Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1918–21) Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont Free State of Waldeck (1921–29) Freistaat Waldeck
State of the Weimar Republic
1918–1929
Flag
The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (red) within the Weimar Republic (after 1921)
Anthem
Das Waldecker Lied
Capital	Arolsen
Population
• 1925	55,750
• Type	Republic
Historical era	Interwar period
• German Revolution	1918
• Pyrmont joins Hanover	1921
• Merges with Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau	1929
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont Free State of Prussia Province of Hanover Province of Hesse-Nassau

The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (German: Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont), later the Free State of Waldeck (Freistaat Waldeck), was a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It was created following the German Revolution which forced Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont along with the other German monarchs to abdicate.

On 30 November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the city and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian province of Hanover. The remainder of the State was incorporated into the Free State of Prussia on 1 May 1929, following another plebiscite, and became part of the province of Hesse-Nassau. The territory is today part of the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse.

State directors (1918–1929)[edit]

• 1918–1920 Karl von Redern
• 1920–1929 Wilhelm Schmieding (DVP)
• 1929–1929 Herbert Herberg

External links[edit]

• (in German) Waldeck Free State
• States of Germany since 1918