Wilhelm von Kuhlmann

Wilhelm von Kuhlmann (born January 20, 1879 in Königsberg , † January 16, 1937 in Wiesbaden ) was a German consular officer and, as an envoy, diplomatic representative of the German Empire in Central America and in the Free State of Ireland .

Life

Family grave in Alfeld (Leine)

Kuhlmann was the son of the Prussian artillery officer Ernst von Kuhlmann (born November 15, 1840, † December 6, 1920) and his wife Hanna, born in 1896. Gudewill (born December 3, 1856, † November 28, 1934). His wife was Elly used. Quensell born Windler (born September 24, 1892 Berlin, † February 3, 1964 Wiesbaden). She was the daughter of the manufacturer Georg Windler, director of H. Windler AG, a factory for surgical and orthopedic instruments. Edith von Kuhlmann (1888–1971), organist, probably Ernst von Kuhlmann's sister.

Wilhelm von Kuhlmann attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium (Posen) , the Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin and the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Wilmersdorf. After graduating from high school in February 1897, he studied law at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg , the Kaiser Wilhelm University of Strasbourg , the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Berlin and the Georg August University of Göttingen . In 1898 he became a member of the Corps Hasso-Borussia and the Corps Rhenania Strasbourg . In 1898/99 he served as a one-year volunteer in the Prussian Army . In 1903 he was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve and in 1912 to first lieutenant in the Landwehr . After the legal traineeship in May 1901, he entered the Prussian judicial service. In November 1905 he passed the assessor exam.

On March 17, 1906, he was drafted into the Foreign Service (consular career). He worked in the Commercial Policy, Legal and Human Resources and Administration departments. In April 1908 he was transferred to the consulate in Paris . In 1908 he was named Vice Consul and returned to the Foreign Office (personnel and administration). As a permanent unskilled worker and a characterized Legation Councilor, he became deputy treasurer in 1910.

From August 16, 1914 to August 9, 1915 he served in the First World War in the Army , and from January 1915 as a captain in the Landwehr. Since July 1917 he has been a real councilor and lecturer, on September 1, 1919 he became treasurer. After the end of the war, from October 20, 1919, he was responsible, among other things, for all financial matters affecting the Armistice Commission and the Peace Department of the Foreign Office. In July 1920 he was assistant conductor, a year later conductor of the Division I .

In 1922 and 1923 he was acting head of the Lisbon legation for one month each. In May 1924 he was appointed envoy and sent to the Guatemala Legation , which was also responsible for Nicaragua , El Salvador , Honduras , Costa Rica and Panama .

Since April 1927 envoy 1st class, he was appointed envoy from Guatemala to Dublin on August 24, 1934 . The Irish Free State, which was created in 1922 as a result of the civil war, was at that time the Sinn Féin government of Éamon de Valera until the abdication of King Edward VIII at the end of 1936. It was still formally part of the British Empire as a Dominion under the English crown . The National Socialists attached particular importance to the diplomatic relations between the German Empire and Republican Ireland, which was later confirmed in the (benevolent) neutrality of Ireland during World War II. As early as May 1934, an NSDAP foreign organization had been set up in Dublin , which was looked after by the legation. Since March 8, 1936, Kuhlmann was on sick leave in Germany.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 31/165; 100/186