List of Reich Ministers 1848/1849

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Karl zu Leiningen around 1835, first Reich Minister-President (1848)

The list of the members of the Reich Ministry 1848/1849 includes the ministers of the German Reich from 1848/1849 . The basis for their appointment and work was the Reich law on the introduction of a provisional central authority for Germany . The Reich Ministry ended on December 20, 1849, when the Reichsverweser transferred his powers to a Federal Central Commission supported by Austria and Prussia .

To the Reich central government included not only the ministers nor the Regent . Undersecretaries of State have been appointed so as not to enlarge the Reich Ministry (government). As was customary at the time, the Prime Minister was one of the specialist ministers who also chaired the Council of Ministers.

Leading Reich Minister Anton von Schmerling / Prime Minister Karl Fürst zu Leiningen

Undersecretaries of State:

Ministerial Officials:

  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Gustav Moritz Getz (August 29, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial registrar and archivist in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Daniel Leutheußer (July 12, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Philipp Adolph Leutheußer (June 20 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary: Johann Gottfried Radermacher, (August 1, 1848 to February 15, 1849)
  • Expedition Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Joseph Rausek (July 27, 1848 to December 20, 1849)

Prime Minister Anton von Schmerling

Schmerling had not officially been appointed Prime Minister, but was part of the Council of Ministers according to an internal arrangement.

  • Prime Minister: Anton von Schmerling (September 19, 1848 to December 15, 1848)
  • Reich Minister of the Interior: Anton von Schmerling (September 19, 1848 to December 15, 1848)
  • Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs: Anton von Schmerling (September 24, 1848 to December 15, 1848)
  • Reich Minister of War: Eduard von Peucker (July 15, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Justice: Robert Mohl (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Finance: Hermann von Beckerath (August 5, 1848 to May 4, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Commerce: Arnold Duckwitz (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849)

Undersecretaries of State:

  • Reich Ministry of the Interior: Friedrich Bassermann (August 5, 1848 to May 10, 1849); Joseph von Würth (August 5, 1848 to December 15, 1848)
  • Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Maximilian Freiherr von Gagern (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849); Ludwig von Biegeleben (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Justice: Christian Widenmann (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Finance: Karl Mathy (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Commerce: Johannes Fallati (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)

Ministerial Officials:

  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Gustav Moritz Getz (August 29, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial registrar and archivist in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Daniel Leutheußer (July 12, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary: Johann Gottfried Radermacher, (August 1, 1848 to February 15, 1849)
  • Ministerialrat in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Ernst Johann Hermann von Rauschenplat (October 20, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Expedition Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Joseph Rausek (July 27, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Friedrich Damian Freiherr von Schütz zu Holzhausen (October 5, 1848 to June 3, 1849)

Prime Minister Heinrich Freiherr von Gagern

Heinrich von Gagern was previously President of the National Assembly. His cabinet was the first German central government to actually have a parliamentary structure.
  • Prime Minister: Heinrich Freiherr von Gagern (December 17, 1848 to May 10, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of the Interior: Heinrich Freiherr von Gagern (December 17, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs: Heinrich Freiherr von Gagern (December 17, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of War: Eduard von Peucker (July 15, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Justice: Robert Mohl (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Finance: Hermann von Beckerath (August 5, 1848 to May 4, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Commerce: Arnold Duckwitz (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849)

Undersecretaries of State:

  • Reich Ministry of the Interior: Friedrich Bassermann (August 5, 1848 to May 10, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Maximilian Freiherr von Gagern (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849); Ludwig von Biegeleben (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Justice: Christian Widenmann (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Finance: Karl Mathy (August 5, 1848 to May 16, 1849)
  • Reich Ministry of Commerce: Johannes Fallati (August 9, 1848 to May 16, 1849)

Ministerial Officials:

  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Gustav Moritz Getz (August 29, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial registrar and archivist in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Daniel Leutheußer (July 12, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary: Johann Gottfried Radermacher, (August 1, 1848 to February 15, 1849)
  • Expedition Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Joseph Rausek (July 27, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Friedrich Damian Freiherr von Schütz zu Holzhausen (October 5, 1848 to June 3, 1849)

Prime Minister Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Graevell

Graevell in 1839. The Reichsverweser had appointed his cabinet against the decided will of the National Assembly.
  • Prime Minister: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Grävell (May 16, 1849 to June 3, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of the Interior: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Grävell (May 16, 1849 to June 3, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs: August Jochmus (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of War: August Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (May 21, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Justice: Johann Hermann Detmold (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Finance: Ernst Merck (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)

Ministerial Officials:

  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Gustav Moritz Getz (August 29, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial registrar and archivist in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Daniel Leutheußer (July 12, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Office director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Gottfried Radermacher (June 1 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerialrat in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Ernst Johann Hermann von Rauschenplat (October 20, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Expedition Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Joseph Rausek (July 27, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Friedrich Damian Freiherr von Schütz zu Holzhausen (October 5, 1848 to June 3, 1849)

Prime Minister August Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

  • Prime Minister: August Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (June 3, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of the Interior: Johann Hermann Detmold (June 3, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs: August Jochmus (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of War: August Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (May 21, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Justice: Johann Hermann Detmold (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of Finance: Ernst Merck (May 16, 1849 to December 20, 1849)
  • Reich Minister of the Navy: August Jochmus (May 22, 1849 to December 20, 1849)

Ministerial Officials:

  • Ministerial Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Gustav Moritz Getz (August 29, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerial registrar and archivist in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Daniel Leutheußer (July 12, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Philipp Adolph Leutheußer (June 20 to December 20, 1849)
  • Office director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Johann Gottfried Radermacher (June 1 to December 20, 1849)
  • Ministerialrat in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Ernst Johann Hermann von Rauschenplat (October 20, 1848 to December 20, 1849)
  • Expedition Director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior: Joseph Rausek (July 27, 1848 to December 20, 1849)

Imperial reign in Stuttgart

The rump parliament in Stuttgart set up a provisional imperial government on June 6, 1849 and elected five members: Franz Raveaux , Heinrich Simon (both from Westendhall), Carl Vogt , Friedrich Schüler (both from Deutscher Hof) and August Becher . You should be both head of the Reich and the Reich government. Württemberg dissolved the rump parliament by force on June 18, 1849.

See also

literature

  • Hans Schenk, Elfriede Eißelt: Reich Ministries of the Provisional Central Authority. Stocks DB 52-59. Part I. Federal Archives, Koblenz 1986.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1960, pp. 879/880.