Hermann von Stengel (envoy)

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Hermann Freiherr von Stengel (born July 27, 1872 Mulhouse , Alsace , † October 31, 1954 in Gauting ) was a German officer, consular officer and envoy.

Life

Stengel's parents were the legal scholar Karl von Stengel and his wife Karoline geb. Ott . Hermann v. Stengel attended the Lyceum in Strasbourg , the Elisabet-Gymnasium and the Matthias-Gymnasium in Breslau and the Royal New Gymnasium in Würzburg . After graduating from high school, he served from October 1, 1890 to September 30, 1891 as a one-year volunteer in the Bavarian Army . At the same time he was enrolled in law at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg in 1890/91 . In 1890 he became a corps bow bearer from Bavaria Würzburg . He extended his military service until May 15, 1893 and was a lieutenant from March 5, 1892. From 1893 he studied law again in Würzburg. After the first exam on July 19, 1895, he entered the judicial and administrative service of the Kingdom of Bavaria . He passed the assessor exam in December 1898.

Consular service

On October 1, 1899, he was drafted into the Foreign Service (consular career). After a year in Department III (Law), on October 5, 1900, he moved to Department II (Trade Policy), Department of Emigration. On June 12, 1901, he was made first lieutenant . R. promoted. Since May 13, 1902 at the Consulate General Yokohama , he received the character of Vice Consul on March 12, 1902 . On April 21, 1904, he came to the Consulate General in Shanghai . From May 22, 1905 to June 19, 1905, he temporarily headed the consulate in Hankau and in November / December of the same year the consulate in Pakhoi . Afterwards on vacation, he came in February 1906 to Dept. II of the AA (commercial policy). On May 16, 1906, he married the daughter of a manufacturer, Lina geb. Gonnermann . He had been a permanent laborer since September 18, 1906, and on December 21, 1906, he was characterized as a Legation Councilor .

From September 30, 1911 to November 30, 1920 he was consul in Madrid . On July 26, 1914 he was made captain of the Landwehr and in World War I Major d. L. promoted. From February 20, 1920 to April 6, 1920 he was entrusted with the provisional management of the Consulate General in Barcelona . Temporarily in temporary retirement, he was back in Barcelona from December 1, 1920 to February 4, 1921. After that, he was temporarily employed in the Foreign Office from July 4, 1921 (Dept. VIII, Law).

Envoy

On September 10, 1921, he was entrusted as envoy with the re-establishment of the German representation in La Paz . He took over the business on January 26, 1922 and handed over the credentials on February 4. On leave since October 15, 1925, he was given temporary retirement on February 25, 1926. He went into final retirement shortly before his 61st birthday on July 18, 1933.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 137/802.
  2. ↑ a b c Volume IV of the Biographical Manual of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Paderborn 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Stengel, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, consular officer and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Mulhouse , Alsace
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1954
Place of death Gauting