Viktor Karl Maximilian von Ditmar

Coat of arms of the noble family von Ditmar

Viktor Karl Maximilian von Ditmar (born June 1, 1866 in Kiddemetz on Ösel , Estonia ; † June 7, 1935 in Reval ) was an Estonian baron , lawyer and diplomat .

Career

Viktor Karl Maximilian vD studied medicine and law at the Imperial University of Dorpat from 1884 to 1989 . Since 1916 he was assistant to the senior procurator at the Senate in Saint Petersburg . In 1917 he became a member of the Estonian State Court in Dorpat, today's Tartu . In addition, he worked in 1921 in the Estonian-Russian Commission for the repatriation of after Russia spent cultural assets with from Estonia, as the Treaty of Tartu envisaged. This committee also negotiated the Estonians deported to Russia who were allowed to return to Estonia. From 1923 to 1924 he was chairman of the disarmament conference held in Moscow , which discussed mutual disarmament and troop unbundling and concluded contractual agreements. On May 20, 1924, he was sent to Moscow as counselor from Estonia . He then worked as a judge until his death .

Origin and family

Viktor Karl Maximilian von Ditmar came from the ösel family line of the Baltic noble family von Ditmar . His grandfather was the Russian major general and later Land Marshal of Ösel Georg Wilhelm von Ditmar (1789-1852). His father was Napoleon von Ditmar, Herr auf Kiddemetz (* 1834 in Kiddemetz auf Ösel, † 1919 in Arensburg ), governor of Arensburg, who lived with Ottilie Natalie von zur Mühlen (* 1839 in Saint Petersburg, † 1902 in Arensburg). Viktor married Olga Vassilyevna Lavrova (* 1873). They had no offspring, with Viktor Karl Maximilian the Osel family line dies out.

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Viktor Karl Maximilian von Ditmar. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

↑ On the duty of the procureur and attorney at the High Court. In: Title Ihro Imperial Majesty Catharina the Second ... Regulations for the administration of the governorates of the Russian Empire. Translated from the Russian by CGArndt, Verlag JJ Weitbrecht , 1776, original from University of Michigan , digitized June 8, 2006 [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Ditmar, Viktor Karl Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ditmar, Viktor Karl Max from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Baltic lawyer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiddemetz on Ösel , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1935
Place of death	Reval

[1] On the duty of the procureur and attorney at the High Court. In: Title Ihro Imperial Majesty Catharina the Second ... Regulations for the administration of the governorates of the Russian Empire. Translated from the Russian by CGArndt, Verlag JJ Weitbrecht , 1776, original from University of Michigan , digitized June 8, 2006 [1]