List of the Prussian interior ministers

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List of the Prussian interior ministers from the establishment of the Prussian interior ministry in 1808 until the dissolution of the state of Prussia in 1945. The Prussian interior ministers were members of the Prussian state ministry .

The associated category is State Minister (Prussia) .

Interior minister

Surname Taking office Resignation image
Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten 1808 1810

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia Friedrich von Schuckmann Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg Friedrich von Kühlwetter Otto Theodor von Manteuffel Ferdinand Otto Wilhelm Henning von Westphalen Friedrich Albert zu Eulenberg Member of the united state parliament Botho Wendt zu Eulenberg Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg Carl Severing Hermann Goering Wilhelm Frick Heinrich Himmler Paul Giesler

Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Minister of Police 1817 1819
Friedrich von Schuckmann 1814 1834
Gustav Adolf Rochus von Rochow Minister of the Interior and the Police 1834 1842
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg 1842
Ernst von Bodelschwingh the Elder 1844 March 18, 1848
Alfred von Auerswald March 19, 1848 June 14, 1848
Friedrich Christian Hubert von Kühlwetter July 1848 September 1848
Franz August Eichmann September 1848 November 1848
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel November 8, 1848 November 6, 1850
Ferdinand von Westphalen December 19, 1850 October 7, 1858
Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell October 7, 1858 July 1859
Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar 1859 1862
Gustav von Jagow March 1862 December 1862
Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg December 9, 1862 March 1878
Botho August Wendt, Count zu Eulenburg -Wicken 1878 1881
Robert Viktor von Puttkamer 1881 1888
Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth 1888 1892
Botho August Wendt, Count zu Eulenburg -Wicken 1892 1894
Ernst Matthias von Köller 1894 December 6, 1895
Gustav Wilhelm Eberhard von der Recke von der Horst 1895 1899
Kreuzwendedich Georg von Rheinbaben 1899 1901
Hans Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Hammerstein -Loxten May 1901 March 20, 1905
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1905 1907
Friedrich Ludwig Elisa von Moltke June 24, 1907 June 18, 1910
Johann (Hans) Nikolaus Michael Louis von Dallwitz June 18, 1910 April 18, 1914
Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell May 1, 1914 August 6, 1917
Wilhelm (Bill) Arnold Drews August 9, 1917 November 11, 1918
Rudolf Breitscheid   (together with Paul Hirsch ) November 12, 1918 January 4, 1919
Wolfgang Heine March 25, 1919 March 26, 1920
Carl Wilhelm Severing March 29, 1920 March 10, 1921
Adolph Alexander Eberhard Dominicus April 21, 1921 November 1, 1921
Carl Wilhelm Severing November 7, 1921 October 6, 1926
Albert Grzesinski October 1926 February 28, 1930
Heinrich Eugen Waentig March 1930 October 21, 1930
Carl Wilhelm Severing October 24, 1930 July 20, 1932
Franz Bracht   Reich Commissioner
(from December 3, 1932 also Reich Minister of the Interior ) 		July 20, 1932 January 28, 1933
Hermann Göring   Reich Commissioner January 30, 1933 April 7, 1933
Hermann Göring
(also Prime Minister from April 11, 1933 ) 		11/21 April 1933 May 1, 1934
Wilhelm Frick
(Minister of the Interior since January 30, 1933) 		May 1934 October 1934
Merger of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior with the Reich Ministry of the Interior to form the Reich and Prussian Ministry of the Interior November 1, 1934
Wilhelm Frick
(without Prussian police) 		November 1, 1934 August 20, 1943
Heinrich Himmler
(tasks largely delegated to Wilhelm Stuckart ) 		August 20, 1943 April 30, 1945
Paul Giesler May 1, 1945 May 8, 1945

Notes on the distribution of power

  • At the time of the restoration , there was also the office of Minister of Police at times.
  • After the disempowerment on July 20, 1932 by the so-called Preussenschlag and the lawsuit on the same day, the executive state government (after no coalition had been formed), of which Carl Severing was a member , was again made under state law by the judgment of the State Court of October 25, 1932 Position in relation to the Landtag , the Council of State , the Reichsrat and the other countries. However, she had no access to the administrative apparatus and the effective power that the Reich Commissioners retained. This state of affairs lasted until February 6, 1933, when the remaining powers were transferred to the Reich Commissioners by (emergency) decree of the Reich President , or until March 23, 1933, when the Prussian state government formally resigned after the Prussian state parliament had dismissed the government Braun had confirmed.
  • From 1933 there were repeated power struggles in the NSDAP leadership, also with regard to the restructuring and management of the police units, especially between Göring, Himmler and Frick.
  • A decree of Göring of April 26, 1933, the Prussian secret police was separated from the police apparatus and the Secret State Police Office (Gestapa) was formed, which was directly subordinate to the Prussian Minister of the Interior (Göring) and had the position of a state police authority. With the second Gestapo law of November 30, 1933, the Gestapa became a completely independent branch of the internal administration, which was directly subordinate to the Prime Minister (Göring). Leader was Rudolf Diels and created from it later, the Secret State Police .
  • With a decree of March 9, 1934, Hermann Göring transferred the top management of the state police from the office of the Prussian Minister of the Interior to the office of the Prussian Prime Minister.
  • On April 1, 1934, Diels was dismissed as the Prussian Gestapo chief. On April 20, 1934 Heinrich Himmler, who was political police commander outside of Prussia with the exception of Schaumburg-Lippe, became inspector and deputy chief of the Prussian Secret State Police, but in fact he is in command. The direct management was handed over to Reinhard Heydrich , previously head of the Bavarian Political Police and reporting to Himmler there. Under them, the Gestapo then developed into a large, nationwide organization. Göring tried to regain control of the Gestapo in Prussia, but on November 20, 1934 he felt compelled to transfer the business of the entire Prussian Secret State Police to Himmler under his sole responsibility to him.
  • With Hitler's decree of June 17, 1936, Heinrich Himmler became, in addition to his position as " Reichsführer SS ", "Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior". He called himself "Reichsführer SS and Chief of the German Police" and took over the leadership of the police units from the federal states. Officially, he was subordinate to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick, but in fact he was now the second most powerful man in the state and fundamentally restructured the police administration.
  • After Germany was divided into zones of occupation, Prussia de facto ceased to exist in 1945. On February 25, 1947, the Prussian state was formally dissolved by the Control Council Act No. 46 .

general remarks

  • Different times are sometimes mentioned in the literature. This is because they refer to provisional assumption of office, appointment by the king and prime minister, formal inauguration; the same applies to a request for dismissal, approval of farewell and transfer of office / appointment of a successor. This can lead to gaps or overlaps, especially in turbulent times and if the predecessor is ill.
  • Other first names were sometimes used during his lifetime, as it later became naturalized in literature. Therefore the full name is given.