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: Folk festival 'Seeluft und Tropenglut' (Title)
History of the Inventory Designer: Vice Admiral Wolfgang Wegener born 5.8.1875 in Stettin, permitted 29.10.1956 in Berlin 1894 entry into the Imperial Navy, 1897-1899, last as lieutenant, officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Großdeutschland (including travel to East Asia), 1909-1910 1st artillery officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 19. Admiral Staff Officer of the First Squadron, 1917-1918 Commander of the Small Cruisers SMS Regensburg and SMS Nuremberg, Jan. 1920 Captain at sea, 1923 Rear Admiral 1920-1926 Inspector of Naval Artillery in Wilhelmshaven, 1926 Farewell with award of the character of Vice Admiral. Author of numerous memorandums and articles on tactical and operational topics and, from 1907, on strategic topics (including "The Naval Strategy of the World War"). Inventory description: Memorandums, statements and correspondence, "Gedanken über unsere maritime Lage", 1915, "Chef der Seekriegsleitung im Großen Hauptquartier", Admiral von Holtzendorff, 1917, "Zum Kriegsspiel der Nordsestation im Winter 1923/24", 1923, "Seestrategie des Weltkrieges", 1930, "Der Zweite Deutsch-Englische Krieg", 1941; elaborations and reports not with regard to maritime strategy; Eduard Wegener: "Wolfgang Wegener's spiritual heritage," o. Dat. Quotation style: BArch, N 607/...