People's State of Bavaria
short-lived socialist state in Bavaria
48°08′N 11°34′E / 48.133°N 11.567°E
People's State of Bavaria Volksstaat Bayern | |||||||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||||||
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 The location of the Free People's State of Bavaria (in red) shown with the rest of the Weimar Republic (in beige). | |||||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Munich | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||||||
| Government | Socialist republic | ||||||||||||
• 8 November 1918 – 21 February 1919 | Kurt Eisner | ||||||||||||
• 7 March 1919 – 6 April 1919 | Johannes Hoffmann | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Landtag of Bavaria | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 8 November 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 6 April 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | German Papiermark (ℳ) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Germany | ||||||||||||
The People's State of Bavaria (German: Volksstaat Bayern, Bavarian: Voiksstaat Bayern) was a small socialist state in Germany that existed from 1918 to 1919.
