Editing Stuttgart (section)

=== Weimar Republic ===
At the end of the First World War, [[November Revolution of 1918|November revolutionaries]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Germans Request Armistice |url=http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/index-1918.html |publisher=The History Place |work=1918: A Fateful Ending |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702131808/http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/index-1918.html |url-status=live }}</ref> stormed the Wilhelmpalais on 30 November 1918 to force King [[Wilhelm II of Württemberg|Wilhelm II]] to abdicate, but failed halfway. Under pressure from the revolutionaries, Wilhelm II refused the crown, but also refused to abdicate the throne.<ref>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Sauer |title=Württembergs letzter König: Das Leben Wilhelms II |isbn=978-3421067029 |language=de |year=1994|publisher=Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt }}</ref> When he did eventually abdicate, the [[Freistaat|Free State]] of [[Free People's State of Württemberg|Württemberg]] was established as a part of the [[Weimar Republic]], and Stuttgart was declared its capital. On 26 April 1919, a new constitution was devised, and the final draft was approved and ratified on 25 September 1919 by the Constituent Assembly. In 1920, Stuttgart temporarily became the seat of the German National Government when the administration fled from [[Berlin]] from the [[Kapp Putsch]].{{sfn|Haffner|2004|p=225–226}} Also in 1920, [[Erwin Rommel]] became the company commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment based in Stuttgart and would remain as such for the next nine years.{{sfn|Butler|p=99}}