PC/AHC/WI:Germany becomes a Republic but keeps it's subnational monarchies

After WWI, Germany became a republic, and all of it's sub-national monarchies were also deposed. Is it possible though that one or more of these subnational monarchies get maintained even if the Hohenzollerns are deposed off the German throne and that of Prussia? A number of countries like Indonesia for example maintained a number of subnational monarchies even though the central government is republican in nature.
 
I don't know much about German politics post-WWI, but this sounds like a bad idea. In the aftermath of WWI, there was serious talk of Bavaria seceding from Germany. Allowing the existence of these subnational monarchies would encourage far-right elements to suggest a possible dismantling of Germany.
 
After WWI, Germany became a republic, and all of it's sub-national monarchies were also deposed. Is it possible though that one or more of these subnational monarchies get maintained even if the Hohenzollerns are deposed off the German throne and that of Prussia? A number of countries like Indonesia for example maintained a number of subnational monarchies even though the central government is republican in nature.

Problem is, that during the revolution many things happened simultaneously or in a few days. The 1918 revolution didn't happen just in Berlin, the revolution happened in many cities all over Germany.
In each state little "revolutions" happened. Basically large demonstrations or soldier councils, then some tensions, then the state monarch resigned/choose exile ... , then an interim government.
Many subnational monarchies where highly popular and respected. Therefore little violence happened in these subnational revolutions.
Maybe a monarch doing something clever to survive in their own state? Or more compromises and slower transformation during the revolution (a slower revolution?)?
The key is to survive between 1918-1920. If a subnational monarchy manages to survive these years, they have survived the most difficult years.

The continued existence of subnational monarchies would be odd inside the Weimar Republic, but it wouldn't totally break it. Those subnational monarchs would become figureheads in the constitutional systems of their states. Different States had slightly different political traditions in OTL.

I don't know much about German politics post-WWI, but this sounds like a bad idea. In the aftermath of WWI, there was serious talk of Bavaria seceding from Germany. Allowing the existence of these subnational monarchies would encourage far-right elements to suggest a possible dismantling of Germany.

I don't think, that a subnational monarchy outside of Bavaria would argue for a secession from Germany. Prussia has no monarchy, if the Kaiser is in exile. Bavaria is rather large. The idea of separatism would be highly unpopular and viewed as treason outside of Bavaria. Instead such a monarchy would try to survive and gain popular support in these difficult times.
I doubt that the far-right would argue for the dismantling of Germany (outside of Bavaria). If they would manage to gain control over one state, they wouldn't separate, and instead try to use state resources to gain more power inside Germany.

Saxony could maybeeeeeeeee survive as a small independent state (but while Bavaria has a history of people arguing for either transforming Germany into a loose confederacy or Bavarian independence, I don't know about such ideas from Saxony)
Württemberg is surrounded by other German States. Baden is not large enough for independence, and an independent Baden would basically become a French puppet. Thuringia was founded as a state in the Weimar Republic uniting various states. (An Independent duchy of Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha would be nice but really small). Hessen (not post 1945 Hesse, but the former Grand-Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt) has no foreign borders.
Hamburg was always a Republic, so no tradition of monarchy here. Mecklenburg-Schwerin is really backwards without enough resources to be independent. Oldenburg has only borders with Prussia and a harbor.
Braunschweig has too complicated borders to survive under independence. Anhalt is surrounded by Prussia. Bremen and Lübeck are traditional city republics.
Don't forget Lippe, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Waldeck and Schaumburg-Lippe.
 
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