The Weimar Republic governed Germany from 1919 to 1933. This period of German history is often called the Weimar period. The republic was named after the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution for the German Empire following the nation's defeat in World War I. |
Official name | Weimar Republic of Germany |
The land area (km2) (1925) | 468,787 | |
Population ( 1925) | 62,411,000 | |
Language | German | |
Capital | Berlin |