List of the ministers and state presidents of Württemberg

In 1876, the office of President of the State Ministry was introduced in the Kingdom of Württemberg . According to today's understanding, this office was that of a Prime Minister , and this is how the incumbents were often referred to in contemporary literature, regardless of the official title. Until the abdication of King Wilhelm II , there were a total of five incumbents.

Kingdom of Württemberg
President of the State Ministry
Surname	Taking office	Resignation
Hermann Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Midnight	July 1, 1876	November 9, 1900
Max Freiherr Schott von Schottenstein	3rd December 1900	April 13, 1901
Wilhelm August von Breitling	April 15, 1901	4th December 1906
Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker	4th December 1906	November 6, 1918
Theodor Liesching	November 7, 1918	November 9, 1918

After the revolution, the state government in Württemberg was carried out by the State Ministry. At its head was a prime minister, who officially held the official title of state president since March 7, 1919 .

People's State of Württemberg in the Weimar Republic
President of the Republic
Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Political party
Wilhelm Blos	November 9, 1918	June 23, 1920	SPD
Johannes von Hieber	June 23, 1920	April 8, 1924	DDP
Edmund Rau	April 8, 1924	June 3, 1924	independent
Wilhelm Bazille	June 3, 1924	June 8, 1928	DNVP
Eugene Bolz	June 8, 1928	March 11, 1933	center
Württemberg at the time of National Socialism
Wilhelm Murr	March 15, 1933	May 5, 1933	NSDAP
Prime Minister
Christian Mergenthaler	May 12, 1933	April 1945	NSDAP

The function of the state president as chairman of the state government was replaced in May 1933 by an office now officially designated as the prime minister , which, however, was restricted in its powers. According to the second law for the alignment of the states with the Reich of April 7, 1933, Wilhelm Murr was transferred to the newly created office of Reich Governor for Württemberg on May 6, 1933 . Murr exercised state authority in Württemberg and, in particular, was able to appoint and dismiss the chairman of the state government, but was not allowed to be a member of the state government at the same time. Therefore, on May 6, 1933, Christian Mergenthaler was appointed chairman of the state government and prime minister with limited power.

Remarks

1. ↑ Laws, announcements and constitutions on Württemberg ( Memento of the original of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Second law for the alignment of the states with the Reich (Reichsstatthaltergesetz) on www.verfassungen.de