Cabinet Koehler (Baden)

The Köhler cabinet formed the state government of Baden from May 6, 1933 to April 4, 1945 .

With an announcement of May 6, 1933, Reichsstatthalter Wagner appointed Walter Köhler as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economics. On May 8, the Minister of Culture, Education and Justice, Otto Wacker, was appointed his deputy.

In the course of the renovation of the State of a centralized state one was on December 5th, 1934 Second Law to reconcile the administration of justice in the kingdom passed which decreed the dissolution of the justice ministries of the countries on January 1, 1935, and the state justice departments reporting directly to the Minister of Justice of the empire.

Otto Wacker died on February 14, 1940 and on May 28 it was announced that Paul Schmitthenner had been entrusted with the management of the affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Education. The inauguration took place on June 4, 1940. In the meantime, the business had been led by Ministerialdirektor Gärtner.

Köhler was captured by French troops in Karlsruhe on April 4, 1945. On April 5, Reichsstatthalter Wagner commissioned the Mayor of Freiburg , Franz Kerber , to carry out Köhler's duties as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economics. On April 29, all of Baden was occupied by American and French troops.

Office	Surname	Political party
Prime Minister Finance and Economy	Walter Koehler	NSDAP
Interior	Karl Pflaumer	NSDAP
Justice (until December 31, 1934 )	Otto Wacker	NSDAP
Cult and teaching	Otto Wacker † February 14, 1940 Ludwig Paul Schmitthenner	NSDAP
State Council (until May 28, 1940)	Paul Schmitthenner	NSDAP

literature

Martin Furtwängler: lists of ministers. In: Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 5: Economic and social history since 1918, overviews and materials, complete index. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2 , pp. 486-487.
Frank Engehausen, Katrin Hammerstein, Ulrike Falkner, Elli Plett, State Center for Civic Education Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Baden 1933. The National Socialist takeover of power in the area of tension between state and imperial politics. Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-945414-40-8 . (pdf ; accessed on January 24, 2018)
The government declaration of the Baden Prime Minister Walter Köhler of June 9, 1933. In: Negotiations of the Baden state parliament. Official minutes of the 2nd public meeting, Friday, June 9, 1933. (digitized version)

Web links

History of the state ministries in Baden and Württemberg in the time of National Socialism

Individual evidence

↑ Baden Law and Ordinance Sheet No. 31 of May 12, 1933
↑ Second law on the transfer of the administration of justice to the Reich
^ In: Badische Presse of May 28, 1940
↑ Inauguration of Minister Dr. Schmitthenner. In: Badische Presse of June 5, 1940
↑ see Gerhard Kaller: Baden in the time of National Socialism. In: Meinrad Schaab, Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History. Volume 4: Die Länder since 1918. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-91468-4 , pp. 229-230.

[1] Baden Law and Ordinance Sheet No. 31 of May 12, 1933

[2] Second law on the transfer of the administration of justice to the Reich

[3] In: Badische Presse of May 28, 1940

[4] Inauguration of Minister Dr. Schmitthenner. In: Badische Presse of June 5, 1940

[5] see Gerhard Kaller: Baden in the time of National Socialism. In: Meinrad Schaab, Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History. Volume 4: Die Länder since 1918. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-91468-4 , pp. 229-230.