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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|  | Weimar Republic

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| Weimar Republic |

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Today part of| Poland

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 capital in Schwenten. The declaration of independence had defensive role as local government was aware of the Polish uprising in Greater Poland. It existed for 7 months until it joined Weimar Republic.[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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