Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Facts for Kids

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Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach

1809–1920

Flag (1813 – 1897)

Coat of arms

Anthem: Weimars Volkslied

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach within the German Empire

Status

State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
State of the German Confederation,
State of the North German Confederation,
State of the German Empire,
State of the Weimar Republic

Capital

Weimar

Government

Principality

Grand Duke

• 1809 – 28

Charles Augustus

• 1901 – 18

William Ernest

Historical era

Middle Ages

• Eisenach and Weimar
in personal union

1741

• Merger of Saxe-Eisenach
and Saxe-Weimar

1809 1809

• Raised to grand duchy

1815

• German Revolution

1918

• Joined Thuringia

1920

Area

1905

3,617 km² (1,397 sq mi)

Population

• 1905

388000

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Saxe-Eisenach
	Saxe-Weimar

Thuringia

Flag (1897 – 1920)

The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was created in 1809 when the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach were formally joined into one state. The two duchies had shared the same ruler since 1741, which is when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out. It became a Grand Duchy in 1815.

In 1877, the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach officially became the Grand Duchy of Saxony (German: Großherzogtum Sachsen), but this name was not often used. The Grand Duchy was abolished in 1918 with the other German monarchies, and the state joined others to form the new state of Thuringia in the Weimar Republic.

The Grand Dukes full title was Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meißen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg.