Prussia Federation

The “ Prussian League ”, actually “Bund der Kaisertreuen”, was a conservative political organization that was close to the German National People's Party (DNVP, 1918–1933). It was founded in 1913 and existed until 1934. After the collapse of the German Empire , the “Prussian League” campaigned for the restoration of the monarchy.

Not to be confused with the Prussian Confederation .

Founding members

Ernst von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1851-1924), chairman of the German Conservative Party (1876-1918)
Georg von Kleist (1852–1923), general of the cavalry, chairman from 1918 to 1919
Ernst von Reuter , Colonel
Paul Rocke (1870–1936), President of the Chamber of Commerce in Hanover
from Rodenbeck
Hans von Wrochem (1853-1914), General
Kuno von Westarp (1864–1945), lawyer and politician
Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau (1855–1937), agrarian and lobbyist
Wilhelm von der Groeben, Count
Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck (1830–1916), industrialist
Eugen Wilhelm Ernst, industrialist
Gustav Gontermann , industrialist
Max Wildgrube (1873–1954), politician
Wilhelm von Dommes (1867–1959), General

Head of the Prussian Federation

Board members

1913–1918 Paul Rocke
1918–1919 Georg von Kleist
1919–1925 Wilhelm Rogge
1925–1934 Wilhelm von Dommes

executive Director

1918–1920 Fritz Bley
1921–1925 Fritz Schlieper
1926–1934 Friedrich Everling

Other members

Carl Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1884–1954), mentioned in 1922
Fritz Bley (1853-1931), writer
Wilhelm Rogge (1856–1925), major general

literature

Herbert Gottwald : Preußenbund (PB) 1913–1934. In: Dieter Fricke u. a. (Ed.): Lexicon on the history of parties. The bourgeois and petty-bourgeois parties and associations in Germany (1789-1945), Volume 3. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7609-0879-9 , pp. 594-598.
Maximilian Weyl: Political Criminals and Fools. Aaba-Express-Buchdruck, Berlin 1918 (published under the pseudonym “Senex”).

Web links

Report of January 21, 1914 on the founding meeting of the “Preussenbund” (French, RTF ; 2.2 MB)