Maximilian von Puttkamer

Albert August Maximilian von Puttkamer (born June 28, 1831 in Groß Nossin , Stolp district , † March 5, 1906 in Baden-Baden ) was a German politician and State Secretary in the Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine of the German Empire .

origin

He came from the Puttkamer family, which was originally from Pomerania . His father Albert von Puttkamer (* 1797, † 1861) was a Prussian district administrator and from 1859 to 1861 a member of the Prussian House of Representatives.

Studies and professional career

Maximilian von Puttkamer

Max von Puttkamer

Alberta from Puttkamer

After attending grammar school in Stettin , Maximilian von Puttkamer studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Berlin from 1849 to 1852 .

In 1852 he joined the Prussian judicial service as an auscultator . In 1858 he was first judge and then in 1861 district judge in Fraustadt ( province of Posen ).

Political career

Member of the Reichstag

In 1867 he was elected as a representative of Fraustadt as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives, to which he belonged until 1871. In 1867 he became a member of the North German Reichstag for the constituency administrative district Posen 6 (Fraustadt - Lissa) and joined the faction of the National Liberals. After the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, he was elected a member of the Reichstag . There he represented the interests of the National Liberal Party (NLP) founded in 1867 until 1881 .

Promotion to State Secretary for Alsace-Lorraine

After the creation of an independent administration for Alsace-Lorraine on July 1, 1876 by the newly established Reich Office, he was initially a judge of appeals in Colmar . A year later he was appointed general advocate of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine .

In 1879 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Justice and Culture in the Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine . He held this office until 1887.

In 1887, he succeeded Karl von Hofmann himself as State Secretary for Alsace-Lorraine. He held this office for fourteen years until July 1901 and was thus longer in office than any of his predecessors and successors. He was succeeded by Ernst Matthias von Köller .

His wife Alberta von Puttkamer was a writer and has worked as a translator for Alfred de Musset , through the historical drama Kaiser Otto III. and their seals made a name for themselves.

literature

Ellinor von Puttkamer (editor): History of the sex v. Puttkamer (= German Family Archives, Volume 83–85). 2nd edition, Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1984, ISBN 3-7686-5064-2 , p. 679
Puttkamer, Maximilian von . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 13, p. 526.
Maximilian von Puttkamer . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 22 : Possession – Retzia . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1915, Sp. 637 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses , 1906, p.629

Web links

Biographical data
Maximilian von Puttkamer on the side of the association of the von Puttkamer family
Maximilian von Puttkamer in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 307; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 285-288.
↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 259, short biography p. 451.
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 58.

personal data
SURNAME	Puttkamer, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Puttkamer, Albert August Maximilian von (full name); Puttkamer, Max von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NLP), Member of the Bundestag and State Secretary of the German Reich
DATE OF BIRTH	June 28, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Groß Nossin , Stolp district
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1906
Place of death	Baden-Baden

[1] Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 307; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 285-288.

[2] Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 259, short biography p. 451.

[3] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 58.