History of the Inventor: 1867 Interim assumption of the foreign policy tasks for the North German Confederation by the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on 1 January 1867, the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took over the tasks of the Nor...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration
History of the Inventory Designer: 1907 Formation of the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t from the Colonial Department of the A u s w ä r t i g e s A m t ; 1919 Transformation into a R e i c h s k o l o n i a l ministry and assumption of the liqu...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVENANCES >> Companies, Families and People >> people >> soldiers >> Navy, Protection Force, Air Force
History of the Inventory Designer: born 7 March 1873; died 21 July 1964; 14.4.1890 Admission; 7.4.1891 Naval Cadet; 22.5.1893 Junior Lieutenant z.s.; 13.4.1896 Lieutenant (or Lieutenant Colonel) on request; 15.3.1902 Lieutenant Captain; 9.11.1907 ...
History of the Inventory Designer: Wilhelm Souchon, Vice Admiral born on 02 June 1864 in Leipzig, died on 13 January 1946 in Bremen married to Violet (née Lahusen) 1881: Sea cadet on SMS Leipzig; 1894: Commander of the mine training ship SMS Rhein...
Naval officer, Freikorpsführer and writer Bogislaw Selchow Life data July 4, 1877 born in Köslin died February 6, 1943 died in Berlin Military career April 7, 1897 Recruitment as cadet of the Kaiserl. Navy May 1897 Cadet on board of SMS stone 6.12...
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 (se...
History of the Inventory Designer: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Life data 20.03.1870 born in Saarlouis 09.03.1964 died in Hamburg Career 1881 Cadet 1884 Main Cadet Institute Groß-Lichterfelde 07.02.1888 Portepee-Fähnrich at the 4.Garderegiment ...
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 (includin...
History of the Inventory Designer: Grand Admiral Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz Life data March 19, 1849 born in Küstrin/Oder as son of the Court of Appeal Rudolf Tirpitz March 6, 1930 died in Munich Career (1) April 24, 1865 Entry as a cadet ...
History of the Inventor: 1867 on the basis of the 1849 electoral law as Constituent Assembly of Versa convened for the North German Confederation, at the same time Customs Parliament of the German Customs Association; after the entry into force of...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Supreme Organs
History of the Inventory Designer: 07.09.1843 - 08.03.1918, Admiral, Chief of the Admiral Staff of the Navy (1899-1902) Inventory description: Admiral, Chief of the Admiral Staff of the Navy (1899-1902) Correspondence; memoirs, reports and publica...
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA UNTIL 1808 >> Privy Council >> material repositories >> Shipping and Colonial Acquisition
Description of the holdings: Life data: around 1890 - after 1952 finding aids: database; find book, 1 vol.
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVENANCES >> Companies, Families and People >> people >> soldiers >> Navy, Protection Force, Air Force
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVENANCES >> Companies, Families and People >> people >> soldiers >> Navy, Protection Force, Air Force
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVENANCES >> Companies, Families and People >> people >> soldiers >> Navy, Protection Force, Air Force
1.1 Prussian Officer's Witwenkasse The Prussian Officer's Witwenkasse was founded in 1792 as an insurance institution for married officers of the Prussian army with state guarantee and support. Active officers were not required to join u...
In: Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Archivtektonik) >> PREUSSISCHE ARMEE >> Military administration and troop command >> Central or Upper Administrative and Command Authorities
Preliminary remark: Service regulations, pressure regulations are all generally valid orders issued for the handling of the military service or for the administration of the army, the navy and the air force. Some of them were published in the mili...
In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Dept. Main State Archives Stuttgart (Archivtektonik) >> Military holdings 1871-ca. 1920 >> selects >> Official military publications
1 On the biography of Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Princess Alexandra Luise Olga Viktoria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 1 September 1878 as the fourth child of Duchess Marie (daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia) and Duke A...
The archive of the card collection of the Ministry of Navy still contains only a few atlases. Since 1924, most of the atlases have been loaned to the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. The collection of sea, coast and river maps forms by far the larges...
History of the Inventory Designer: The tasks of the Ship Inspection Commission established in 1903, which began its activities in Hamburg on 01.04.1904, consisted in the examination of merchant ships for their usability for military purposes in wa...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische und Kaiserliche Marine 1849 bis 1918/1919 >> Weitere nachgeordnete Einrichtungen
History of the Inventor: The staff of the station command of the naval station of the North Sea was formed in 1870/71. From 1873 to 1904, the station chief was also the fortress commander of Wilhelmshaven. The Station Command was first subordinate...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> commanders
Description of the stock: On 29.8.1914 the commander of the naval air departments was appointed, who in 1916 became commander of the naval aviation departments, later naval flight chief and to whom the commanders of the planes were subordinated. T...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> air forces
History of the Inventor: Stations abroad were clearly defined non-native sea areas in which the German Reich had its interests constantly represented by warships without fixed bases. The longest-serving commander or squadron commander also had to ...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> commanders
Find aids: Findbuch 2012 (online searchable) Registraturbilddner: August Gottfried Friedrich Senst was born on 14 May 1864 in Coswig. On 1 November 1881 he was hired in Kiel as a sailor in the Imperial Navy and initially served on the training shi...
History of the Inventor: When the Imperial Admiralty was dissolved in 1889, the Imperial High Command of the Navy was created for the division of its former Military Department and command over all naval parts at sea and on land was transferred to...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> top authorities
Inventory description: Due to the military convention with Prussia of 23.07.1867, the military commission of the Senate replaced the military deputation. It regulated the relations between the garrison and the Hamburg authorities, and in particula...
In: State Archives Hamburg (Archivtektonik) >> SUBJECT MANAGEMENT >> MILITARY AFFAIRS >> VERWALTUNG AB 1867 >> Military Commission of the Senate
History of the inventor: On 14 November 1897, the German Reich occupied the Chinese port of Tsingtau and, in a contract with the Chinese Empire dated 6 March 1898, leased an area of 550 km² with Tsingtau as its centre for 99 years - the Kiautschou...
In: Protection troops and other institutions under imperial supreme command
History of the Inventory Designer: The personnel documents created in the personnel offices of the Reichsheer/Heer, Reichsmarine/Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe were collected centrally shortly after the war. However, large quantities had been lost in ...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Zentrale Einrichtungen der Reichswehr und der Wehrmacht >> Weitere nachgeordnete Einrichtungen
History of the Inventor: On 29.8.1914, the Commander of the Naval Aviation Departments was appointed, who in 1916 became Commander of the Naval Aviation Departments, later Chief of Naval Aviation and to whom the commanders of the aircraft were sub...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> air forces