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Former country in Europe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 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 village of Schwenten/Świętno, until then belonging to Germany, today belonging Poland, as its capital. The declaration of independence had a defensive character, as local government was aware of the Polish uprising in Greater Poland. The polity existed for 7 months until it joined the Weimar Republic (Germany).[1]
Free State of Schwenten | |||||||||
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1919–1919 | |||||||||
Capital | Schwenten | ||||||||
Common languages | German, Polish | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1919 | Emil Gustav Hegemann | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 6 January 1919 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 10 August 1919 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland |
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