Wilhelm Strecker (Governor)
Wilhelm Strecker (born June 8, 1830 in Bamberg , † January 18, 1890 in Constantinople ) was a German officer, also in the service of the Ottoman Empire .
Strecker was a Prussian lieutenant in the artillery when he entered the service of the Ottoman Empire in 1854 , for which he worked until 1890.
From 1864 to 1865 he was governor of the Vidin ( Bdyn ) region belonging to Bulgaria and was called Reshid Pasha.
Meyers Konversationslexikon mentions him in a later context as "Strecker Pascha" and leader of the Turkish militia in the article Eastern Rumelia : "The province of Eastern Rumelia was created by the Berlin Treaty of July 13, 1878; Through this creation, the southern part of Bulgaria, which Russia had claimed as an independent state in the Peace of San Stefano, was to be preserved for Turkey and kept outside the Russian sphere of influence…. The first provincial assembly (Narodny Sobranje, consisting of 56 deputies) was opened on November 3, 1879 and behaved moderately. On the other hand, the gymnastics clubs and the militias unabashedly pursued a Greater Bulgarian agitation, the aim of which was to unite with Bulgaria and to stir up a Bulgarian revolt in Macedonia. The same was favored by the Russian consuls general Cheretlew and Krebel, but fought in vain by the Turkish commander of the militia, Strecker Pascha . "
After 1860 Lebanon was administered as an independent province of the Ottoman Empire under an Ottoman governor. The governor of Lebanon always had to be a Roman Catholic Christian who did not come from Lebanon. The establishment required the approval of the European powers. In this context, there is another site with the candidate Strecker Pascha from 1883.
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : Strecker . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 554 f.
- Bernhard von Poten : Strecker, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 616.
- Peter Schneider: Wilhelm Strecker, Reschid Pascha (1830–1890), in: Yearbook of the Franconian Bund 1940, pp. 85–108, after: Journal for Bavarian State History
Web links
- List of Government Members in the Historical Territory of Bulgaria
- Eastern Rumelia in Meyer's Konversationslexikon
- Politics in Lebanon, 1883
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strecker, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reshid Pasha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, also in the service of the Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1890 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |