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Declaration of the Rhenish-German Free State

When
17 March 1793
Where
Deutschhaus, Mainz
Part of
Declaration of the Republic of Mainz

The Rhenish-German National Convention first met on 17 March 1793; president Hofmann proclaimed the Free State from the Deutschhaus balcony.

The Rheinisch-Deutscher Nationalkonvent, the first democratically elected parliament on the territory of future Germany, met initially on 17 March 1793 in the Deutschhaus in Mainz. Its president, Andreas Joseph Hofmann, proclaimed the Rhenish-German Free State (Rheinisch-Deutscher Freistaat) from the balcony of the Deutschhaus. The republic was the first democratic state on current German territory and lasted from March to July 1793.

Sources

  1. Republic of Mainz Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-24

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