History of the inventor: The cruiser squadron formed on 23.01.1897 was initially under the command of the Navy. After its dissolution in 1899, the squadron commander received for his area the powers previously exercised by the commanding admiral. The squadron was destroyed on 08.12.1914 near the Falkland Islands. Characterization of content: The stock also contains previous records of the cruciferous division as well as ad hoc cruciferous associations. Of particular value is the coverage of Zanzibar, West and East Africa, the Philippines and East Asia including Kiautschou. There are relatively extensive files on the use of the squadron in the Chinese Boxer Uprising 1900-1901 and the blockade of Venezuela 1902-1903. Only fragments of the war files have been preserved. State of development: Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 186 Citation method: BArch, RM 38/...
History of the inventor: In 1898, a governor subordinated to the R e i c h s m a r i n e a m t was appointed for the protection work in China that was taken into possession in 1897. He was head of the entire military and civil administration as well as commander of the land forces stationed there. Description: The Kiautschou area, with its capital Tsingtau, was leased from China in 1898 for 99 years. A governor subordinated to the Reichsmarineamt was appointed for the protectorate taken into possession. He was head of the entire military and civil administration as well as commander of the land forces stationed there. The governor was always a naval officer, the military crew consisted of the III. sea battalion and the sailor artillery department Kiautschou. At the end of an ultimatum granted by Japan in August 1914, the Tsingtau fortress capitulated under its governor to the military superiority of its opponent. From 1914 to 1922 Japan occupied Kiautschou and then handed it over to China. In 1923 the German Reich waived its rights. Characterisation of content: Only fragments of files on the mobilization, siege and fall of the Tsingtau fortress have survived, mainly war diaries, reports and newspaper articles. State of development: Invenio Scope, Explanation: Existing stock without increase 2.7 m 66 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 16/...
History of the Inventor: Since its inception, the Navy has also included units intended to be deployed on land, such as the Naval Corps, which had been a naval battalion since 1852, and the naval artillery set up in 1857, known as the Sailor's Artillery since 1877. 1898 a II. in Wilhelmshaven was added to the I. Seebataillon in Kiel. In 1898, the III Lake Battalion was created for the Kiautschou leasehold. From the naval reservists called up in 1914, new units were improvised for use in Flanders, Turkey and for fortress and coastal defence units. Description of the stock: Since its foundation, the Navy has also included units intended for land-based use, such as the Naval Corps, which had been a naval battalion since 1892, and the naval artillery set up in 1857, which had been called sailor artillery since 1877. 1889 a II. in Wilhelmshaven was added to the I. Seebataillon in Kiel. In 1898, the III Lake Battalion was created for the Kiautschou leasehold. From the naval reservists called up in 1914, new units were improvised for use in Flanders, Turkey and for fortress and coastal defence units. Content characterisation: The collection contains documents on the use of naval units in East Asia and in the German colonies. In addition to war diaries, there are also isolated records of naval divisions, naval brigades, sailor regiments, sea battalions, sailor artillery, sea rifles and special technical troops from World War 1. The collection also contains documents from the traditional association of marines. State of preservation: Catalogue of archival records Scope, Explanation: Stock without increase 28.0 lfm 892 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 121-I/...
History of the Inventory Designer: Georg von Müller, Admiral Born on 24 March 1854 in Chemnitz, died on 18 April 1940 in Hangelsberg November 1889 Married Elisabeth Luise von Montbart; March 1900 Elevated to hereditary nobility Military career (selection) May 1871: Entry into the Imperial Navy; August 1878: Appointment as lieutenant at sea; May 1879: Commanded torpedo weapon; 1882-1884: Travels abroad to West India and South America on S.M.S. "Olga" and S.M.S. "Blücher"; November 1884: Statistical Office of the Admiralty; May 1885 - March 1886: Military Political Advisor (Marine Attaché) at the German Embassy in Stockholm; March 1886: Promotion to lieutenant captain; until spring 1889: changing uses on board and on land, including participation in the company in Samoa in Aug./Sept. 1887 on board S.M.S. "Bismarck"; spring 1889: entry into the newly created Imperial Naval Cabinet; September 1891: Commander gunboat S.M.S. "Iltis"; November 1892: Head of Personnel in the High Command of the Navy; Autumn 1895 - February 1898: Personal Adjutant of Prince Heinrich of Prussia; November 1898: Commander of the Great Cruiser S.M.S. "Germany"; April 1899: Chief of the Staff Ostasiatisches Kreuzergeschwader; May 1899: Promotion to Captain at Sea; April 1900: Head of Department in the Navy Cabinet; October 1902 - September 1904: Commander Linienschiff S.M.S. "Wettin"; September 1904: Duty wing adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelms II; 1905: Appointment as rear admiral; July 1906: Head of Imperial Naval Cabinet; 1907: Appointment as vice-admiral; 1910: Appointment as admiral, also general adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelms II.November 1918: Farewell to active service Description of the inventory: As head of the naval cabinet, Georg Alexander von Müller had the opportunity to exert far-reaching influence on all naval affairs beyond his duties as head of personnel policy. His key position was based, on the one hand, on a special, personal relationship of trust with the Emperor and, on the other hand, on the fact that all personnel decisions of the Navy were in his hands and that Müller was called in for all lectures. Müller served as a link between the Emperor and the various Immediate Offices of the Navy. During the war, Müller increasingly met with reservations and criticism from the Naval Corps of Officers for the widespread view that the head of the Naval Cabinet delayed or blocked measures for a more aggressive naval war. Müller also entered into a permanent conflict with Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and was publicly attacked by him and his followers during and especially after the war. Although Müller, in contrast to numerous other members of the Naval Corps, did not publish any memoirs, a whole series of published articles from Müller's pen testifies to this permanent conflict. Müller's influence on naval affairs in general and on warfare in particular declined as a function of the importance of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As Supreme Warlord. In October 1918, Müller was largely on the fringes of the project of a militarily senseless, but myth-founding sacrificial corridor of the deep-sea fleet. As the duty wing adjutant of Wilhelm II and chief of the naval cabinet, Georg Alexander von Müller belonged to the immediate circle of Wilhelm II for more than a decade and a half and throughout the First World War. His records reflect in a special way the court society as well as the personality and work of the monarch in the last years of the German Empire. Content characterisation: The collection comprises only the seven handwritten diaries of Georg Alexander von Müller. They extend over a period of 47 years, beginning with Müller's entry into the Imperial Navy in 1871 up to his retirement as Chief of the Naval Cabinet in 1918. The records are enriched with photos and drawings. Other documents from the estate edited by Walter Görlitz and his son Sven von Müller, on the other hand, are considered lost. Citation style: Barch, N 159/...
Contains: Yearbook of the German Fatherland Party 1919 Kurt Schultze-Jena: "Tsingtau. Erinnerungsblätter", 1925 Ludwig Roselius: "Die wirtschaftliche Gestaltung des Verkaufswesens", July 1926 "Raub geistigen Eigentums durch die Entente unter unscupellem Missbrauch des Friedensvertragges", call for protest against the application of article 209 of the Versailles Treaty, n. d. "Official statement on the attacks of Lothar Persius" against the Imperial Navy in the Berlin press in Nov. 1918
Tirpitz, Alfred vonHistory of the Inventor: The Reichsmarineamt (Reichsmarineamt) was created as the successor authority to the Imperial Admiralty with effect from April 1, 1889, in the form of a cabinet order (in addition to the Navy Cabinet and the Navy High Command). As the supreme Reich authority, the Reichsmarineamt was responsible for the organisation, administration, technology, armament and fortification of the navy. At the same time, it exercised Reich competence vis-à-vis the merchant navy and in the fields of maritime transport, nautical science and fisheries protection. The RMA was in charge of the Imperial Shipyards, the Shipbuilding Inspection Commission, the Naval Depot Inspectorate, Coastal District Offices, Station Headquarters, Naval Military Sacrets, the Naval Observatory, the Naval Commissioner of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and the Kiautschou Government. The RMA was divided into the following organizational units: Central Department, General Navy Department, Shipyard Department/Submarine Office, Construction Department, Administrative Department, Weapons Department, Nautical Department, Kiautschou Protectorate Central Department, Medical Department, Justice Department, News Office. On 15 July 1919 the powers of the Reichsmarineamt were transferred to the Admiralty by decree of the Reich President. Characterisation of content: With the exception of the Arms Department, the Medical Department, the Legal Department and the Central Bureau of the Navy, all other organisational units in this inventory have files. Of particular importance from the Central Department are the State Secretary's files on the development of the Navy and the preparatory work for the Fleet Acts. An important part of the former hand files is also in the estate of State Secretary Tirpitz. The files handed down from the central department contain documents on protocol questions, launching, awarding of orders and central organisational matters as well as Reichstag material and a complete series of the "Allerhöchsten Kabinettsordres" for the navy from 1889 to 1918. The activities of the General Maritime Department on matters of organisation and service operation of ships and naval parts, personnel and replacement matters, questions of training in weapons service, uniforms, organisation of education, administration of justice, supply matters, military questions of ship construction and maritime law are well documented. The files of the Construction Department provide a source of considerable importance for the history of the navy and technology. This includes construction files for all heavy and medium-sized combat ships completed by 1914, as well as approx. 10,000 construction plans and other technical drawings for ships and boats. In addition, scientific research results on strength issues, material development, drag tests and general building regulations have also been handed down. The files of the budget department fully document the development of the naval budget, in particular the financing of the fleet building programmes. Here you will also find budget and administrative files on the establishment of the German protectorate Kiautschou as well as on pension and retirement matters of officers, teams and civil servants. Also well preserved are the files of the administrative department, which mainly document catering, clothing and accommodation matters of the navy. Of particular note are the files on numerous foundations for which the Reichsmarineamt was in charge. In connection with the responsibility for food and clothing, extensive series of files on the care of the German population during the war were produced. The traditional files of the news agency contain documents on the economic situation in Germany, the development of shipping, maritime traffic and fleet interests, censorship measures, the collection and distribution of war news and foreign propaganda. An extensive collection of newspaper clippings is also included. Also worth mentioning are the correspondence series on association matters, especially the German Fleet Association. The Nautical Department has files on sea mark and coastal signal matters, cutlery excerpts, travel reports and expeditions. From the shipyard department responsible for the equipment and maintenance of ships, shipyards and vehicles, only a small remainder of files on submarine matters, occasionally also torpedo matters, has been preserved. The departments and departments of the shipyard department responsible for the processing of the submarine system were made independent in 1917 to the submarine office. The documents produced during the short period of its existence reflect the measures taken to promote submarine construction, in particular the material provision during the final phase of the First World War. Worth mentioning here is still material about the planned technical evaluation of war diaries of the submarines. Scope, explanation: Holdings without growth593 lfm24181 AE, approx. 10000 ship drawings/plans (RM 3/12,000-22,600) Citation method: BArch, RM 3/...
ReichsmarineamtContains: Reichstag session of Dec. 1, 1896 concerning household for Imperial Navy and protectorates, among others Reichstag sessions of Feb. 13 - 17, 1911 concerning household for Imperial Navy and protectorate Kiautschou White Paper of the Reich Minister of Justice with judgments of the Reich Court against soldiers for war crimes, 1920 - 1921
Tirpitz, Alfred vonContains: Battle of the Prussian paddle steamer 'Adler' with the Danish brig 'St.Croix' at Brüderort in 1849 (1 casualty); Battle of S.M.S. 'Danzig' with natives on the Moroccan coast near Tres Forcas 1856 (7 prisoners); battle S.M.S. 'Arcona' and 'Nymphe' with Danish ships near Jasmund 1864 (5 ships); battle S.M.S. 'Meteor' with the French Aviso 'Bouvet' near Havana in 1870 (2 battles); battle S.M.S. 'Olga' with natives near Cameroon 1884 (1 battle); battle S.M.S. 'Olga' and 'Eber' with natives on Apia in 1888 (16 prisoners); battles during the blockade of the East African coast in 1888/90 (4 prisoners); expedition to China in 1900/01 (165 prisoners). ); campaign in South West Africa 1904/05 (92 prisoners); suppression of the native uprising in East Africa 1905/06 (7 prisoners); suppression of the native uprising in Ponape and Dschokatsch 1911 (3 prisoners)