1923 in Germany - Events

Events

• 11 January - French and Belgian troops enter the Ruhr in the Occupation of the Ruhr because of Germany’s refusal to pay war reparations, causing strikes and a severe economic crisis
• 15 September - Germany's bank rate is raised to 90% due to hyperinflation. See 1920s German inflation.
• 26 September - Gustav Stresemann calls for an end to passive resistance and protests by Germans against the French and Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr.
• 26 September - The German government declares a state of emergency under Article 48 of the German Weimar Constitution. It will last until February 1924.
• 21 October - A separatist government is formed in the Rhineland Palatinate and is quickly recognized by the French government.
• 9 November - Members of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi), led by Adolf Hitler, fail in a coup attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich, Germany which is later known as the Munich Putsch or Beer Hall Putsch.
• 15 November - The value of the German Papiermark falls to 4.2×1012 mark to the United States dollar causing the German government to issue the Rentenmark as a replacement for the Papiermark to alleviate the hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
• 23 November - Gustav Stresemann resigns as German Chancellor after a vote of no confidence from members of the government.
• 1 December - Center Party member Wilhelm Marx forms a new coalition government becoming the new German Chancellor.
• 8 December - Germany signs an economic treaty with the United States.
• 8 December - The Reichstag passes an enabling act empowering the government to take all measures it deemed necessary and urgent with regard to the state of emergency.