The People's State of Reuss () was a short-lived state in what is now

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. The state was formed on 4 April 1919 after the reigning princes of the two

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principalities abdicated and elections were held in both states. The People's State of Reuss had a non-contiguous area of 1,143 square kilometers, 211,324 inhabitants (1919) and was divided into three districts. It united with six other small states to form

, a member state of the

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, on 1 May 1920.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20080217200153/http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/reuss.htm
Principalities of Reuss-Gera and Reuss-Greiz 1778-1919 (Reuss, Germany), also with flag source
1919 establishments in Europe 1920 disestablishments in Europe States of the Weimar Republic

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