Mainz Republic

The Republic of Mainz was the first democratic state in the current German territory.The short-lived republic is often ignored in identifying the "first German democracy", in favour of the Weimar Republic; e.g. "the failure of the first German democracy after the First World War (the Weimar Republic)..." (Peter J. Burnell, Democracy Assistance: international co-operation for democratization 2000:131), or Ch. 3. 'The First Attempt at Democracy, 1918–1933', in Michael Balfour, West Germany: a contemporary history, 1982:60 It was in Mainz. It was made because of the French Revolutionary Wars. It lasted from March to July 1793.

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Category:18th century in Germany
Category:1790s in Europe
Category:1793