Radolf von Kardorff
Radolf von Kardorff (born October 26, 1881 in Böhlendorf , † December 5, 1967 in Berlin ) was a German diplomat.
Family, education and military career
Von Kardorff was born as the son of Ernst von Kardorff and his wife Helene Freiin von Neuendorf. He received his school education at the Fridericianum Schwerin , where he graduated from high school in 1901 . From 1901 to 1906 he studied law in Heidelberg , Munich and Berlin and passed the legal traineeship . In 1901 he became a corps bow bearer of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . From 1902 to 1903 he signed up as a one-year volunteer . He then continued his military career as a reservist and achieved the rank of Rittmeister of the Reserve. Von Kardorff was never married and died childless.
Career as a diplomat
In January 1908, von Kardorff joined the Foreign Service and was initially appointed to the Prussian legation to the Holy See . After passing the diplomatic examination, he took over the provisional management of the embassy in Mexico in 1911 . This was followed by a stay at the embassy in Tehran before he was commissioned in 1915 to set up and manage the consulate in Isfahan . At the beginning of March 1917 he returned to the Foreign Office . A year later, von Kardorff was sent to Helsinki as Prime Minister . Employment in Bern and Sofia followed , before he became the first ambassador of the German Reich in 1923 to head the legation in Tirana after Albania was recognized under international law . He held this position until April 1929 and then moved to the embassy in Athens as envoy . After Kardorff had been put into temporary retirement in 1931, he left the diplomatic service entirely on June 18, 1933.
Others
After his retirement, Kardorff lived in Athens until 1952. There he conducted archaeological studies. He was buried in the Luisenfriedhof II in Berlin.
literature
- Radolf von Kardorff . In: Foreign Office, Maria Keipert, Peter Grupp (Ed.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871-1945, Volume 2: GF . edited by Gerhard Keiper and Martin Kröger. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-506-71841-X , pp. 475-476 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66 , 1102.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Gottlieb Bünz |
Ambassador of the German Reich in Mexico City in 1911 |
Paul von Hintze |
| Refurbishment |
Ambassador of the German Reich in Tirana 1923–1929 |
Siegfried Hey |
| Martin Renner |
Ambassador of the German Reich in Athens 1929–1931 |
Ernst Eisenlohr |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kardorff, Radolf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Böhlendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1967 |
| Place of death | Berlin |
The tombstone is on Luisenfriedhof II, in 14059 Berlin (Königin-Elisabeth-Straße 46-50).
Gravestone LINK: https://de.billiongraves.com/grave/Radolf-Kardorff/25874914