Cabinet Blos I

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The Blos I cabinet formed the state government of Württemberg from November 11, 1918 to March 7, 1919 .

Office Surname Political party
Prime Minister
exterior 		Wilhelm Blos SPD
Interior Arthur Crispien
until January 10, 1919 		USPD
Finances Theodor Liesching democrat
Judiciary Johann Baptist Kiene Z
war Albert Schreiner
until November 15, 1918 		USPD
Ulrich Fischer
until January 10, 1919 		USPD
Immanuel Herrmann SPD
nutrition Julius Baumann democrat
job Hugo Lindemann SPD
cult Berthold Heymann SPD

After the news from Berlin arrived in Stuttgart on November 9, 1918 that Philipp Scheidemann had proclaimed the republic, representatives of the SPD and the USPD agreed in the late afternoon in the rooms of the Württemberg state parliament on the formation of a provisional government. Wilhelm Blos (Foreign Minister) and Arthur Crispien (Interior Minister) were chaired. Other SPD candidates were Hermann Mattutat as Minister of Justice, Theodor Heymann as Minister of Culture and Dr. Hugo Lindemann proposed as Minister of Labor. On the part of the USPD, the Spartakist and chairman of the Stuttgart Soldiers' Council Albert Schreiner became Minister of War and August Thalheimerelected Minister of Finance. In a proclamation he wrote to the people of Württemberg, Blos stated: "The republic is declared." On the morning of November 10, a Sunday, Wilhelm Blos and Wilhelm Keil agreed in a conversation that the cabinet list drawn up the previous evening should be changed must be. In view of public opinion, the necessary cooperation of the civil servants and the imminent demobilization of the army, representatives of the other democratic parties should also join the government. On November 11, 1918, the head of the royal civil cabinet, Konstantin von Neurath , obtained the release of the ministers of the Liesching government from the oath of loyalty they had given on the morning of November 9 in the Wilhelmspalais by telephone from King Wilhelm II . Thereupon, on November 11th, Theodor Liesching joined the Blos cabinet instead of Thalheimer, Johann Baptist Kiene instead of Mattutat and Julius Baumann.

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literature

  • Ansbert Baumann: The protocols of the government of the People's State of Württemberg. Volume 1: The Provisional Government and Blos Cabinet. November 1918 - June 1920 (= cabinet minutes of Baden and Württemberg 1918–1933. Part 2, Vol. 1). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-023032-3 .
  • Klaus Schwabe (Hrsg.): The governments of the German medium and small states. 1815–1933 (= German leadership classes in modern times. Vol. 14 = Büdinger research on social history. Vol. 18). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1983, ISBN 3-7646-1830-2 .
  • Bertold Spuler : Regents and Governments of the World. = Sovereigns and Governments of the World. Part 2, Volume 4: Latest Time. 1917 / 18-1964. 2nd Edition. Ploetz, Würzburg 1964.