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Proclamation of the Republic in Wiesbaden
On June 1, 1919, the lawyer and former front-line officer Hans Adam Dorten proclaimed an “independent Rhenish Republic” in Wiesbaden, which was also to include areas of Hesse and the Rhine-Palatinate.
He was supported by the French General Charles Mangin and other French military.
As early as the night of June 1, posters were posted in parts of the region with an appeal “to the people of the Rhineland”.
In the afternoon of the day, Wiesbaden District President Karl Wilhelm von Meister was asked by two French officers to
to submit to the orders of Hans Adam Dorten, which Meister refused, in order to leave his area of responsibility for Bad Homburg before the height shortly thereafter.
In the days that followed, repeated negotiations took place between German politicians and administrative officials from both the separatist and pro-Reich camps and the French chief administrator, Pineau.
On June 2, workers staged a general strike to protest the separatist movement. As members of the Dorten government on June 4th
wanted to take possession of the building of the regional council in Wiesbaden, Meister's deputy Springorum tried to prevent this by force until French soldiers
enforced that Dorten and his employees were assigned offices.
When officials loyal to the Reich gained access via a ladder at the back of the house, fights broke out,
whereupon Colonel Pineau, who had appeared in the meantime, declared the neutrality of the French occupation administration.
The German police then expelled the Dorten government from the building.
These disputes were accompanied by a journalistic exchange of blows in which the Wiesbadener Zeitung
the Kölnische Volkszeitung represented the separatist side.
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
However, they failed within a few days due to their amateurish organization and the rejection of the population and Administration.
An arrest warrant for high and state treason was subsequently issued against Dorten by the Imperial Court in Leipzig before its execution
However, his stay in the French-occupied territories protected him.
Dorten remained active in his cause and founded the Rhenish People's Association in Boppard on January 22, 1922, whose chairman was the head pastor Bertram Kastert (1868-1935) from Cologne.
Because of the charge of high treason, parties and politicians shied away from contact with Dorten and his political circles.
The People's Association led a largely unnoticed shadowy existence.
His weekly magazine Deutsche Warte and other activities in Dorten depended on French funding.
In the course of the following years, the general economic situation in Germany, which was shaken by numerous crises and attempts at political upheaval, deteriorated.
In addition, there were repeated disputes between the French occupation administration and the German administration.
The Deputy District President of Wiesbaden, Springorum, was sentenced to three months in prison in July 1919 because he had tried to smuggle a letter past the French to the Reich government in Berlin.
Willy Momm was then appointed the new district president.
In November 1919, the French occupiers removed the mayor of Wiesbaden, Karl Glässing, from his office and expelled him. On July 24, 1920, Hans Adam Dorten was arrested by Prussian police who had entered the occupation zone.
The French then relieved Momm and the deputy chief of police in Wiesbaden of their offices.
German authorities released Dorten on July 26. Momm was reinstated in early November.
In April 1921, France established a customs border on the Rhine, further weakening the economy in the occupied territory.
As a reaction to the murder of Walther Rathenau, there were workers' demonstrations and street battles on July 4, 1922, in which two people were killed in Wiesbaden.
The French occupying power then finally dismissed District President Momm from his office.
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Stamps from Wiesbaden :
WIE I III
WIE 2 I a
WIE 2 II a
Note the difference between the roman I, II and III which is expressed in the angle under which the overprint "Regierung" is placed.
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WIE 5 I a
WIE 8 II a
WIE 10 II a
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WIE 11 II a
WIE 17 II a
WIE 17 II b
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WIE 18 II a
WIE 22 III a
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As mentioned :
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
1) Frankfurt
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As mentioned :
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
2) Mecklenburg
Nr 9 I b (2)
Nr 35 I (4er)
Letter front and back
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Proclamation of the Republic in Wiesbaden
On June 1, 1919, the lawyer and former front-line officer Hans Adam Dorten proclaimed an “independent Rhenish Republic” in Wiesbaden, which was also to include areas of Hesse and the Rhine-Palatinate.
He was supported by the French General Charles Mangin and other French military.
As early as the night of June 1, posters were posted in parts of the region with an appeal “to the people of the Rhineland”.
In the afternoon of the day, Wiesbaden District President Karl Wilhelm von Meister was asked by two French officers to
to submit to the orders of Hans Adam Dorten, which Meister refused, in order to leave his area of responsibility for Bad Homburg before the height shortly thereafter.
In the days that followed, repeated negotiations took place between German politicians and administrative officials from both the separatist and pro-Reich camps and the French chief administrator, Pineau.
On June 2, workers staged a general strike to protest the separatist movement. As members of the Dorten government on June 4th
wanted to take possession of the building of the regional council in Wiesbaden, Meister's deputy Springorum tried to prevent this by force until French soldiers
enforced that Dorten and his employees were assigned offices.
When officials loyal to the Reich gained access via a ladder at the back of the house, fights broke out,
whereupon Colonel Pineau, who had appeared in the meantime, declared the neutrality of the French occupation administration.
The German police then expelled the Dorten government from the building.
These disputes were accompanied by a journalistic exchange of blows in which the Wiesbadener Zeitung
the Kölnische Volkszeitung represented the separatist side.
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
However, they failed within a few days due to their amateurish organization and the rejection of the population and Administration.
An arrest warrant for high and state treason was subsequently issued against Dorten by the Imperial Court in Leipzig before its execution
However, his stay in the French-occupied territories protected him.
Dorten remained active in his cause and founded the Rhenish People's Association in Boppard on January 22, 1922, whose chairman was the head pastor Bertram Kastert (1868-1935) from Cologne.
Because of the charge of high treason, parties and politicians shied away from contact with Dorten and his political circles.
The People's Association led a largely unnoticed shadowy existence.
His weekly magazine Deutsche Warte and other activities in Dorten depended on French funding.
In the course of the following years, the general economic situation in Germany, which was shaken by numerous crises and attempts at political upheaval, deteriorated.
In addition, there were repeated disputes between the French occupation administration and the German administration.
The Deputy District President of Wiesbaden, Springorum, was sentenced to three months in prison in July 1919 because he had tried to smuggle a letter past the French to the Reich government in Berlin.
Willy Momm was then appointed the new district president.
In November 1919, the French occupiers removed the mayor of Wiesbaden, Karl Glässing, from his office and expelled him. On July 24, 1920, Hans Adam Dorten was arrested by Prussian police who had entered the occupation zone.
The French then relieved Momm and the deputy chief of police in Wiesbaden of their offices.
German authorities released Dorten on July 26. Momm was reinstated in early November.
In April 1921, France established a customs border on the Rhine, further weakening the economy in the occupied territory.
As a reaction to the murder of Walther Rathenau, there were workers' demonstrations and street battles on July 4, 1922, in which two people were killed in Wiesbaden.
The French occupying power then finally dismissed District President Momm from his office.
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Stamps from Wiesbaden :
WIE I III
WIE 2 I a
WIE 2 II a
Note the difference between the roman I, II and III which is expressed in the angle under which the overprint "Regierung" is placed.
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WIE 5 I a
WIE 8 II a
WIE 10 II a
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WIE 11 II a
WIE 17 II a
WIE 17 II b
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WIE 18 II a
WIE 22 III a
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As mentioned :
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
1) Frankfurt
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As mentioned :
Shortly thereafter, coup attempts also took place in Mainz, Speyer and other cities;
2) Mecklenburg
Nr 9 I b (2)
Nr 35 I (4er)
Letter front and back
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