Arthur von Salmuth

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Arthur Viktor Wilhelm Ludwig Freiherr von Salmuth (born March 19, 1861 in Briesen, † September 17, 1937 in Berlin ) was a Berlin police chief.

Life

origin

Arthur was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Ludwig von Salmuth (1821–1903) and his wife Dina, born von Bredow (1825–1900), a sister of Lieutenant General Adalbert von Bredow .

Career

Salmuth studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1883 he became active in the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg . His professional career took him via Hanover and Wiesbaden to Homburg vor der Höhe . From 1900 to 1917 he was the district administrator of the Liegnitz district . The Prussian Minister of the Interior appointed him on September 29, 1917 as police chief of Berlin with his office in Lichtenberger Alfredstrasse. In 1919 von Salmuth was involved in the suppression of workers' uprisings ( Berlin March fights ). In 1926 he was released from the police force.

family

His wife Else Freifrau von Salmuth (1872–1930) was the daughter of the professor for ventilation and heating, Hermann Rietschel . The marriage on June 17, 1890 resulted in three children: Hans-Joachim (1891–1945), Eva (1893–1941) and Curt (1895–1981). Arthur von Salmuth and his wife are buried in the cemetery in Ballenstedt .

literature

  • Gerhard Seibold: The Salmuth: Development history of a family. Degener, 1996. ISBN 3768660443
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. Volume 23, p. 583.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adelbert Friedrich Wilhelm von Bredow . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 289-289 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 73 , 498
personal data
SURNAME Salmuth, Arthur von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salmuth, Arthur Freiherr von; Salmuth, Arthur Viktor Wilhelm Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German police chief in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Briesen
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1937
Place of death Berlin