Max von Thielmann
Max Franz Guido Freiherr von Thielmann (born April 4, 1846 in Berlin ; † May 2, 1929 there ) was a German diplomat , politician and state secretary in the Reich Treasury of the German Empire .
Diplomatic career
Thielmann studied in Berlin and Heidelberg , where he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia in 1864 . He was a descendant of the General of the Wars of Liberation , Johann von Thielmann , his parents were his son Franz von Thielmann (1799–1868) and his second wife Mathilde von Friebe (1812–1874).
He went into the diplomatic service . In the following years he worked at the German embassies in Petersburg , Copenhagen , Bern , Washington, DC , Brussels , Paris and Constantinople .
In 1886 he was first consul general in Sofia . He was then the Prussian envoy in Darmstadt , Hamburg and Munich between 1888 and 1894 . In 1895 he was appointed ambassador to Washington DC. Theodor von Holleben became his successor there in 1897 .
State Secretary in the Reich Treasury
On July 1, 1897, he was appointed to succeed Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner as State Secretary in the Reich Treasury in the cabinet of Reich Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst . He also retained the office in the government of Bernhard von Bülow ( Cabinet Bülow ) in office from October 17, 1900 . On August 23, 1903, he resigned from the office of State Secretary. Successor in this office was Hermann von Stengel .
Baron von Thielmann was also appointed legal knight of the Order of St. John . Since 1909 he was a member of the Prussian manor house .
As a diplomat, he traveled extensively in the Caucasus , Persia and America and was the author of travelogues.
family
Baron Max von Thielmann married in Dresden on June 19, 1886 with Cäcilie Countess von Roß (born 1854), lady of honor of the Royal Bavarian Order of Theresa.
Publications
- Forays into the Caucasus, Persia and Asian Turkey. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875 ( digitized version ) (Reprint: Nomad Press, Nürnberg 1979)
- Journey in the Caucasus, Persia, and Turkey in Asia, by Lieut. Baron Max von Thielmann. London 1875 (translation Charles Heneage)
- Four ways through America. , Leipzig 1879
- Le Caucase, la Perse, et la Turquie d'Asie. D'après la relation de M. le baron de Thielmann. , Paris 1880 (translation by Baron Ernouf)
literature
- Max von Thielmann . In: Article in the magazine of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , Volume 83, p. 262 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Max von Thielmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 627
Adolf von Scholz (1880–1882) | Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard (1882–1886) | Karl von Jacobi (1886–1888) | Helmuth von Maltzahn (1888–1893) | Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1893–1897) | Max Franz Guido von Thielmann (1897–1903) | Hermann von Stengel (1903–1908) | Reinhold von Sydow (1908–1909) | Adolf Wermuth (1909–1912) | Hermann Kühn (1912–1915) | Karl Helfferich (1915–1916) | Siegfried von Roedern (1916–1918) | Eugen Schiffer (1918-1919)
Bülow | Posadowksy-Wehner | Bethmann Hollweg | Richthofen | Tschirschky-Bögendorff | Nice | Delbrück | Nieberding | Tirpitz | Podbielski | Octopus | Thielmann | Stalk | Sydow
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thielmann, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thielmann, Max Franz Guido Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Ambassador and State Secretary of the German Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1929 |
| Place of death | Berlin |