Kurt von Lettow-Vorbeck

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Kurt Wilhelm von Lettow-Vorbeck (* 2. July 1879 in Freiburg , † 12. January 1960 in Kassel ) was a German district in the county Cochem and circle Prenzlau and Government in Berlin .

Life

Kurt's parents were the Prussian major general and infantry commander of the 5th Baden Infantry Regiment No. 113, Moritz Eduard von Lettow-Vorbeck and his wife Hedwig Henriette nee. Schröder. He had an older brother Ernst Moritz (1874–1950) and a younger sister Katharina Hedwig (1883–1888).

He received his high school education in Kassel. He studied law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Philipps University of Marburg . He became a member of the Corps Hasso-Borussia Freiburg (1900) and the Corps Hasso-Nassovia (1904). After completing his studies, he first worked in Posen , then in Frankfurt (Oder) and Wetzlar . From there he moved to Koblenz , where he was appointed government councilor . On July 25, 1917, he was appointed to the provisional district administrator in the Cochem district, which was converted into a permanent position on December 1, 1919 through an appointment . In July 1921, he moved back to the district of Prenzlau as district administrator and member of the German National People's Party , where he was replaced by Silvio Conti , who was a member of the NSDAP , on August 3, 1933 and put into temporary retirement in September. After the transfer to the Upper Presidium of Berlin, Lettow-Vorbeck was transferred to the state commissioner of the capital in May 1934 and last moved to the city administration of Berlin in 1938.

Kurt von Lettow-Vorbeck was married to Auguste Elisabeth Hedwig von Block (* 1881 in Berlin) on June 3, 1906. He had a daughter with her, Christa von Lettow-Vorbeck, born on September 23, 1908 in Frankfurt (Oder).

literature

  • Robert Castor: The district administrators of Cochem and Zell in: Heimatjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 2006, pp. 67–71.
  • Alfons Friderichs (ed.): V. Lettow-Vorbeck, Kurt Wilhelm . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 214.
  • Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 602 f .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rank and quarter list of the Royal Prussian Army for 1876/77 (Moritz Eduard) v. Lettow-Vorbeck , accessed January 15, 2019
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 31/187; 99/778
personal data
SURNAME Lettow-Vorbeck, Kurt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lettow-Vorbeck, Kurt Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1960
Place of death kassel