Helmuth von Maltzahn
Helmuth von Maltzahn | |
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.jpg) Helmuth Freiherr von Maltzahn in 1905. | |
| Secretary of State of the Treasury | |
| In office 14 September 1888 – 12 August 1893 | |
| Chancellor | Otto von Bismarck Leo von Caprivi |
| Preceded by | Karl Rudolf Jacobi |
| Succeeded by | Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner |
| Oberpräsident of Pomerania | |
| In office 1900–1911 | |
| Preceded by | Robert von Puttkamer |
| Succeeded by | Wilhelm von Waldow |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 1871–1888 | |
| Constituency | Stettin 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1840 |
| Died | 11 February 1923 (aged 83) Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia |
| Nationality | German |
| Party | Conservatives |
| Relations | Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (grandson) |
Helmuth Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr[a] von Maltzahn (6 January 1840 – 11 February 1923) was a German estate owner, lawyer and cavalry officer who became a member of the nobility, the finance minister of Germany, a deputy in the Reichstag and the Oberpräsident of Pomerania.
Life
Maltzahn was born in Gültz in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. After finishing school, he studied law in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin.[1] He began his career as an Assessor, but in 1867 he decided to dedicate himself to the administration of his own estate. In the years 1868 to 1872, he built Schloss Gültz, a manor house in the classical style.
Maltzahn participated in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) as a cavalry officer. In 1871, he became a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Anklam-Demmin,[1] and was made chairman of the household committee. In 1875, he received the title Freiherr. From 1888 to 1893, he was finance minister of the German Empire. In 1900, he was appointed to the post of Oberpräsident of Pomerania in Stettin (Szczecin) and held this office until 1911.
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:[2]
- Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class (Prussia)
- Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves (Prussia)
- Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class (Prussia)
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Prussia)
- Commander of Justice of the Johanniter Order (Prussia)
- Red Cross Medal, 2nd Class (Prussia)
- Landwehr Service Medal, 2nd Class (Prussia)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear (Anhalt)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1892 (Baden)[3]
- Knight of the Merit Order of St. Michael, 1st Class (Bavaria)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion (Brunswick)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
- Grand Cross of the Albert Order, with Silver Star (Saxony)
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order (Württemberg)
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
References
- ^ a b Neidhardt Krauß, Egon Fischer: Unterwegs zu Burgen, Schlössern und Parkanlagen in Vorpommern. Hinstorff Verlag Rostock 1991, ISBN 3-356-00391-7, p. 98
- ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908, p. 366
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden", p. 145
Literature
- Schwabe, Klaus, ed. (1985). Die preußischen Oberpräsidenten 1815–1945. Boppard am Rhein: Boldt. ISBN 3764618574.
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