Kurt Schirmer
Kurt Schirmer (born April 27, 1877 in Breslau ; † August 3, 1930 in Tsingtau ) was a German interpreter and consular officer in China.
Life
Schirmer was the son of Hermann Schirmer and his wife Marie geb. Podgorski. The father († 1897) was a secret chancellery in the War Ministry a. D. and most recently sub-director of the Schlesische Boden-Creditbank in Breslau.
Kurt Schirmer studied 1896-1900 jurisprudence at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms University and the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1896 he became a member of the Corps Lusatia Breslau . After he had passed the first state examination in law on April 19, 1901, he was sent to Beijing as an interpreter aspirant in 1902 and appointed second in 1905 and first in 1907 at the German Consulate General in Shanghai. During a six-month home leave in 1913, he married Johanna Gödhart , daughter of the director of Gebr. Goedhart AG. In 1914 he passed the consulate exam. In early 1917, he met Sun Yat-sen when the question was whether China would declare war on Germany. After China broke off diplomatic relations with Germany in March 1917, those active in the diplomatic service returned to Germany, Schirmer in December 1917. From February 25 to December 31, 1918 he was administrator of the consulate in Kristiansand . In the Foreign Office since February 3, 1919 , he was assigned to the German Commission on April 12, 1920, which, under the leadership of Herbert von Borch, was to negotiate a peace treaty with China in Beijing. Schirmer arrived in Beijing as consul on July 10, 1920. After a preliminary contract had been formulated in September 1920, the German-Chinese agreement on the restoration of the state of peace was signed on May 20, 1921. Since July 1921 consul in Tsinanfu and on April 11, 1924 transferred to the German embassy in Beijing, Schirmer was appointed consul 1st class and consul (from August 14th consul general) in Tsingtau on June 21, 1926. Schirmer died of the bite of a rabid dog.
Honors
- Dragon Order III. Class, 2nd level
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 81/304.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schirmer, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Consul General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1930 |
| Place of death | Tsingtau |