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Friday, April 10, 2026

Collection of facts about the Weimar Republic

This post is a collection of facts about the Weimar Republic (1918-1933). There are 17 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Capital: Weimar, Germany
• Constitutional republic with constituent assembly
• Formed after the First World World
• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Liable for 132 billion Reichsmarks worth of gold or commodities
• Kapp Putsch coup attempt led by Wolfgang Kapp in 1920
• Beer Hall Putsch coup attempt led by Adolf Hitler in 1923
• Hyperinflation of the Reichsmark (1921-1923)
• Reichsmark replaced by Rentenmark in November 1923
• Joined League of Nations in 1926
• High unemployment from the Great Depression
• Rule by decree began in 1930
• Nazi Party won 37.3% of the general election vote in 1932
• Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor in January 1933
• Reichstag Fire in February 1933
• Ended with the Enabling Act in March 1933
• Succeeded by Nazi Germany