Free State of Schwenten

Short description: Former country in Europe

Free State of Schwenten

Freistaat Schwenten (German)
Republika Świętnieńska (Polish)

1919–1919

Map published in Die Grenze Post on 25 December 1932 with Schwenten on it.

Capital| Schwenten
Common languages| German, Polish
Government| Republic
President|

• 1919

| Emil Gustav Hegemann
History|

• Established

| 6 January 1919

• Disestablished

| 10 August 1919

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Free State of Schwenten

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| Weimar Republic |

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Today part of| Poland

The Free State of Schwenten (German: Freistaat Schwenten; Polish: Wolne Państwo Świętno), also known as Republic of Świętno (Polish: Republika Świętnieńska), was an independent state proclaimed in 1919 with the village of Schwenten/Świętno, until then belonging to Germany, today belonging Poland, as its capital. The declaration of independence had a defensive character, as local government was aware of the Polish uprising in Greater Poland. The polity existed for 7 months until it joined the Weimar Republic (Germany).[1]

## References

1. ↑ Jacobs, Frank (June 11, 2015). "Life, Liberty, and Free Beer: the Short-lived Free State of Schwenten". https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/life-liberty-and-free-beer-the-short-lived-freistaat-schwenten.

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