The Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (german: Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz) was a state of the
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is ...
established in 1918 following the
German Revolution which had overthrown the
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The state lasted until the
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
(NSDAP) came to power in Germany and merged the state with the neighbouring
Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to form the
Gau Mecklenburg on December 31, 1933.
Rulers of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Chairmen of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1918–1919
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Peter Franz Stubmann (
DDP) 1918–1919
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Hans Krüger (
SPD) 1919
Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1919–1933
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Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (
SPD) 1919–1923
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Karl Schwabe (
DNVP
The German National People's Party (german: Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) was a national-conservative party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Wei ...
) 1923–1928
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Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (
SPD) 1928–1931
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Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand von Michael (
DNVP
The German National People's Party (german: Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) was a national-conservative party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Wei ...
) 1931–1933
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Fritz Stichtenoth (
NSDAP
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
) 1933
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Friedrich Hildebrandt
Friedrich Hildebrandt (19 September 1898 – 5 November 1948) was a Nazi Party politician, a ''Gauleiter'' and an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. He was adjudged and executed for war crimes committed during the time of Nazi Germany.
Early life
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(''
Reichsstatthalter'') 1933
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