People's State of Reuss

{{Short description|Post-WWI German state, now in Thuringia}}

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{{Expand German|Volksstaat Reuß|date=January 2019}}

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| conventional_long_name = People's State of Reuss

| native_name = {{native name|de|Volksstaat Reuß}}

| common_name = Reuss

| p1 = Principality of Reuss-Greiz

| flag_p1 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß ältere Linie.svg

| p2 = Principality of Reuss-Gera

| flag_p2 = Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg

| s1 = State of Thuringia (1920–1952){{!}}Thuringia

| flag_s1 = Flag of Thuringia.svg

| image_flag = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg

| image_coat = Wappen Volksstaat Reuß.svg

| image_map = VolksstaatReussKlein.png

| image_map_caption = Map of People's State of Reuss

| capital = Gera

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| common_languages = German

| title_leader = State Minister

| year_leader1 = 1919–1920

| leader1 = Karl von Brandenstein

| government_type = Republic

| era = Aftermath of World War I

| date_start = 4 April

| year_start = 1919

| event_end = Merged into Thuringia

| date_end = 1 May

| year_end = 1920

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The People's State of Reuss ({{langx|de|Volksstaat Reuß}}) was a short-lived state in what is now Thuringia. The state was formed on 4 April 1919 after the reigning princes of the two Reuss principalities abdicated and elections were held in both states.{{cite book|title=The Statesman's Year-Book|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=2016|ISBN=9780230270565|page=969}} The People's State of Reuss had a non-contiguous area of 1,143 square kilometers, 211,324 inhabitants (1919) and was divided into three districts.

It united with six other small states to form Thuringia, a member state of the Weimar Republic, on 1 May 1920.