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Waldeck-Pyrmont 1815-1929 (Germany)

Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1815-1918, Fürstentum Waldeck-Pyrmont

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by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted c.1830, abolished 1929

Introduction
Description
Princely Standards until 1918 (Fürstenstandarten)

See also:

Historical Flags (Germany)
Hameln-Pyrmont County (Kreis Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Hesse (Hessen)
Germany

Introduction

Waldeck-Pyrmont was a sovereign principality 1815-1918, but from 1867 to 1918 it was administered by Prussia (possibly as part of the Provinz Hessen-Nassau?). It became a republic (Freistaat) from 1918 to 1929, when it was incorporated to the Land of Prussia. In 1945 it became part of the Land of Hesse.

Santiago Dotor, 27 February 2001

Pyrmont belonged to the principality [since 1918 republic] of Waldeck until it was transferred to the province of Hanover in 1922 by popular vote.

Stefan Schwoon, 2 February 2001

From the Infoplease.com website:

Waldeck, former principality, central Germany, now an administrative district (c.420 sq mi/1,090 sq km) of Hesse. Arolsen was the capital. An agricultural region, hilly and forested, it is drained by the Eder and Diemel rivers. A county of the Holy Roman Empire from c.1200, Waldeck was united with the county of Pyrmont in the late 17th century, and its rulers were later raised (1712) to princely rank. In 1867 the prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont renounced most of his sovereign prerogatives in favor of Prussia; the title, however, continued in the family. Waldeck-Pyrmont became a republic in 1918. By a plebiscite in 1922, Pyrmont passed to Prussia and was incorporated into Hanover province; by another plebiscite (1929) Waldeck proper became part of the Hesse-Nassau province of Prussia. After World War II it was made part of Hesse.

Santiago Dotor, 26 June 2002

Description

A horizontal tricolor black-red-yellow.

Norman Martin, April 1998

First reported before 1848: yellow over black. Second r