Eugen von Knilling

Eugen von Knilling

Eugen Knilling , since 1910 Ritter von Knilling (born August 1, 1865 in Munich ; † October 20, 1927 there ), was a German politician ( BVP ).

Life

After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1884 , he studied law in Munich until 1890 . He was a scholarship holder of the Maximilianeum Foundation . During his studies he became a member of the AGV Munich in the special houses association .

Knilling was Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bavaria during the German Empire and Bavarian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister from 1922 to 1924 during the Weimar Republic .

Hyperinflation and a serious crisis between Bavaria and the Reich fell during his reign : In autumn 1923, the Reich government under Chancellor Stresemann declared the end of passive resistance to the occupation of the Ruhr . The Bavarian state government under Knilling's leadership took this as an opportunity to declare a state of emergency and appoint Gustav Ritter von Kahr as state commissioner general with dictatorial powers, which meant an open break with the German Reich. As a result, the Hitler-Ludendorff putsch took place in November 1923 , which also wanted to take advantage of this situation, but failed.

In January 1924, the Knilling government presented the first of the four Bavarian government memoranda on imperial and constitutional reform , in which federal principles were called for.

After the heavy losses in the state elections in May 1924 , Knilling resigned.

Honors

For his achievements he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown by Prince Regent Luitpold in 1910 . With the award the elevation to the personal nobility was connected and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Knilling after the entry in the nobility register . In 1913, Knilling had also received the Order of Merit from St. Michael I Class.

literature

• Hans Hinterberger: Non-political politicians? The Bavarian "Official Minister-Presidents" 1920-1924 and their joint responsibility for the Hitler coup. Regensburg University Library, 2017.

Radio broadcast

• Hans Hinterberger: Eugen von Knilling - A Prime Minister and the Hitler Putsch , Bayerischer Rundfunk 2015

Individual evidence

1. ^ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich. ZDB ID 12448436 , 1883/84.
2. ↑ Famous Maximer. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 6, 2017 ; accessed on September 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Otto Grübel, Special Houses Association of German Student Choral Societies (SV): Cartel address book. As of March 1, 1914. Munich 1914, p. 95.
4. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria for the year 1914. Munich 1914. p. 26.
5. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria for the year 1914. Munich 1914. P. 33.