With the defeat of the First World War, fears and anxieties of revolutionary unrest also grew in Wiesbaden. On November 6, 1918, the Reich Minister of the Interior called for the formation of vigilante groups to maintain peace and order as a precautionary measure. This call was categorically rejected by the mayor of Wiesbaden in order to prevent a violent escalation.

Nevertheless, political upheaval also occurred in Wiesbaden on November 9th, when marines from the Cologne Soldiers' Council campaigned for the election of a Soldiers' Council. Shortly afterwards, a workers' council was formed, which was soon merged with the two soldiers' councils to form the Workers' and Soldiers' Council (AuSR). As elsewhere, the council in Wiesbaden was made up of equal numbers of MSPD and USPD members, each with eight members. An enforcement committee took control of the local authorities and soldiers with red armbands patrolled the streets. Officers had to hand in their weapons, remove their shoulder boards and the red flag of revolution flew on the city palace. However, there were no violent clashes as a result. The President of the Government placed himself at the disposal of the new rulers and the population came to terms with the changed political situation.

Overall, there was little sign of a revolutionary mood in the city; there were no bloody barricade clashes in Wiesbaden, as in many other large cities. Similar to the parties in power in Berlin, the new rulers in Wiesbaden were also overrun by events and were subsequently unable to take advantage of the momentum of the times and establish their own position within the Wiesbaden party structure in the long term. As a result, the new conditions did not last long: the Soldiers' Council was dissolved on December 7 and the red flag was raised again at the palace the following day. Wiesbaden became part of the French occupation zone and was therefore cut off from the rest of the Reich.