Maximilian Rogge

Gravestone for Maximilian Rogge in the forest cemetery Kleinmachnow

Maximilian Rogge (born March 14, 1866 in Potsdam , † September 6, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German Vice Admiral and during the November Revolution and in the Scheidemann cabinet as State Secretary, head of the Reichsmarinamt .

Life

Rogge joined the Imperial Navy as a cadet on April 21, 1884 . Between 1898 and 1900 he attended the Naval Academy in Kiel . He also commanded 1899 Natter . He then served as the first artillery officer on the ship of the line Kaiser Wilhelm II. Between 1902 and 1905 he studied electrical engineering. Between 1906 and 1907 he was in command of the Aegir . Then he worked in the Reichsmarineamt. There he rose to head of department in the weapons department. From 1917 to December 1918 he was director of this department. A variant of the 38 cm SK L / 45 gun was named after him "Langer Max". On September 18, 1918, Rogge was promoted to Vice Admiral. Between the end of December 1918 and February 1919 he was entrusted with the management of the State Secretary of the Reichsmarinamt. In the Scheidemann cabinet he was State Secretary until the Reichsmarinamt was dissolved. On March 26, 1919, Rogge was placed at the disposal of the chief of the Admiralty and, at his request, retired from military service on September 5, 1919 with the statutory pension .

From 1925 he was a representative of the Skoda Works in Berlin. He was the uncle of the naval officer Bernhard Rogge .

literature

• Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 145-146.
• Gerhard Engel , Bärbel Holtz , Ingo Materna: Great Berlin workers and soldiers councils in the revolution of 1818/1919. Documents of the plenary meetings and the executive council. From the outbreak of the revolution to the 1st Reich Councilor Congress. Berlin 1993, p. 114.

Web links

• Short biography in the files of the Reich Chancellery corrected 2016-11-24