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Reuss

• People's State of Reuss (Reuß)
• from 1919 country of the German Empire
• 1920 dissolved into Thuringia

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Coat of Arms

• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flag

Flag of the country,
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Source, by: Wikipedia (D)

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of the People's State Reuss goes directly back to the flags of Reuss Senior Line and Reuss Junior Line. Both states used likewise a black-red-golden flag.

Source: Volker Preuß

Coat of Arms

probable coat of arms of the People's State of Reuss

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The people's state of Reuss will have continued the tradition of the coats of arms of the two parts of the country from which it originated (Reuss Senior Line und Reuss Junior Line), both used the same coat of arms. It shows in the lesser coat of arms the medieval heraldry of the Bailiffs of Weida (the Counts of Reuss), a golden lion with red claws, a red tongue and a red crown on a black shield. The middle coat of arms of the Reussian Estates shows on the shield a quartering and combination out of the lion's arms with a crane (Kranichfeld).

Source: Volker Preuß

Map

Source: Volker Preuß

The map shows the People's State of Reuss in the year 1919 in blue.

Numbers and Facts

Area: 438 square miles

Inhabitants: 211.500 (1919)

Density of Population: 483 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Gera

Currency: 1919–1920: 1 Mark = 100 Pfennig

Source: www.gonschior.de

History

4th of April in 1919 · unification of the both Reussian countries (Reuss Senior Line and Reuss Junior Line) to the People's Staat of Reuss

1st of May in 1920 · dissolved into the Land Thuringia

Source: Wikipedia (D)