Ernest of Saxony and his ...