Würzburg Soviet Republic
Würzburg Soviet Republic | |||||||||
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| 1919 | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Würzburg | ||||||||
| Government | Soviet republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Weimar Republic | ||||||||
• Established | 7 April 1919 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 9 April 1919 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Würzburg Soviet Republic (German: Würzburger Räterepublik) was an unrecognized, short-lived state organized under council communism in Würzburg, Germany in April 1919. It had little support among the local citizenry or political parties and was quickly put down by a unit of the Bavarian Army.