People's State of Bavaria
short-lived socialist state in Bavaria
48°08′N 11°34′E / 48.133°N 11.567°E
People's State of Bavaria Volksstaat Bayern | |||||||||||||
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1918–1919 | |||||||||||||
Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
Capital | Munich | ||||||||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||||||||
Government | Socialist republic | ||||||||||||
• 8 November 1918 – 21 February 1919 | Kurt Eisner | ||||||||||||
• 7 March 1919 – 6 April 1919 | Johannes Hoffmann | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Landtag of Bavaria | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 8 November 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 6 April 1919 | ||||||||||||
Currency | German Papiermark (ℳ) | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The People's State of Bavaria (German: Volksstaat Bayern, Bavarian: Voiksstaat Bayern) was a small socialist state in Germany that existed from 1918 to 1919.