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Current business of the Colonial Department and planning of a R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t .

Contains among other things: Correspondence of Ernst II, Draft of an ordinance and memorandum concerning the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t ; conditions of the German Schutztruppe in South West Africa (including the Herero Uprising, railway con...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Hearing of Ernst II (as former head of the Colonial Department in the Foreign Office) in the private suit of the Hamburg transport company Wörmann against the "Simplicissimus" editor Hans Kaspar Gulbransson for insulting him.

Contains: Subpoenas before local courts in Berlin and Langenburg; concept of a letter from Ernst II asking for his appearance in Berlin to be waived; letter from the court on the subject of the interrogation (comments by the defendant on the explo...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Current business of the Colonial Department and resignation of Ernst II. from the management.

Contains: Ernst II's correspondence on political matters and with his successor in the office of Bernhard Dernburg; memorandum on the restructuring of the colonial administration; Ernst II's proposals for obtaining the approval of the R ...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Hearing of Ernst II (as former head of the Colonial Department in the Foreign Office) in the investigation proceedings against Matthias Erzberger, member of the Reichstag, for insulting members of the Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika and officials of the Reichskolonialverwaltung.

Contains: Copies (in extracts) of the request of the Regional Court of Ravensburg to the District Court of Berlin-Mitte for the interrogation of Ernst II and of the incriminated newspaper article by Erzberger; inquiries of the District Courts of B...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Ernst II took over the management of the Colonial Department and public discussion about its remuneration.

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II (among others with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Reich Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Ernst's successor as deputy head of the Colonial Department Bernhard Dernburg); commiss...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Applications to Ernst II. as a member of the Reichstag.

Contains: Letter from the Marineintendantursekretärs in Wilhelmshaven Ernst Voigt and the Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz concerning Voigt's application for a post in the governorate of Kiautschou; letter from the Mayor of the municipality o...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.5 Membership in the Reichstag, Vice-Presidency

Chairman of Ernst II's Committee for the Promotion of the Africa Expedition of Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1873-1969) [nephew by marriage].

Contains: Correspondence concerning planning and financing (e.g. creation of an expedition fund) as well as follow-up (e.g. operation of the order award to the patron Hugo von Gahlen, owner of factory and manor); scientific expert's opinion: ...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.10 Memberships in other clubs, associations and federations. >> 1.10.3 Colonial Clubs

Letters to Ernst II of Theodor Seitz (Colonial Officer in the Foreign Office, Governor of Cameroon and D e u t s c h - S ü d w e s t a f r i k a, President of the German Colonial Society).

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 2. correspondence >> 2.2 Friends and acquaintances >> 2.2.1 Aristocrats, military men, diplomats, colonial officials

Estate of Princess Alexandra (*1878, 1942) (holdings)

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...

In: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein (Archivtektonik) >> Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein >> Archiv Langenburg >> Nachlässe

General development in Witu: Reports of the authorized representative of the Witu Society in Lamu Kurt Toeppen to the Board of Directors and the authorized representative of the Society in Germany Heinrich Scharrer; transmission of Toeppen's correspondence (in copy) to Prince Hermann; correspondence of the Prince with Toeppen; merger of the Witu Society with the German East African Society; efforts to obtain an imperial award for Consul Schwabe; dismissal of Toeppen.

Übersendung der Korrespondenz Toeppens (in Abschrift) an den Fürsten Hermann; Korrespondenz des Fürsten mit Toeppen; Fusion der Witu-Gesellschaft mit der Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Gesellschaft; Bemühungen um eine kaiserliche Auszeichnung für Konsul...

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.1 Afrika >> 4.3.1.1 Wituland.

Colonial affairs in East Africa.

Contains: 1. reports of the district governor of Usambara, Major Krenzler, 1891; 2. letter of Major H. Wißmann, 1891-1892; 3. letter of J. Rindermann to the secretariat of the German Colonial Society, 1897.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.4 Other colonial matters

Correspondence with board members of the Colonial Society (Hübbe-Schleiden, von Kusserow); with W. Annecke of the African Society in Germany; S. Sprenger, Heidelberg and A. Woermann, Hamburg.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.2 Correspondence of the President of the Association Fürst Herrmann. >> 4.2.1 with members of the Management Board.

Correspondence of the President with the Federal Foreign Office in colonial matters (Count Herbert Bismarck, Baron Holnstein, Legation Councillor Dr. Kayser); memorandums and petitions to the Imperial Chancellor and the Emperor (Samoa question, Cameroon).

Denkschriften und Petitionen an den Reichskanzler und den Kaiser (Samoafrage, Kamerun).

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.2 Correspondence of the President of the Association Fürst Herrmann. >> 4.2.2 with the Federal Foreign Office.

General correspondence during the governor's term.

Contains: 1st Eduard Elben, Stuttgart: Honorary membership of the prince in the Landesverein des Evangelischen Bundes, 1894; 2nd Minister of State Sarwey, Stuttgart: Württembergische Landessynode, 1894; 3rd Minister of Culture Bosse, Berlin: Domhe...

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> 5 Prince Hermann as governor of Alsace-Lorraine. >> 5.6 Individual events during governor time.

"Political WORLD MAP", with the individual states marked on it. Dr. Hermann Haack (author). Justus Perthes (publisher), van ... Grin (designer). Fully coloured impression (states multicoloured, German Empire orange, former German colonies hatched orange). One in 20,000. Gotha. Rolled (on wooden strips), 210 x 122 cm; thematic map with drawing of the state borders at the beginning of World War II (island names underlined in colour); political school wall map (mounted on linen). Note: Scale in metric system; equatorial meridian grid; German Reich with state of borders from early 1940 ("Großdeutsches Reich" with general government). Name of the Soviet Union as "Russian Empire".

Dr. Hermann Haack (Verfasser). Justus Perthes (Verlag), van ... Grinten (Entwerfer). Druck vollkoloriert (Staaten vielfarbig, Deutsches Reich orange, ehemalige deutsche Kolonien orange schraffiert). 1 : 20.000. Gotha. Gerollt (auf Holzleisten), 21...

In: Printed maps (inventory) >> 1st world

Approval (March 1906) and rejection (May 1906) of the R e i c h s t a g concerning the budget of the newly created R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t .

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II (e.g. with Kaiser Wilhelm II); congratulatory letter and letter of sympathy; Ernst II's application for leave (approved by Reich Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow); memorandum on the planned reconstruction of ...

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Negotiating the Colonial Department's budget.

Contains: Printed matter (minutes of meetings and other materials from the Reichstag, the Bundesrat and the Reichstag Commission for the Reich Budget).

In: Estate of Prince Ernst II. (*1863, 1950) (holdings) >> 1. fact files >> 1.6 Political and military activity. >> 1.6.2 Provisional management of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office (as planned State Secretary)

Photos of Blumenau and watercolours by Professor Franz Keller-Leuzinger of Curitiba and surroundings, taken during an exploratory trip by Keller-Leuzinger and Jorge Jenckner to Brazil on behalf of the Deutscher Kolonialverein (with a map).

entstanden bei einer Erkundungsreise von Keller-Leuzinger und Jorge Jenckner nach Brasilien im Auftrag des Deutschen Kolonialvereins (mit einer Landkarte).

In: Estate Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Supplement (holdings) >> 4. colonial affairs, colonial society

Miszellanea.

Contains: 1. Deutsche Geographische Blätter, edited by the Geographische Gesellschaft in Bremen, 1908-1912. 2. Dr. Georg Hartmann Berlin, Der wirtschaftliche Wiederaufbau Deutsch-Südwestafrikas, 1905. 3. Constitution for the Kingdom of Prussia of ...

In: Estate Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Supplement (holdings) >> 9. collections

Preparation and execution of an expedition initiated by Carl Peters to support Emin Pasha; attempts by Prince Hermann to win prominent sponsors (Thurn und Taxis, Frankenberg, Fugger); protest meeting against English Africa policy in Berlin on 8 August 1889; minutes of the meetings of the Emin Pasha Committee.

In: Estate of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (*1832, 1913) (holdings) >> Fourth, Prince Hermann and colonial policy. >> 4.3 Colonial enterprises of the colonial society. >> 4.3.2 Scientific and cultural enterprises in Africa

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