Provincial Council (German South West Africa)
žThe provincial government was from 1909 to 1915, a consultative body in German South West Africa and part of the local self-government .
history
The colony of German South West Africa was ruled by a governor sent by the Reich . In order to give the German settlers the opportunity to have a say, the “District Advisory Councils” were created by government decree of December 18, 1899. These were professional representations at the district level. For each district, the district administrator appointed an “advisory board for expert hearings on legislative measures”. This consisted of three people: one representative each of the farmers, the craftsmen and the merchants.
With an order of the Reich Chancellor of December 24, 1903, a government council was created. This consisted of eleven farmers and merchants and no more than as many official members appointed by the governor. The council had the right to propose the colonial budget and advised on the governor's policy. Due to the uprising of the Herero and Nama , the council met for the first time from November 9-17, 1906. After a second session from March 28 to April 6, 1908, it was replaced by the new National Council in 1910.
composition
The regional council was created on January 28, 1909 with the "Ordinance of the Reich Chancellor regarding the self-government of German South West Africa" . It first met in April 1910. It consisted of 15 members elected by the 15 district councils and 15 members appointed by the governor. Of these, the first advisor to the governorate, the chief judge of the protected area and the commander of the protection force were members of the regional council. With the ordinance of the Reich Chancellor of March 11, 1914, the mayors of Windhoek , Swakopmund , Lüderitzbucht and Keetmanshoop were also members of the council, which thus had 34 members.
German nationals who were at least 30 years old and had been in South West Africa for at least two years and owned real estate there or were self-employed were eligible.
1. National Council
The 1st Regional Council was announced on March 13, 1910 and officially convened by publication in the Official Journal for German South West Africa on April 1, 1910.
- Elected members
- Hubert Janson, farmer from Franzfontein
- Gustav Prion, Farmer, Farm Ondengaura
- Gustav Voigt, merchant from Windhoek
- Frank Schliemann, innkeeper from Usakos
- Arnold Schad, a businessman from Swakopmund
- Albert Voigts, Farmer, Farm Voigtsgrund
- Otto Forkel, lawyer from Keetmanshoop
- Karl Weiß, mining worker and captain d. L. from Lüderitzbucht
- Rudolf Kindt, editor from Swakopmund
- Axel Zillmann, Farmer, Farm Okaimpuru
- Karl Goldbeck, Farmer, Farm Okahoa
- Max Sievers, Farmer, Farm Naos
- Hans Meyer, Farmer, Farm Nomtsas
- Ferdinand Gessert, Farmer, Farm Sandverhaar
- Adolf Klein, Farmer, Farm Lovedale
- Appointed Members
- Commander of the protection force for German South West Africa or his deputy
- 1. Speaker or his deputy
- Chief Justice or his deputy
- Karl Schlettwein, Farmer, Farm Otjitambi
- Jakobus Lombard, Farmer, Farm Streydfontein
- Paul Heimann, mine director from Tsumeb
- Erich Rust, Farmer, Farm Ondekaremba
- Max Fritzsche , lawyer and notary; ( Mayor of Windhoek ?)
- Otto Bohnstedt, Farmer, Farm Kaltenhausen
- Eduard Wardesky, merchant from Swakopmund
- Eugen Mansfeld, a merchant from Swakopmund
- Hermann Brandt, farmer from Marienthal
- Johann Wittmann, Farmer, Farm Naute
- August Stauch , director of Kolmanskop
- Hugo Abraham, merchant from Gobabis
literature
- Hugo Blumhagen: The legal development in German South West Africa under the mandate of the South African Union , Duncker & Humblot, 1939.
- Hansjörg Michael Huber: Colonial Self-Administration in German South West Africa: Origin, Codification and Implementation , Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2000, ISBN 978-3631354520 .
- Markus J. Jahnel: Land law in "New Germany via Sea": Acquisition, allocation and use of land in the colony of German South West Africa, 1884-1915 , Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2009, ISBN 3-631-5764-47 , P. 89.