Johann von Dallwitz

Johann (Hans) Nicolas Michael Louis von Dallwitz, (29 September 1855 Breslau, in Lower Silesia – 2 August 1919 Bosse) was a politician, who served in Anhalt and Prussia.

Biography

Having frequented the Gymnasium of Dresden, he studied law. From 1886 to 1899 he served on the administrative council of the district of Lüben, and then the council of Posen. In 1902 he became Minister of State for Anhalt and in 1901, Superior President of the province of Silesia. From 1903 to 1909 he was Minister-President of Anhalt, and from 1910 to 1914, Interior Minister of Prussia. After a conflict with his conservative colleagues, he resigned from the post (see Saverne Affair).

In 1914 Dallwitz, was chosen by Kaiser Wilhelm II as successor to Count Karl von Wedel as reichsstatthalter of Alsace-Lorraine. During this time, he attempted to join the Reichsland to Prussia. However, the outbreak of the First World War and the subsequent conflict between the populations of Alsace-Lorraine and Prussia led to the resignation of Dallwitz on 14 October 1918.

Sources

Paul Wentzcke, Dallwitz, Hans von in Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Vol. 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1957, p. 493

Interior Ministers of Prussia

Count Alexander von Dohna-Schlobitten Count Karl August von Hardenberg Count Friedrich von Schuckmann Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt Count Friedrich von Schuckman Baron Gustav von Brenn Gustav Adolf Rochus von Rochow Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede Alfred von Auerswald Friedrich von Kühlwetter Franz August Eichmann Baron Otto Theodor von Manteuffel Ferdinand Otto Wilhelm Henning von Westphalen Eduard von Flottwell Count Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar Gustav Wilhelm von Jagow Count Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg Count Botho zu Eulenburg Robert von Puttkammer Ludwig Herrfurt Count Botho zu Eulenburg Ernst von Koeller Baron Eberhard Recke von der Horst Baron Georg von Rheinbaben Baron Hans von Hammerstein-Loxten Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Friedrich von Moltke Johann von Dallwitz Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell Bill Drews Paul Hirsch vacant Carl Severing Albert Grzesinski Heinrich Waentig Carl Severing Franz Bracht Hermann Göring

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