Free State of Oldenburg

Free State of Oldenburg Freistaat Oldenburg
State of Germany
1918–1946
Flag Coat of arms
The Free State of Oldenburg (red) within the Weimar Republic
Capital	Oldenburg
Area
• 1925	6,427 km2 (2,481 sq mi)
Population
• 1925	545,172
• Type	Republic
History
• Established	11 November 1918
• Disestablished	23 November 1946
Preceded by Succeeded by Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Rhineland-Palatinate
Today part of	Germany

The Free State of Oldenburg (German: Freistaat Oldenburg) was a federated state that existed during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. It was established in 1918 following the abdication of the Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg after the German Revolution and was abolished by the Allies following the Second World War.