History of the Inventory Designer: Vice Admiral Wolfgang Wegener born 5.8.1875 in Stettin, permitted 29.10.1956 in Berlin 1894 entry into the Imperial Navy, 1897-1899, last as lieutenant, officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Großdeutschland (including travel to East Asia), 1909-1910 1st artillery officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1st German Army Officer on the Großer Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, last as frigate captain, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 1917, 19. Admiral Staff Officer of the First Squadron, 1917-1918 Commander of the Small Cruisers SMS Regensburg and SMS Nuremberg, Jan. 1920 Captain at sea, 1923 Rear Admiral 1920-1926 Inspector of Naval Artillery in Wilhelmshaven, 1926 Farewell with award of the character of Vice Admiral. Author of numerous memorandums and articles on tactical and operational topics and, from 1907, on strategic topics (including "The Naval Strategy of the World War"). Inventory description: Memorandums, statements and correspondence, "Gedanken über unsere maritime Lage", 1915, "Chef der Seekriegsleitung im Großen Hauptquartier", Admiral von Holtzendorff, 1917, "Zum Kriegsspiel der Nordsestation im Winter 1923/24", 1923, "Seestrategie des Weltkrieges", 1930, "Der Zweite Deutsch-Englische Krieg", 1941; elaborations and reports not with regard to maritime strategy; Eduard Wegener: "Wolfgang Wegener's spiritual heritage," o. Dat. Quotation style: BArch, N 607/...

Contains among other things: Affiliation of the Marine Expeditionary Corps to the East Asian Expeditionary Corps, (AKO, transcript), 16th Apr. 1901 Return of the Navy troops from East Asia (AKO, transcript), 4th June 1901 East Asian Occupation Brigade - Staffing (print), 6th June 1901

Also includes: Kiautschou Bay (map)

Contains among other things: Statutes of the German Volunteer Troupe Tientsin and the German Volunteer Troupe Beijing

Contains among other things: Shooting reports war classification and alarm order of the German security troop Tientsin 1911

Contains among other things: Kaiserpreis shooting, shooting reports

Contains among other things: Statutes of the German Volunteer Company in Hankow Shooting reports of the Kiautschou Rifle Corps and the German Volunteer Company

History of the Inventory Designer: Wilhelm Souchon, Vice Admiral born on 02 June 1864 in Leipzig, died on 13 January 1946 in Bremen married to Violet (née Lahusen) 1881: Sea cadet on SMS Leipzig; 1894: Commander of the mine training ship SMS Rhein, promotion to Captain Lieutenant 1900: I. Officer/Commander of SMS Odin 1900-1903: promotion to Corvette Captain 1903: Chief of Staff of II. (Reserve) Wing 1904: Chief of the Staff of the Cruiser Wing in East Asia on the SMS Fürst Bismarck 1906: Promotion to Captain at Sea, Employment in the Naval Office 1907: Commander of the SMS Wettin 1909: Chief of the Staff of the Naval Station Baltic Sea 1911: Promotion to Rear Admiral, 2nd Admiral of the II. 1913: Commander of the Mediterranean Division 1914: Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman and Bulgarian Navy 1915: Promotion to Vice Admiral 1917: Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron of the Baltic Sea Fleet 1918: Chief of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea, Governor of Kiel 1919: Pension Awards: Iron Cross I. and II. Class Pour le Mérite Red Eagle Order II. Class with star, oak leaves and swords Crown Order II. Class with Star Prussian Service Award Cross Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz Commturkreuz I. Class of the Albrechts Order Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon with Swords Cross for Merits in War Description: Correspondence, inter alia with Wilhelm II. and Tirpitz; lectures and elaborations on naval history; memoirs and diaries; documents from military service, including as chief of the Mediterranean Division (1911-1915), as commander-in-chief of the Turkish and Bulgarian navies (1915-1917) and as chief of the IV Squadron (1917-1918). State of development: Special conditions of use Citation method: BArch, N 156/...

Contains among other things: Lieutenant at Sea Küsel: About railways and telegraph lines in western Africa, 1899 Lieutenant at Sea Wilhelm Taegert: Economic and military value of the Canary Islands for Germany. Which forces are necessary for the seizure? 1900 Captain Lieutenant Bechtel: The economic and military value of the colonies of Portugal, 1900 Captain Lieutenant Albinus: Development of the dark continent, state of the railway constructions in Africa, the river steamer lines and their meaning for their owners, 1901 First Lieutenant at Sea Runge: What value does the possession of the Caroline Islands have for our position in East Asia? 1901 Kapitänleutnant Bechtel: Über Kriegs- u. Friedenswert telegraphischer Verbindungen mit dem Ausland unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Kolonien, o. Dat.

Contains among other things: Plan for the testing of the surveying ship and final report of the testing from 12 to 26 March 1907 Travel reports Report on the "Seagull Department" on Lake Tanganyika in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a 1914 to 1916 as well as on the activities during the outbreak of war in D e u t s c h - O s t Asia 1914

Contains also: German legation Beijing to the chief of the Kreuzergeschwader Vice Admiral Kurt von Prittwitz and Gaffron about the situation in Korea, 26. Jan. 1905

Contains among other things: Telegram from the commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr on the attitude of the German Reich in Liautung-Frage (transcript), 26 April 1895 Report from S.M.S. "Irene" on the suitability of Kiautschou Bay as a base of a foreign fleet (transcript), 15 Oct. 1895 "Denkschrift betreffend den Stützpunkt in Ostasien" (transcript), 8 Nov. 1895 Also contains: Schitai Peninsula (81:27500), (map), (Nov. 8, 1895) Also contains: Schitai Peninsula (81:27500), (map).

Contains among other things: Invitation to the Chinese Commander to Evacuate the Kiautschou Area (draft), 22 - 26 July 1897 Order of the Commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr to Occupy Kiatuschou Bay (telegram), 7 Nov 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Manage the Kiautschou Area, 27 Sept 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Evacuate the Kiautschou Area (draft), 22 - 26 July 1897 Command of the Commanding Admiral Eduard von Knorr to Occupy Kiatuschou Bay (telegram), 7 Nov 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Manage the Kiautschou Area, 27 Sept 1897 Command of the Cruiser Division to Evacuate the Kiautschou Bay (draft), 22 - 26 Sept 1897 Command of the Commander of the Commander Eduard von Knorr to Occupy the Kiatuschou Bay (telegram). 1897 Report to the commanding admiral Eduard von Knorr on the situation in Kiautschou during the transfer of administration to the Imperial Naval Office, Feb. 15, 1897 Geographical location, economic importance and fortifications of the Kiautschou Bay Chiffre Code Also includes: Kiautschou area (1:11000), (map) Port facilities of Kiautschou (1:56000), (map) Wai-hai-wei (map)

Contains among other things: S. M. S. "Freya": Caligari, Genoa, Bermuda, Horta, Vera Cruz S. M. S. "Sperber": South West Africa, British South Africa, Madagascar S. M. S. "Bremen": Coronel, Puerto Montt, Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Taltal, Callao S. M. S. "Condor": New Guinea, Bongainville, Australia, Tasmania, S.M.S. Planet: Brisbane, Sydney, Nouméa, Port Villa, Singapore S.M.S. "Cormoran": Apia, Hong Kong, Nouméa, Matupi, Jap S.M.S. "Hertha": Gothenburg, Norway, Plymouth, San Sebastian, Tangier, Barcelona, Palma, Biserta S.M.S. "Hertha": Gothenburg, Norway, Plymouth, San Sebastian, Tangier, Palma, Biserta S.M.S. "Boars": Oporto, Madeira, Las Palmas, Bissao, Dakar, Freetown, Liberia (riots), Lome, Forcados, Warri, Duala, Libreville, Congo, Southwest Africa S. M. S. "Nuremberg": Colombo, Singapore, Yangtze River, Hankau, Pulo, Lant S. M. S. "Emden": Montevideo, Chile, Tahiti, Apia Cruiser Squadron: Japan, Hunan (riots), Yangtze River (riots), Padang, Batavia, Labuan, Manila, South Sea trip, East Asia S.M.S. "Sea Eagle": Zanzibar, Lorenco, Marques, Nossibé, Durban, Mozambique S.M.S. "Tiger": Hupeh, Hunan (riots), Shanghai, Yangtze River (flooding) S.M.S. "Polecat": Nanking, Yangtze River S. "Tiger": Hupeh, Hunan (riots), Shanghai, Yangtze River (flooding) S.M.S. "Polecat": Nanking, Yangtze River S. M.S. 'Victoria Luise': Norway, Madeira, Cartagena, Tunis, Malta S.M.S. 'Hansa': Norway, Lerwick, Edinburgh, Queenstown, Madeira, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Las Palmas S.M.S. 'Panther': Cape Town, South West Africa, Lobito Bay, Cape Lopez, Cameroon, Togo, Monrovia S.M.S. 'Loreley': Therapia. Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, Athos, Thessaloniki S. M. S. "Lynx": Tsingtau S. M. S. "Tsingtau": Nanking S. M. S. "Leipzig": Yangtze River, Nanking, Korea (taken over by Japan), Port Arthur

Contains among other things: Draft Federal Council Decree on Ship Surveying in East Asia, Port Regulations for Tsingtau Instructions on Ship Surveying in East Asia Protocol of the 25th Session of the Federal Council of 16 June 1898 Agreements of the International Medical Conferences in Paris on 3 Apr. 1894 and in Venice on 19 March 1898 with Explanatory Memorandum

Contains among other things: Command of skilled personnel to Tsingtau Report on East Asian shipyards Construction of floating dock in Tsingtau

Contains among other things: Entertainment, design of soldier graves in East Asia Regulation for the use of the Gouvernements cemetery in Tsingtau

Contains among other things: Reports about travel and observations in Tsinanfu and the Porschangebiet, about the study trip of a Reichstag Commission to East Asia, about a business trip to Tsimo

Contains among other things: Project of a steam brickworks and woodcutting plant for Kiautschou Applications for concessions for various companies Magazine "Deutscher Industrieanzeiger für Ostasien", No. 1 and 2 of 1899 Construction plans Project of a steam brickworks together with works cutting plant for Kiautschou Sheet 1, cross-section, longitudinal section, floor plan, 1:100 26. July 1898 (Fol. 15); Sheet 2, cross-section of the annular furnace (1 : 100) and press house, 27 July 1898 (Fol. 16); dry sheds (1000) comprising bricks for the steam brickworks Kiautschou, 1 : 100:, 27 July 1898, Fol. 17; front view (1 : 200), 27 July 1898 (Fol. 18);

Contains among other things: Reports about: Explorations of the Kiautschou region, processes in Schantung, the Weihaiwei regiment, the Chinese autumn manoeuvre 1906, combating opium consumption Annual reports on Weihaiwei 1902 and 1903 (English)

Contains among other things: Suitability of the Bay of Kiautschou for acquisition by Germany, 5.11.1896 Proposal of the Cruiser Division to appoint a naval attaché for East Asia in Yokohama, 2.1.1897 Acquisition of a base in East Asia, 9.1.1897 Amendments to the drill regulations of the fleet and torpedo boats, 27.2.1897

Contains among other things: Memorandum concerning the future organisation of the administration of the Kiautschou area, 9.1.1898 "Development of Kiautschou into a naval base in East Asia", 11.2.1898 Continuation of the seizure of Kiautschou, 25. u. 26.2.1898 "Basis for the establishment of an operation plan against England", 16.4.1898

Contains among other things: Expert opinion on the fortification plan of the port of Kiautschou, 14 June 1899 Chief of the cruiser squadron Heinrich Prinz von Preußen to the Second Admiral Ernst Fritze for the erection of the ships in case of war, 4 Nov. 1899 Also contains: Wladivostock (map section) Wakasa Bay (view)

Contains: 1. commemorative plaque Count von Linden; 2. Prof. Dr. Augustin Krämer in naval uniform; 3. Prof. Dr. Augustin Krämer in civilian clothes on Samoa, 1899; 4. Duke Wilhelm von Urach in uniform; 5. postcard with pencil drawing of Duke Wilhelm von Urach, made by Lt. Nopper; 6. view into the East Asia department of the museum; 7. arrangement with carved ivory teeth, human and animal figures

Contains among other things: Report on the result of an investigation of Kiautschou Bay in the summer of 1897 Remarks on the treatment of the land question in German territory in Kiautschou Bay Conclusion of a Separate Convention between the Imperial German and Imperial Chinese Governments on the strengthening of friendly ties and the development of economic and trade relations Memorandum on the German establishment in Tientsin and Hankau

Contains among other things: Report on Kiautschou Bay and Plan for Acquisition Reports on Chusan, Samsah, Kiautschou, Amoy Concerning Acquisition of a Base in East Asia Report on Investigation of Ports of East Asia Reports on Exploration of Futahau to Samsah-Bay, Funingfuh, Kiautschou Bay

Contains among other things: Reports on the selection of locations for coal and fleet stations Reports on the political situation in East Asia Memoranda on bases in East Asia and the expansion of the port of Weihaiwei, reasons and requirements for the expansion of military bases in Germany abroad Report on dock and shipyard facilities in Amoy

Contains only: Telegram of the Italian colonial minister concerning expedition corps for East Asia, 20.7.1918

History of the inventor: The cruiser squadron formed on 23.01.1897 was initially under the command of the Navy. After its dissolution in 1899, the squadron commander received for his area the powers previously exercised by the commanding admiral. The squadron was destroyed on 08.12.1914 near the Falkland Islands. Characterization of content: The stock also contains previous records of the cruciferous division as well as ad hoc cruciferous associations. Of particular value is the coverage of Zanzibar, West and East Africa, the Philippines and East Asia including Kiautschou. There are relatively extensive files on the use of the squadron in the Chinese Boxer Uprising 1900-1901 and the blockade of Venezuela 1902-1903. Only fragments of the war files have been preserved. State of development: Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 186 Citation method: BArch, RM 38/...

intus: Franz von Schönthan and Freiherr von Schlicht: Im bunten Rock (comedy in three acts), Bloch Berlin, n.d.