Württemberg Ministry of War
The Württemberg War Ministry in the Kingdom of Württemberg existed from 1806 to 1919. The official seat of the War Ministry was in Stuttgart , Olgastraße 13.
history
precursor
College of War Councils
On March 14, 1705, a council of wars was formed in the Duchy of Württemberg as an independent supreme military authority, which initially supported the duke and increasingly took over the military administration. His duties were the conscription , the military administration and military justice in the household troops and provided by the Duchy Circle troops and inspection over the fortifications and artillery . From 1719 to 1730 the college was called General War Commissariat , from 1736 to 1737 it was called General War Directorate .
Department of the War
With the establishment of the Kingdom of Württemberg, King Frederick I dissolved all councils and replaced them with the State Ministry, consisting of various departments, including that of "warfare". The heads of the departments advised the king on all important state affairs. The Department of warfare was in 1811 War Department was renamed and now was under a "president" with "Vice President".
From 1822 the war department was called the War Council and was directly subordinate to the War Minister. In 1829 the council of war was dissolved.
War Department
In 1806, Duke Wilhelm von Württemberg (1761–1830), a brother of King Friedrich, was appointed Minister of War to the Department of War . The Ministry of War, however, remained just a chancellery of the Minister until the mid-twenties, the actual business of the military administration continued to be handled by the Department of War. It was not until 1829 that the War Ministry became the sole competent central authority of the military administration.
In the German Empire was in the Kingdom of Württemberg according to the military agreement with the North German Confederation from 21./25. November 1870, like Bavaria and Saxony , had their own war ministry.
In 1919 the War Ministry and the General Command of the XIII. Army Corps combined in one authority and renamed Reichswehr Command Center Württemberg in August of the same year .
successor
On October 1, 1919, the Reichswehr Ministry and the military districts were formed at the Reich level . With that, all matters of the military were passed on to the Reich, all departments of the former army were dissolved at the same time. The authorities and institutions of the former army that still existed and were not intended to be taken over into the Reichswehr were converted into liquidation offices that were subordinate to the Reichswehr Ministry.
From the disbanded Reichswehr command post in Württemberg, the winding-up office of the former Württemberg War Ministry emerged , from the Department General Command XIII. Army Corps the winding-up office of the former XIII. Army Corps , summarized Abwicklungsamt Württemberg , changed to Heeresabwicklungsamt Württemberg at the end of 1919 . His tasks were the reduction of the authorities and troops in terms of personnel and material, the repatriation and release of prisoners of war and the handling of supply matters and other obligations entered into by the army administration.
With effect from April 9, 1920, the entire settlement system was demilitarized. Only civilians were allowed to be employed by the offices. The soldiers had the choice of joining the Reichswehr or remaining on notice as civil servants .
By order no. 105 207 B.1 of the Heeresabwicklungsamt of March 2, 1921, the Wuerttemberg Heeresabwicklungsamt was dissolved on March 31, 1921.
Secret War Chancellery
From the beginning of the 17th century there was a secret cabinet in the Duchy of Württemberg , in which the ducal orders for the military were issued, registered and stored. In 1806 a separate secret war chancellery, also directly subordinate to him, was set up for the king's military correspondence. The board was always one of the king's adjutants , and an expeditor prepared the documents. On July 17, 1848, the Secret War Chancellery was dissolved, and from this date the documents were again drawn up and stored in the King's Secret Cabinet.
Directors of the Secret War Chancellery
- 1806 Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindenau
- 1809 Colonel Franz Johann Karl Christian von Beulwitz
- 1814 Colonel Count Georg von Sontheim
- 1821 Lieutenant Colonel Eugen Heinrich Georg von Klikowström
- 1828 Major , later Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Maucler
- 1839 Major, later Colonel August von Rüpplin
organization
1806
- president
- Vice President
- six councils
- two secretaries
- two registry lists
- a registrar
1811
The department of warfare consisted of eight sections:
- 1. Cash management, accounting and catering;
- 2. Commissariat, food in kind, quarters and marching matters;
- 3. Assembly matters with three superintendants for the three weapons ( cavalry , infantry and artillery );
- 4. Arsenal Directorate ;
- 5. Recruiting;
- 6. Barracks matters ;
- 7. remounting ;
- 8. Justice .
1817
The eight sections have been combined into three main sections.
- I. Administration
- II. Recruitment
- III. Judiciary
1871
The War Ministry was reorganized into
- Centralbureau
- Military department
- Economics Department
1914
1914 was the division of business
- management
- Central Department (Z)
- Department of General Army and Personal Affairs (A)
- Weapons and Field Equipment Department (W)
- Administration Department (B)
- Utilities and Justice Department (C)
- Medical Department (MA)
- Military Plenipotentiary in Berlin (directly subordinate to the War Ministry)
- Senior Recruiting Council, Substitute Authority III. Instance (directly subordinate to the War Ministry)
- Castle Guard Company Stuttgart (directly subordinate to the War Ministry)
1918
In November 1918, the War Ministry was divided into
- management
- Main office (H.)
- Ministerial Department (M.)
- Army General Affairs Department (A.)
- Administration department (B.)
- Supply Department (C.)
- Medical Department (MA)
- Evidence office (NB)
- Personal Affairs Department (P.)
- Legal department (R.)
- War Archives I (Kr.AI)
- Department for Weapons, Field Equipment and War Office Affairs (WK)
- Artillery and Traindepot Directorate (AT D)
people
President of the Department of War / War Council
| Surname | Term of office | Served under King | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ferdinand Friedrich von Nicolai | January 1st to February 12th 1806 | Friedrich I. |
| 2. | Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp of Württemberg | February 12, 1806 to 1811 | Friedrich I. |
| 3. | Friedrich Freiherr von Phull | June 29, 1811 to November 8, 1816 | Friedrich I. |
| 4th | Lieutenant General Ernst von Hügel | 1817 to 1829 | Wilhelm I. |
Minister of War
| Surname | Term of office | King or government | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp of Württemberg | 1806 to 1815 | King Friedrich I. State Ministry |
| 2. | Feldzeugmeister Friedrich von Franquemont | November 9, 1816 to August 10, 1829 | King Wilhelm I. Privy Council |
| 3. | Lieutenant General Ernst von Hügel | August 10, 1829 to September 15, 1842 | King Wilhelm I. Privy Council |
| 4th | Lieutenant General Johann Georg Graf von Sontheim | September 15, 1842 to March 9, 1848 | King Wilhelm I. Privy Council |
| 5. | Major General August Freiherr von Rüpplin | June 24, 1848 to October 28, 1849 | King Wilhelm I. Ministry of Romans |
| 6th | Major General Fidel von Baur-Breitenfeld | October 28, 1849 to July 2, 1850 | King Wilhelm I. Schlayer Ministry |
| 7th | Lieutenant General Moriz von Miller | July 2, 1850 to September 1, 1865 | King Wilhelm I. King Karl I. Ministry Linden Ministry Varnbuler |
| 8th. | Lieutenant General Kuno Freiherr von Wiederhold | September 1, 1865 to May 5, 1866 | King Charles I Ministry of Varnbuler |
| 9. | Lieutenant General Oskar von Hardegg | May 5, 1866 to April 27, 1867 | King Charles I Ministry of Varnbuler |
| 10. | Lieutenant General Rudolf Freiherr von Wagner-Frommenhausen | April 27, 1867 to March 23, 1870 | King Charles I Ministry of Varnbuler |
| 11. | Lieutenant General Albert von Suckow | March 23, 1870 to September 13, 1874 | King Karl I. Ministry of Varnbulle government midnight |
| 12. | Lieutenant General Theodor von Wundt | September 13, 1874 to July 22, 1883 | King Karl I. government midnight |
| 13. | General of the infantry Gustav von Steinheil | July 23, 1883 to May 10, 1892 | King Karl I. King Wilhelm II. Government midnight |
| 14th | General of the Infantry Max Freiherr Schott von Schottenstein | May 10, 1892 to April 15, 1901 | King Wilhelm II government midnight, government Schottenstein |
| 15th | General of the Infantry Albert von Schnürlen | April 15, 1901 to June 11, 1906 | King Wilhelm II. Breitling government |
| 16. | General of the Infantry / Colonel General Otto von Marchtaler | June 11, 1906 to November 6, 1918 | King Wilhelm II. Breitling government Weizsäcker government |
| vacant | November 7th to 8th, 1918 | King Wilhelm II. Liesching government |
|
| 17th | Albert Schreiner (USPD) | November 11-15, 1918 |
People's State of Württemberg Cabinet Blos I |
| 18th | Ulrich Fischer (USPD) | November 16, 1918 to January 10, 1919 | People's State of Württemberg Cabinet Blos I |
| 19th | Immanuel Herrmann (SPD) | January 11 to June 1919 | People's State of Württemberg Blos I Cabinet Blos II Cabinet |
Abwicklungsamt / Heeresabwicklungsamt Württemberg
The head of the Wuerttemberg settlement office was from October 1, 1919 Colonel (from April 9, 1920 Colonel ret.) Von Hoff. At the same time he headed the “settlement office of the former XIII. Army Corps ”.
From October 1st, 1919, Major Scupin, from ?? by Major Spemann, from April 9, 1920 by Major a. D. Christ headed.
Field Office
The seat of the War Ministry was in Stuttgart , Olgastraße 13.
Former Seat of the Württ. War Department
Former Seat of the Württ. Ministry of War, portal
Former Seat of the Württ. War Ministry, plastic on the portal
References
swell
- Main State Archives Stuttgart holdings E 14, E 271, M 1/5, M 390
See also
literature
- Bertold Spuler: Regents and Governments of the World. Part II, Volume 3: Modern Times 1492-1918. Ploetz Verlag, Würzburg 1962.
- War Ministry Württemberg (ed.): Military manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg. Large edition (as of May 6, 1913). Printing house of the Royal Ministry of War, Stuttgart 1913.
- Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger: History of the Württemberg war system. K. Hofdruckerei zu Guttenberg, Stuttgart 1856.
- August Ludwig Reyscher (Ed.): Complete, historically and critically processed collection of the Württemberg laws. Vol. 19.2: War Laws Part 2 1801–1820. Tübingen 1850.