Felix von Niemeyer (diplomat)

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Felix Niemeyer , von Niemeyer from 1873 , (born April 1, 1851 in Magdeburg , Prussia ; died October 2, 1896 in Tübingen , German Empire ) was a German diplomat.

Life

Felix Niemeyer was a son of Therese Reinstein and the Magdeburg poor doctor Felix Niemeyer , who was ennobled in 1870. The family moved to Tübingen, where he graduated from high school. From 1868 he studied Egyptology , Arabic and Turkish in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Erlangen . In 1873 Niemeyer was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate and raised to the nobility.

From July 1870 to May 1871, Niemeyer was a Württemberg soldier in the Franco-German War . After completing his doctorate, he was appointed to the foreign service of the German Reich in 1873 and sent as a Dragoman-Eleve to the Embassy in Constantinople . He passed the Dragoman examination in 1877. From 1874 to 1876 he was seconded to the German consulate in Jerusalem . From 1876 Niemeyer was a diplomat in the Consulate General in Alexandria , which was relocated to Cairo in 1887 , and represented the Chargé d'affaires there several times.

Niemeyer was given leave of absence in 1892 and retired in 1894. In the same year he married Therese Paar, but died in 1896.

literature

  • Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 , p. 364f.