The estate of the Prussian Minister of Culture Carl Heinrich Becker was given to the Secret State Archives in 1973 by his son Prof. Dr. Hellmut Becker as a deposit. The estate consists of two main groups, 1. correspondence and 2. factual documents. Business and factual correspondence were not separated, as the transitions were fluid and difficult to distinguish in individual cases. Associations, authorities, etc. are listed in the correspondence as correspondence partners and in the subject groups with writings, publications and statutes. In the case of factual files, a detailed division into individual subject groups was made. These are Carl Heinrich Becker's notes on official matters as well as Becker's publications and works as professor of Oriental Studies. The collection was edited by Dr. Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel, Heidemarie Nowak, Sabine Preuß and Elke Prinz. The technical writing work was done by Petra Bergert. The estate comprises 19 running metres from 1919 - 1933: VI HA, Nl Becker, C. H., Nr. The files are to be quoted: GStA PK, VI. HA Family Archives and Bequests, Nl Carl Heinrich Becker (Dep.), No. Berlin, September 1995 Ute Dietsch, Scientific Archivist Curriculum Vitae Carl Heinrich Becker Born in Amsterdam April 12, 1876 Father: Consul and banker of the Rothschild brothers 1895: Abitur in Frankfurt/Main, then studied Theology and Oriental Studies in Lausanne, Berlin and Heidelberg 1899 Doctorate as Dr. phil "cum laude" in Heidelberg 1900-1902 Study trips to Spain, Egypt, Greece, Turkey and Sudan 1902 Habilitation in Heidelberg Privatdozent für Semitische Philologie 14.3.1905 Married Hedwig Schmid, daughter of the Geheimes Kommerzienrat and banker Paul von Schmid-Augsburg (three children are born out of marriage) 1906 appointed full professor 1908-1913 professor and director of the Seminar for History and Culture of the Orient at the Colonial Institute in Hamburg, founder of the journal for history and culture of the Orient "Der Islam" 1.9.1913 appointed full professor and director of the newly established oriental seminar of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität 17.5.1916 Joined the Prussian Ministry of Culture as an unskilled worker 21.10.1916 Appointed secret governmental and lecturing council, responsible for the personnel affairs of the universities; at the same time honorary professor at the University of Berlin April 1919 Undersecretary of State April 1921 Prussian Minister of Culture, after six months return to his office as State Secretary Febr. 1925 reappointment as Minister of Culture Jan 1930 Resignation as Minister, resumption of his activity as Professor of Islamic Studies at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin 1931 Appointment as 3rd professor of Islamic Studies at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin. Vice-presidents of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften and Managing Director of the Institut für Semitistik und Islamkunde Chinareise on behalf of the Volkerbund for information on Chinese education Literature (in selection): H. Schaefer (ed.), Carl Heinrich Becker - ein Gedenkbuch. Göttingen 1950 G. Müller, University Reform and World Political Education. Carl Heinrich Becker's science and university policy 1908 - 1930 (mechanical diss.) Aachen 1989 C. Esser / E. Winkelhane, Carl Heinrich Becker - orientalist and cultural politician. In: The World of Islam (28) 1988 Description: Biographical Data: 1876 - 1933 Resources: Database; Reference Book, 5 vol.

122 sheets, Contains: - Distinction with the High Order of the Black Eagle with the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order: Duke Ludwig in Bavaria, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Prince Wilhelm of Hesse - Distinction with the High Order of the Black Eagle: von Schweinitz (extraordinary and authorized ambassador in St. Petersburg, General of the Infantry, Adjutant General) - Distinction with the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with diamonds: Galimberti (Monsignor, Papal Nuncio in Vienna, Hereditary Bishop of Nicaea), Count of Pejacsewic (Austrian General of the Cavalry), Sadullah Pasha (Turkish Ambassador in Vienna) - awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order: Billot (Division General and Senator, French Ambassador in Extraordinary Mission), Don Genaro de Quesada y Matevos, Marquis de Miravalles (General Captain, Granden of Spain, Spanish Ambassador in Extraordinary Mission), Count Gerbaix de Sonnaz (Italian Lieutenant General), Naib-es-Saltaneh (Son of the Shah of Persia) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1. Class with brilliant-cut diamonds: Jonkheer van Capellen (Dutch Adjutant General, Vice-Admiral), Prince Schachowskoy (Russian Adjutant General) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1. Class with oak leaves and with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: Count of Brandenburg (envoy in Brussels), Count of Werthern-Beichlingen (Real Privy Councillor and Chamberlain, envoy in Munich) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: von Riedel (Bavarian Minister of Finance) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: von Riedel (Bavarian Minister of Finance) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: von Riedel (Bavarian Minister of Finance) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: von Riedel (Bavarian Minister of Finance) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Crown Order: von Riedel (Bavarian Minister of Finance) Great: Baron Ferdinando Acton (Italian Vice Admiral), Carp (Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs), Emin-es-Sultan (Persian Minister of Customs), von Grolmann (Grand Duke of Hesse Colonel-Chamberlain), Nicaise (Lieutenant General, Belgian Inspector General of Artillery), Baron von Reischach (Lord Chamberlain of the Queen of Württemberg), Said Khalifa (Sultan of Zanzibar), Marquis Saionzi (Japanese Ambassador on Extraordinary Mission, Japanese Ambassador in Berlin), Sava Gruitsch (Serbian Prime Minister and Minister of War), Count van der Straten-Ponthoz (Belgian Ambassador in Berlin) - Awarded the Star of the Red Eagle Order 2. Class: Blum Pasha (Undersecretary of State in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance), Dr. Eyschen (Luxembourg Chargé d'Affaires in Berlin), Gotowski (Commander of the Russian 37th State), Dr. Eyschen (Luxembourg Chargé d'Affaires in Berlin). Dragoner Regiment), Knight Latterer von Lintenburg (Colonel, Commander of the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 34), Baron van Rode (Belgian Major General), von Werner (Privy Council in the Grand Duke of Hesse State Ministry), - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 2. The first class with the star: Capellini (Rector of the University of Bologna), Luigi Civita (Italian Rear Admiral), Sir Arthur Ellis (Great Britain Major General), Baron von Fredericks (Russian Major General), Sir G. Harman (Great Britain Major General), Orlow (Russian Major General and Court Marshal) - awarded the Red Eagle Order 2nd class with diamonds: Candiano (Romanian Colonel and Wing Adjutant), Korobka (Colonel, Commander of the Russian 5th Kalugaschen Infantry Regiment) - Awarded the 2nd Class Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves: Count von Bray-Steinburg (Minister at the Serbian Court) - Awarded the 2nd Class Red Eagle Order. Class: Acquasciati (Mayor in San Remo), Don Julio Fuentes (Military Attaché at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin), Garelli (Sub-Prefect in San Remo) Freiherr von Hodenberg (Saxon Colonel of the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 and Commander of the 6th Grenadier Regiment). Infantry Brigade No. 64), Kornprobst (French Lieutenant-Colonel), Korobka (Colonel, Commander of the Russian 5th Reich), Korobka (Commander of the Russian 5th Reich). Kalugaschen Infantry Regiment), Lord Algernot Lennck (Great British Colonel), Nyqvist (Swedish-Norwegian Wing Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel), Chevalier Osio (Italian Colonel), Count Stenbock (Adjutant and Court Marshal of the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia), Hon. Reginald Talbot (Great British Colonel), Tolstoy (Russian Colonel) - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 3rd Class with the ribbon: Frontinsky (Captain of the Russian 5th Class). Kalugaschen Infanterieregiments), von Mühlberg (Real Legation Council, Lecturing Council in the Foreign Office), von Villaume (Wing Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel, Military Representative in St. Petersburg), - Awarded the Red Eagle Order 3. Class: van Beyma (Secretary General of the Dutch Ministry of Justice), Bianchi (Lieutenant of the Carabinieri in San Remo), van den Bosch (Dutch Ordonnance Officer, Artillery Captain), Bull (Danish Captain), Enver Bey (Major, Military Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna), Alexander Dmitrieff (Director of the Customs Office Wirballen), Geiger (Head of the Council of Accountants in the Bavarian Ministry of Finance), Hon. Alwynne Greville (Great Britain Captain), Count von Hohenwart zu Gerlachstein (Secretary of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in Berlin), Manfredi (Captain of the Ship in San Remo), Michel (French Commander), Mog Bey (First Treasurer of the Egyptian National Debt), Dr. Ott (Privy Medical Officer in Mariánské Lázn?, Prof. at the University of Prague), Sapuntzakis (Major, Military Accompanier of the Crown Prince of Greece), Schack (Superintendent in Vienna), Schilling (Chancellery Director at the Russian Governement in Kowno), Dr. Karl Sell (Grand Duke of Hesse, Senior Consistiorial Councillor and Superintendent in Darmstadt), Snarski (Captain of the Russian Guard Grenadier Regiment), Tschiritsch (Serbian Wing Adjutant), Graf d'Ursel (Legation Councillor at the Belgian Embassy in Berlin), Dr J. Wolffson (Chairman of the Hamburg Bar Association), - Awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order with Swords: Kund (First Lieutenant at the Federal Foreign Office), Tappenbeck (Second Lieutenant at the Federal Foreign Office) - Awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order with Swords: Brümmer (Lieutenant of the Russian 5th Class), - Awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order with Swords: Kund (First Lieutenant at the Federal Foreign Office), Tappenbeck (Second Lieutenant at the Federal Foreign Office) - Awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order with Swords: Brümmer (Lieutenant of the Russian 5th Class) Kalugaschen Infanterieregiments), Conrad de Buisseret Steenbecque de Blareughien (Legation Secretary 2. Bykoff (Lieutenant desw of the Russian Grade Grenadier Regiment), Prince de Caraman (Belgian Legation Secretary), Franz Cornelius (Reindeer in Potsdam), Count de Crecente (Attaché of the Spanish Extraordinary Embassy), Flöcke (Division Parson at Schwerin), Gaupp (Captain in the Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13), Haya Karva (Japanese Captain), Kramaroff (Lieutenant of the Russian Dragoon Regiment No. 37), Krauskopf (Vice-President of the German Charity Association in St. PetersburgEmil von Lobstein (businessman in St. Petersburg), Knight von Mann-Tiechler (Bavarian Captain in the 1st World War) Foot Artillery Regiment), Xavier Machado and Malaquias de Lemos (Portuguese Lieutenant), Markowitsch (head of the railway station in Wirballen), Moncheur (Legation Secretary at the Belgian Embassy in Berlin), Normann (Chancellery Council in the Federal Foreign Office), Graf von Pourtalès (Legation Council in the Federal Foreign Office), Rooch (secret expediting secretary, interpreter at the Embassy in St. Petersburg), Rooch (secret expediting secretary, interpreter at the Embassy in St. Petersburg), Rooch (secret expediting secretary, interpreter at the Embassy in St. Petersburg). Petersburg), Rossetti (Railway Station Chief in San Remo), Salmon (Lieutenant Colonel of the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 34), Schernikau (Director of the insurance "Russian Lloyd"), Stemrich (Legation Councillor in the Foreign Office), Szirmay de Szirma-Bessenyö (First Lieutenant of the Austrian Hussar Regiment no. 10) - Red Eagle Medal: Nicolaus Albowitsch (Sergeant of the Grand Prince Throne Successor of Russia), Kurbatzki (Sergeant of the Russian Dragoon Regiment), Leontius Orel (Cossack NCO of the Grand Prince Throne Successor of Russia), Stunder (Sergeant of the Russian Guard Grenadier Regiment), - Crown Order 1st Class in Diamonds: Dr. Neidhardt (Grand Duke of Hesse extraordinary envoy and authorized minister), - Awarded the Crown Order 1. Great: Finger (Grand Duke of Hesse), Nariman Khan (Persian envoy in Vienna), von Nägler (Danish court chief and chamberlain), Prince Vladimir Obolensky (Russian court marshal), Max von Pappenheim (Oberhofmeister of the Queen-Mother of Bavaria), Prince von Radolin (Oberhofmarschall, Real Privy Councillor and Minister), Sir Beauchamp Walker (Lieutenant General of Great Britain), - Awarded the Star of the Crown Order 2. Class: Freiherr von Nordeck zur Rabenau (Grand Ducal Hessian Chief Stable Master), Comte des Sesmaisons (French General) - Awarded the 2nd Crown Order. Class with the star: Knight Billimek von Waissolm (Colonel, Austrian commander of the 3rd class) Mountain Brigade), Takwor Agopian Pasha (Administrator of the Egyptian Railways), Jakub Artin Pasha (Undersecretary of State in the Egyptian Ministry of Public Education), Count Bermondi (Prefect of the Province of Porto Maurizio), Dembonski (Major General in the Russian Guard Grenadier Regiment), Mathews (General of the Sultan of Zanzibar), Count d'Oultremont (Belgian Court Marshal and Palace Marshal), Baron von Stempel (Russian Real State Councillor and Master of Ceremonies), Baron Taube (Russian Real State Councillor) - Awarded the Crown Order 2. Class with brilliant-cut diamonds: Count von Benckendorff (Captain, Imperial Russian Wing Adjutant), Count von Orsini and Rosenberg (Major, Imperial Austrian Wing Adjutant) - Awarded the Crown Order 2. Class: Becker (Grand Duke of Hesse Head of Cabinet), Dobos de Marczinfalva (Major in the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 34), Count von Douglas and Baron von Lagerfelt (Royal Swedish-Norwegian Chamberlain), Knatz (Privy Councillor in the Legation of Stuttgart), Dr. Lueders (Chief of Court of the Crown Prince of Greece), von Marcher (Danish Gendarmerie Colonel in Kolding), Merry del Val (Papal Monsignor), Persico (Corvette Captain, Commander of the Aviso Barbarigo), Count Stackelberg (Imperial Russian Captain of the Guard Cavalry, Wing Adjutant of Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia), Teinzmann (Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the Austrian Hussar Regiment No. 10), Alexander Terevnikow (head of the customs district Wirballen), von Werner (Grand Duke of Hesse), Zembsch (Minister-Resident in Lima) - Awarded the Crown Order 3. Class: Mehmet Bey (second secretary of the Thuringian Embassy in Vienna), Alfredo Bonnefoi (Italian ship's lieutenant), Breidert (Legation Councillor in the Grand Duke of Hesse Ministry of State), Ernesto Cerimeli (Italian shipbuilding engineer), Louis Cuvelier (adjutant of the Belgian Minister of War, 3. Régiment des Chasseurs), by Favrat-Jacquier de Bernay (Hofrat, Chancellor of Legation at the Embassy in Brussels), Felzmann (Rittmeister im Österreichischen Husaren-Regimant), Chevalier Franzini (Italian Captain), Glasenapp (Rittmeister im Russischen Dragoner-Regiment), Baron Giesl von Gieslingen (Captain, Kaiserlich Österreichischer Ordonnanz-Offizier), Haillot (French Captain), Horn (Prussian Customs Revision Inspector, Undersecretary of State in the Turkish Ministry of Commerce), Laudet (Embassy Secretary at the Berlin French Embassy), Erwin Meier (Captain in the Galitian Infantry Regiment No. 89), Count de Merode (Royal Belgian Lieutenant), Mignon (Chief Commissioner of the Police of Liège), Don Antonio Pacheco y Janguas (Captain of a ship in Spain), Palmeri (Inspector in San Remo), de Quesada and Monte (Royal Spanish Captains), Santarosa (Lieutenant of a ship in San Remo), Schill (Major, Württemberg Pioneer Battalion No. 13, Commander of the Lutschiffer), Szartory de Lipcse (Captain of the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 34), Thorbecke (Dutch Reichsadvokat), Chrisan Tschekawer (Collegiate Assessor, Assistant Doctor of the Grand Duke's Throne Successor of Russia), Dr. theol. von Zimmermann (Vienna) - Awarded the Crown Order 4. Great: Cignetti (quartermaker of the Carabinieri in San Remo), Fausto Cucchi Boasso (Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Berlin), Dorfer (Bavarian Zeug captain in the artillery depot in Ingolstadt), Emmanuel Hübner (technical official in the presidential office of the Reich War Ministry in Vienna), Jaide (Grand Ducal Inspector of the Hessian Ministerial Chancellery), Kobetzki (Collegiate Assessor at the Russian Government in Kowno), Lauter (Imperial Russian Court Official), Litassy (Court Hunter in Vienna), G. Meyer (Captain of the North German Lloyd steamer "Elbe"), Neujean (Deputy Commissioner of the Police of Liège), Perner (Personal Chamberlain of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef), Nicolaus Radzich (Caretaker of the Grand Duke's successor to the throne of Russia), Röttger (Grand Ducal Hessian Ministerial Registrar), Gustav Sacks (Pensioner in Paris), Ranise (Head of the Telegraph Office in San Remo), Noble von Worlitzky (Court Control Official in Vienna) - awarded the Cross of the Knights of the House Order of the Hohenzollern: Krüger (Police Director, Labourer at the Federal Foreign Office) - Appointed foreign knight of the Order pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts: Frederic Sir Leighton (History painter, President of the Academy in London), Charles de Marignac (Prof. of Chemistry in Geneva), C. G. Meneghini (Prof. of Chemistry in Geneva), C. G. Meneghini (Prof. of Chemistry in Geneva). in Pisa), Emile Wauters (history painter in Brussels) - Appointment: von Alvensleben (Chamberlain and Legation Councillor, previously envoy in Washington, now envoy in Brussels), Count von Arco-Valley (Legation Councillor, previously Consul General for Egypt, now envoy in Washington), von Bülow (Legation Councillor, previously first secretary at the Embassy in St. Petersburg), von Bülow (Legation Councillor, previously first secretary at the Embassy in St. Petersburg) - Appointment: von Alvensleben (Chamberlain and Legation Councillor, previously envoy in Washington, now envoy in Brussels), Count von Arco-Valley (Legation Councillor, previously Consul General for Egypt, now envoy in Washington), von Bülow (Legation Councillor, previously first secretary at the Embassy in St. Petersburg. Petersburg, now envoy in Bucharest), Busch (Real Secret Legation Council, previously envoy in Bucharest, now envoy in Stockholm), Kempermann (previously Consul General in Korea, now Minister-Resident in Bangkok), Graf zu Rantzau (Secret Legation Council, previously speaking council in the Foreign Office, now envoy in Munich), Stumm (Legation Councillor, previously envoy at the Spanish court, now extraordinary and authorized ambassador), Zembsch (Minister-Resident in Lima, now also in Ecuador), Baron von Waecker-Gotter (previously envoy in Mexico, now envoy at the Portuguese court) - transfer to (temporary) retirement: Count von Beust (Legation Councillor, Legation Secretary in the Embassy in Brussels), von Pfuehl (Legation Councillor, previously Minister in Stockholm, now Real Secret Councillor with the predicate "Excellency"), Gustav von Schulenburg-Priemen (Chamberlain, previously Minister in Dresden), Count von Werthern-Beichlingen (Real Secret Councillor and Chamberlain, Minister in Munich) - transfer: of Deines (Major at the General Staff and at the Embassy in Vienna, now General Staff of the Army), Baron von Heintze-Weissenrode (Lieutenant Seconde of the 1. Garde-Dragoner-Regiment to the Embassy in London), Baron von Kapp-Herr I (Second Lieutenant of the Garde-Husaren-Regiment, now to the Embassy in Vienna), Mueller (Captain, formerly General Staff, now Military Attaché in Bucharest), Baron von Plessen (Lapitän-Letnant, now Marine Attaché for the Nordic Empires in place of Freiherr von Rössing), von Rantzau (Major at the General Staff and at the Legation in Munich, now General Staff of the Army), von Wedel (Second Lieutenant of the 1st Reich, now Naval Attaché for the Nordic Empires in place of Freiherr von Rössing), von Wedel (Second Lieutenant of the 1st Reich, now Navy Attaché for the Nordic Empires in place of Freiherr von Rössing). Guard Dragoon Regiment to the Embassy in Paris), Count Yorck von Wartenburg (Captain at the Embassy in St. Petersburg, now to the large General Staff), - approval of ongoing support: Hau (previously porter at the Embassy in Vienna), Omer (previously Kawasse/Btschaftswächter at the Consulate General in Constantinople), Henriette von Schmidthals (widow of the former envoy in Lisbon), Wolter (widow, previously working woman in the Foreign Office) - approval of a one-off support: Verein Deutscher Künstler in Rom - Permission of Holiday: by Deines (Major at the Embassy in Vienna) - Award of Character: by Villaume (Imperial Wing Adjutant, Military Representative in St. Petersburg, now Colonel) - Determination of predicate: Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Lieutenant in the 2nd Hessian Hussar Regiment No. 14, predicate "sovereignty") - Approval of a donation: August Gräffe (from Cologne on the Rhine, for the foundation approved by the Foreign Office on 27.4.1885) - takeover of the protectorate: Deutsches Hospital in London, Verein Deutscher Künstler in Rom - rejection: Count Guido zu Lynar, request for reemployment - provisions on the uniform of the Reich officials in the three West African protectorates - assumption of costs for the manufacture and transport of the battery of six light field guns donated to the Sultan of Zanzibar;

Contains among other things: - Adam, F., Pensioner in Braunschweig (pp. 241, 154) - Arco-Valley, E. Graf von und zu, German Minister in Brazil (pp. 217, 239) - Bartsch, D. Dr. von, Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Culture (pp. 152) - Below-Schlatau, Paul von, First Legation Secretary of the German Embassy in Paris (pp. 168) - Bender, G. H., German Vice Consul for the Province of Gerona (Spain) (p. 238) - Berndt, Freiherr von, Stift Neuburg (p. 184, 201) - (Bersel, von), Berlin (p. 248) - Blenck, C., Berlin (p. 145) - Castell-Rüdenhausen, Hereditary Count zu, 1st Secretary of the German Embassy in Madrid (p. 155, 205) - Deville, Susanne (p. 266) - Drummond-Wolff, Sir H., English Ambassador at the Gate (p. 213) - Eckardt, von, Legation Secretary at the German Embassy in Tehran (p. 246) - Gies, Dr.., Dragoman at the German Embassy in Constantinople (p. 143) - Hecht, Dr. Felix (p. 151) - Hertel, Prof. Albert, Landscape Painter (p. 172) - Hoppe, Carlos, German Consul in Santander (p. 221) - Izzet Pasha, Turkish Ambassador in Madrid (p. 262, 269) - Keppler, Prof., Freiburg (p. 186) - Kleinschmidt, J., Painter (p. 149) - Krosigk, von, Kiel (p. 197) - Kusserow, von (p. 225) - Limburg-Stirum, Count zu, Minister (p. 215, 219, 264) - Marcko, E., Hamburg (p. 282) - Meiningen, Bernhard Erbprinz von (p. 140) - Meißner, Dr. phil Rudolf, Privatdozent at the University of Göttingen (p. 202) - Mentzingen, Freiherr von, 1st Legation Secretary of the German Embassy in Madrid (p. 211) - Mumm, von Schwarzenstein, Dr. A.., German envoy in Luxembourg (pp. 226, 250) - Mutzenbecher, von, Berlin (pp. 229) - Nedscheb-Pascha, Turkish envoy in Spain (pp. 188) - Perl, Dr.., German consul in Madrid (p. 234) - Prussia, William II of Prussia (p. 281) - Puttkammer, Jesco of, Governor of Cameroon (p. 203) - Samosch, Siegfried, editor of the "National-Zeitung" (p. 165, 190) - Shevich, D., Russian envoy in Madrid (p. 260) - Schilling, G. (p. 276) - Schmidt, Gustl und Hugo, Berlin (p. 231) - Schweinitz, Graf, Prussian envoy in Vienna (p. 147) - Seefried auf Buttenheim, E. Freiherr von, 1st Secretary of the German Embassy in Madrid (p. 192) - Silvela, Franzisco, President of the Spanish Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs (p. 222) - Storch, A., Chancellery Secretary of the Austrian Embassy in Madrid (p. 228) - Suhle, P., Pastor in Constantinople (p. 157) - Thiel, Dr. H., Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests (p. 174) - Tirpitz, Viceadmiral, Minister of State and State Secretary, Reichsmarineamt (p. 257) - Versmann, Hamburg (p. 163) - Voss, Luise von, Grandmother of Radowitz (p. 175) - Wedel, B. (p. 174) - Tirpitz, Viceadmiral, Minister of State and State Secretary, Reichsmarineamt (p. 257) - Wedel, B. (p. 173) - Voss, Luise von, Grandmother of Radowitz (p. 175) - B. (p. 174) - Tirpitz, Viceadmiral, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (p. 173) - Versmann, Hamburg (p. 163) - Voss, Luise von, Grandmother of Radowitz, Wedel, B. (p. 174) 159, 166, 170, 199) - Werckmeister, Wilhelm, Kunstverlag der Photographischen Gesellschaft in Berlin (p. 182) - Werthauer, Dr. Paul, lawyer in Leipzig (p. 237) - Wertheimer, Emanuel, writer (p. 196) - Wilhelm, Paul, bishop (p. 255) - Zedlitz (p. 277) - Zimmermann, Dr. F. W. R., Finanzrat, Head of the Brunswick Statistical Office (p. 154) - Zimmern, Dr. Sigm. Jos., cathedral vicar and seminar professor in Speyer (p. 141) - Zumpe, Hermann, Schwerin (p. 242).

Contains among other things: Formation of the Detached Division from the liners "Kaiser" and "König Albert" as well as the Small Cruiser "Strassburg" (AKO, copy), 15. Nov. 1913 Maps with drawing of the route of the Detached Division, Nov. 1913 Journey of the Detached Division to Spain (Tenerife), Togo, Cameroon, Southwest Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile (Reports with photos and handwritten remarks of Emperor Wilhelm II.), Dec. 1913 - Apr. 19.

208 sheets, Contains and others: - Max Lenz, A New German University. The foreign university and its tasks (draft of an essay of 20 December 1935) - Naming of a street in the administrative district of Zehlendorf after the first director of the Seminar for Oriental Languages, Prof. Dr. Eduard Sachau, 1935 - Suitability of the Reich Speaker of the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l b federation, Helmuth von Wernsdorff, for teaching or research work at a state university, 1936 - Report of Prof. Prof. Dr. Eduard von Wernsdorff, 1936 - Report of Prof. Dr. Helmuth von Wernsdorff, 1936 Dr. Anton Palme on the Design and Structuring of Teaching at the Foreign University, 29 February 1936 - Dr. Gerhard von Mende commissioned to administer the extraordinary Chair of Russian National Science, 1936 - Dr. Anton Palme appointed to the Chair of Afrikaans. Marcel Romeo Breyne, 1936 - Granting of a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 Eduard Baumgarten with the administration of the extraordinary chair of North American national science, 1936 - Lectures on the history of Spain given by the professor of the University of Seville and director of the Institut Espagnol in Paris Dr. Aurelio Vinas, 1936 - Nomination of student members of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) with oriental language skills, 1936; Paper

Contains: Definition of competence between the foreign organisation of the NSDAP and state foreign offices, 1938 claim by Deutsche Lufthansa for transport remuneration for letters from the Foreign Office, 1939 maintenance costs for German lecturers abroad, 1939 letter from the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Popular Education to the Reich Minister of Finance, 1939 Die Konsularakademie in Wien, internationale Akademie für Politik und Volkswirtschaft (Druck), Vienna 1937 Staff level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Oriental Academy in Vienna, Nov. 1894 Establishment of the Consular Academy in Vienna - Design by Dr. Walter Schmitt, former director of the foreign policy training centre of the NSDAP in Berlin-Dahlem as well as recording of the Legation Council of Etzdorf/Foreign Office, 1939 relief measures in Spain on the occasion of the liberation of Spanish territories by the national Spanish troops, 1939 compensation to neutral countries for sinking their ships - Question of Budgetary Jurisdiction, 1939 Planned Expansion of the Economic Department of the German Embassy in Moscow due to Impending Economic Agreement with the Soviet Union, 1939

History of the Baden embassies: Until 1871 Baden had maintained its own missions to the German Confederation, in Bavaria, Belgium, France, Hanover (until 1866), Hesse (Grand Duchy of Hesse), Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Prussia, Saxony, Switzerland and Württemberg, as well as numerous overseas consulates (8 in the USA alone). The same states were also represented in Baden. With Baden's entry into the German Reich, his foreign powers were transferred to it and all Baden embassies were dissolved; only the embassy in Berlin remained in existence until 1918 or 1945. The legations in Stuttgart and Munich were re-established in Munich in 1894 in personal union and functioned until 1919. Conversely, in Karlsruhe after 1871, there were still legations from Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil, Great Britain (chargés d'affaires), Prussia, Russia and Spain, albeit with smaller personnel and fewer competences. Furthermore, numerous consulates remained as before, most of which were based in Mannheim. Tradition: The files of the legations dissolved in 1871 were handed over by the State Ministry to the General State Archives in 1887 with the condition that they be kept as a whole, i.e. not to be torn apart. Friedrich von Weech therefore established a "Gesandtschaftsarchiv" at the Haus- und Staatsarchiv as its abbot IV in accordance with the provenance. In 1934, the files of the Baden legations in Berlin were submitted from 1884 and Munich from 1894 onwards, others followed until 1951. Development: In 1907-1909, the legation files submitted until then were recorded, renumbered after 1950 and copied by typewriter in 1966; in 2010, Ms Sigrun Gees produced an online version of them. Parallel holdings: holdings 48, here: Diplomatic correspondence (counter tradition of the Baden government), embassies, consulates, fonds 233, here: Legations, especially no. 34795-34836 (reports of the Baden legation in Berlin 1874-1933) and no. 34863-34871 (reports of the Baden legation in Munich and Stuttgart 1894-1919). Literature: Günther Haselier, Die Badenische Gesandtschaft in München, in: Archivalische Zeitschrift 73 (1977), p. 99-111; Hansmartin Schwarzmaier/Hiltburg Köckert, Die Bestände des Generallandesarchivs Karlsruhe, Teil 3, Haus- und Staatsarchiv sowie Hofbehörden (46-60), Stuttgart 1991, p. 51-56; Jürgen Schuhladen-Krämer, accredited in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Darmstadt ... Baden envoy between 1771 and 1945, Karlsruhe 2000.

Subject: Youth in Frauenberg (Bavaria); training in Limburg; assignment in Cameroon, from 1901, World War I and return via Spain to Germany, 1916; pastoral work in the diocese of Paderborn; assignment in Chile, since 1921

1. on the history of the map collection: the Hohenlohe Central Archives holds an important and extensive collection of printed maps from the 16th to 19th centuries, some of which date back to the 20th century. This quantity, which is unusual for a smaller archive, can be explained by the many and varied tasks of the highlohish administrations. But more than that, it is explained by the various functions and inclinations of members of the Princely House itself. Most of the cards were collected for military reasons. Several counts and princes were in high positions in foreign military services, e.g. Count Philipp von H.-Neuenstein (1550 - 1606) as general of Wilhelm v. Oraniens in Dutch services, Prince Heinrich August zu H.-Ingelfingen (1715 - 1796) as Reichsfeldmarschall and general field witness of the Franconian Imperial Circle or his son Friedrich Ludwig (1746 - 1818) as Prussian infantry general and governor of Breslau and Bay-reuth. However, maps were also produced or collected to secure and clarify sovereign rights (e.g. hunting and forestry) and territorial claims. Further reasons for the collecting activities were the geographical (travel maps: "foreign regions"), economic, scientific and educational (school maps) interests of the collectors. These varied interests also explain why the maps on hand are not limited to the area of Württemberg and Hohenlohe. Namely comparatively many maps to the German, European and international area are included. The extent of the collection could have benefited positively from the participation of the House of H.-Oehringen (old) in one of the renowned Nuremberg map publishers - the "Homännische Officin" or the "Homännische Erben". A good half of the cards come from this publisher. The temporal emphasis lies in the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. From the middle of the 19th century onwards, the collection became considerably thinner, but with individual specimens it reached as far back as the 1960s. Either cards have been purchased less since the 1850s or are still in use by the respective princely administrations. War losses or wear and tear can also be expected. The political caesura of 1806 does not play a decisive role in connection with the collecting activity. The changed tasks of the princely houses from the middle of the 19th century onwards. All in all, the collection of maps documents the broad political and cultural interest and significance of the House of Hohenlohe during the period in which the collection was created. It is to be assumed that map collections were built up in various Hohenlohe houses and also kept in the castles concerned, mostly probably in the library. With the relocation of all Hohenlohe archives to Neuenstein, the printed maps from the various castles were transferred to the Hohenlohe Central Archives. Here they were combined to a stock of printed maps. The origin of the maps was not considered to be significant and as a rule was not documented in any way. This must have taken place immediately after the end of the war, since in 1951 a list-like inventory of the holdings was already available. In the course of the relocation of the various line archives to Neuenstein, over 3100 printed maps gradually came together. 2. on the history of the collection and its processing: during the first provisional processing, the compilation of a list under the Princely Archivist Karl Schumm in 1951, the majority of the maps already available at that time were combined to form a complete collection, as already mentioned, without regard to provenance and ownership. The machining was carried out according to the numerus currensprinciple. The order was based on an alpha-betic ranking by country, region and place names and the geographical classification was based on superficial aspects. Often, in the course of the order, map connections were torn apart and even maps from outside the stock - hand-drawn - were included in the list. The signatures were assigned according to the geo-graphical classification. The signature consisted of a capital letter (W for world maps, E for European maps and D for German maps) and a sequential number. For example, a European map has the signature "E 80" or a map of Germany "D 46". In the case of sequences, lower-case letters have been added after the number, for example in the case of a map of France: "E 206 a - cc". Some war cards were provided with Roman numerals, e.g. a card of Hungary with "K X/ 161". This type of signature assignment was not very useful for appropriate use. Cards were often difficult to find. A careful revision of the map collection was urgently needed, especially as several printed maps that had been added later were not taken into account. However, it was no longer possible to reconstruct original provenances, as there is no indication of their origin from the various archives. With the exception of one group (H.-Kirchberg: "Sch[rank], T[isch] or F[ach], Sch[ublade]"), the old signatures do not provide any reliable information about the provenance. The pre-signatures were probably already assigned at the time the maps were purchased. They are divided into groups according to simple number assignment ("131", "No. 131", "1311/2" or "Nro 131"), according to combinations with upper and lower case letters and numbers ("Dd x S.138"), according to combinations with Roman and Arabic numerals and letters ("II M. 10" or "605 R. I") or according to locature (H.-Kirchberg: "S. 642, T. 2, Sch. 3"). For many cards several signatures were assigned. They point to older resistance structures. A few maps and atlases, the origin of which could be clearly determined, were removed from the holdings for ownership reasons and returned to the relevant line archives. The main part of the maps is probably of h.-kirchberg origin, enriched with a considerable number of maps of the Dutch/Belgian area from probably Württemberg-neuenstädtisches Besitz (h.-kirchberg heritage). The remainder of the maps, which could not be defined more precisely, was distributed among the various other line archives. 22 drawers, 92 cartons/boxes with approx. 31/2 linear metres of shelving, 59 rolled maps, 38 volumes and booklets and 4 folders were first viewed prior to drawing. For technical reasons, the cards were first taken from the cupboard drawers, then the pieces stored in cartons or boxes, and finally the volumes on the shelves were recorded according to the numerus-current-principle. In the process, hand-drawn maps, pictures, construction plans and printed maps from the archives of Langenburg, Waldenburg and Öhringen were also noticed. They were separated and recorded for a later inventory or supplementation of the inventory of hand-drawn maps. Apart from a small group of atlases and military maps, the remaining printed maps still found in the Hohenlohe Central Archives are mainly field, forest and surveying maps from the archives of Langenburg, Waldenburg and Öhringen. They, too, were not included in the inventory of printed maps, but were prepared for their own holdings, and once all the maps had been indexed, a classification for the holdings had to be established. For practical reasons and in order to facilitate access for users, the breakdown was mainly geographical. An order by subject would have led to greater opacity due to the size and nature of the maps. The map collection is divided into thirteen categories. It is progressed from the large to the small space: World; continents without Europe, with subitems Africa, America, Asia and Australia/Oceania; Europe, with subdivision into individual, non-German countries; and the area Germany and former German Empire, with subdivision into individual territories and regions. Headings 7 to 13 include maps that cannot be clearly allocated geographically (transnational theatres of war), special areas (field maps, city maps, canals, natural phenomena) or the category "Other". Compromises had to be made with the classification in order to arrange the stock according to modern geographical criteria. With the exception of a Russian atlas with European and Chinese territories [No. 7], the classification into world and continental maps could be carried out without complications. It was more difficult to classify the continent of Europe and European countries. Two problem areas stood in the way of simple, uniform processing. On the one hand, the grouping of maps that span space and countries or of maps with two or more different representations on one sheet; on the other hand, the allocation of maps with changed historical spaces. The classification of map sheets with several representations was problem-free again. They were sorted by the larger geographical area. For example, a map showing Europe on the front and the German Empire on the back was assigned to the group Europe [No. 65]. The transnational maps were more problematic. Thus a subgroup "Alps" had to be formed immediately with the first division of the individual European countries. It comprises the maps of the French-Italian-Swiss and the German-Swiss-Austrian border regions, but without the group of maps of the narrower region of the Swiss-Austrian Alps, which were assigned to the categories "Switzerland" and "Austrian Hereditary Lands". The group "Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg" did not simply fit into a given scheme in terms of both spatial and historical classification. The Belgian-Luxembourg region changed its political affiliation several times during the period under study, from about 1660 to 1840: the Spanish Netherlands until 1715, then the Austrian Netherlands, French during the revolutionary period, the Kingdom of the United Netherlands from 1815 to 1830, and only then the Kingdom of Belgium. With some justification, the maps could also have been assigned to a group 'Spain', the division 'Germany and Central Europe' with the subgroup 'Austrian Hereditary Lands' or 'France' if there were no overlaps with the area of the narrower Netherlands [Republic of the United Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands]. Thus, the maps relating to the Belgian and Dutch regions could only be formed into a separate group according to modern geographical, historically inaccurate aspects. France, which had historically and geographically undergone relatively continuous development, could be divided into the sub-groups of France as a whole and individual regions, including areas whose political affiliation was not entirely clear and only later belonged definitively to France, such as Lorraine, Alsace, Corsica, Savoy and Nice. Note swert is with this group the first topographical atlas of France [No. 138] by Cassini, of which 108 of altogether 175 sheets are available in the copy kept here. The subgroup "Territories of France" was first created alphabetically and then chronologically. The situation was similar with the area of Italy, which was treated as a single area and could also be divided into the categories of Italy as a whole and individual territories according to modern political-geographical aspects, including the archipelago of Malta. More extensive measures had to be taken in the Western European areas. Great Britain and Ireland as well as Spain and Portugal with Gibraltar in their overall representation were mostly depicted on a map sheet. Therefore a division into the groups "Great Britain and Ireland" and "Iberian Peninsula" was appropriate. The area of Eastern and Southeastern Europe posed problems because the territorial affiliations and borders permanently changed during the period from about 1650 to 1880. From the temporary affiliation of the Duchies of Kurland and Livonia and the permanent affiliation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Poland, for example, the maps of this area were merged into the section "Poland and Baltic Countries". Because of the political changes, in particular the partition of Poland, compromises had to be made. Thus a general division "Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania" was formed, which covers the greater area as a whole. The great "Carte de la Pologne" [No. 230] from 1772 by Rizzi-Zannoni should be mentioned as a rarity. However, in order to do justice to the political vicissitudes in terms of the size of the cards, two further subgroups were formed. The "Baltic Duchies" section linked the above-mentioned duchies with the Duchy of Estonia, which was ethnically and geographically but not politically part of the Polish-Lithuanian area. The classification of the map group "Kingdom of Galicia" was more difficult. For historical reasons it could have been added to the 'Österreichische Erblande' division by accepting the fragmentation of the geographical context. In order to reach a reasonable compromise, however, it was assigned to the Polish area as a separate group. More difficult was the treatment of the cards of the Russian Empire. A structure that would have corresponded to the given order was only possible with restrictions. Russia, which stretches with large parts of its area over Asia, could just as well have been assigned to this division. However, since the country's focus was and is in Europe, the "Russia" group could be integrated into the group of European countries. The classification of the maps surrounding the Ottoman Empire [Turkey] and the neighbouring regions proved to be an almost insoluble task: in addition to maps of the Ottoman Empire, which was divided into a European and an Asian part, there are a number of map sets in this group representing the Russian-Turkish-Austrian theatres of war of the 18th and early 19th centuries on the Balkans and in the northern Black Sea regions. In addition there are maps with overlaps of the different southeast European territories from this time. Compromises had to be accepted in this area in order not to tear up map connections. Thus, in order to cover the whole area, a division "Southeast Europe, Black Sea and Asia Minor" was formed, divided into four sub-groups: the group "Balkans and Greece" is composed of the various South Slavic, Romanian and Greek territories and Danube maps, the second group comprises "Hungary (with Transylvania)"], the third group "Turkey (Ottoman Empire)" and the fourth group "Several Countries" [04.11.04.] as a collection basin of maps which cannot be clearly assigned, consisting of maps of the theatres of war in the Balkans and Black Sea region and of maps of the southern Russian-Ukrainian rivers. Maps of the Crimea/Tauria were, if they are not part of the war theatre maps, classified in the category Russia. The Nordic states with their provinces, on the other hand, could be uniformly included in the Greater Scandinavia area, especially as several of the countries were each depicted on one sheet. The same procedure was followed for the "Switzerland" group. The "Atlas Suisse" [No. 280], which was split up into individual maps and registered individually, could be merged, making it somewhat easier to classify the maps into "Germany and Central Europe" and "Territories and Parts of Germany". Here, too, compromises had to be made between political-geographical classification and historical affiliation. Should maps, which today represent non-German countries, be integrated into the group of European countries or into the German territories? And should maps, e.g. of the Reich circles, which covered several territories, be formed as a separate group or not? The classification was carried out primarily according to historical-geographical aspects, since a classification under modern political aspects would not have corresponded in any way to the map statements. The structure was based on a mixture of regional areas and Histo-rical territories, with the maps of the Imperial circles being classified according to the categories of the respective regions. The maps assigned to the category "Germany" essentially cover the territory of the old German Reich, partly in sections (atlas fragments), according to a relatively clear order pattern, while the category "Territories of Germany" again demanded greater concessions. The structure of the "Bayern" group was simple. It includes only the territory of the Duchy, the Electorate and the Kingdom of Bavaria. Here you can find the oldest maps in the collection, the "Bavarian Land Tables" by Phillipp Appian from the year 1568 [No. 379 and 380]. "Bohemia and Moravia" was designated as a separate map group due to the extent of the maps and the important role as territory of the German Empire [Kingdom, Electorate], with different atlases and map series of both areas. The groups of the "Franconian Territories" and of "Hesse" could be classified according to uniform principles. They contain interesting maps and map sets of the margraviate Ansbach [No. 423 - 428] and contemporary map sets of the theater of war Hessen during the Seven Years' War [No. 457 and 458] from 1761, the latter by Carlet de la Rozière, adjutant of the French commander-in-chief, Marshal Broglie. For the special documentation of the domestic area, a separate map group "Hohenlohe" was highlighted and separated from the group of Franconian and southwest German maps. Particularly noteworthy are the land tables of the regions around Langenburg and Kirchberg from the first half of the 17th century [no. 472 - 475] and the complete representations of Hohenlohe by Schapuzet and Hammer from the second half of the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th century [no. 477 - 482]. The section "Northern Germany" comprises all maps of the Lower Saxon-North-Elbian area with two atlases of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [No. 499] and Mecklenburg-Schwerin [No. 501] by Count v. Schmettau from the 1780s. With the group "Österreichische Erblande" it had to be decided whether one summarized all maps of the Austrian monarchy or, as here because of the extent and the kind of the maps, divided into the individual partial realms and/or Erblande. Only maps of the narrower area [Austrian Imperial Circle, territory of present-day Austria] were included in this category, with the exception of representations of the entire monarchy. It is worth mentioning the Atlas [Kartenwerk] Tirol by Peter Anich and Blasius Hueber from the year 1774 [No. 509]. The situation was similar with the maps of the Prussian monarchy. Here, too, the groups had to be divided in order to avoid spatial and cartographic separations. The section "Pomerania" also contains maps with representations of Swedish-Vorpommern, the group "Silesia" stretches from the Austrian epoch to the end of the German Reich, with an atlas of the Silesian part principalities from the 1730s to the 1750s [no. 648, 649 and 658], war maps of the Silesian wars and maps reaching into the 1940s. The main group of the "Prussian States" comprises all other maps, from representations of the entire monarchy to individual districts, with maps of East and West Prussia [No. 548 and 555] and a "Special Map" of South Prussia by the Prussian court architect David Gilly from the years 1802/1803 [No. 552 - 554]. The formation of the division "Rhine (with adjoining countries)" took place under the compromise to unite river maps of the Rhine, maps of the Rhine area [Upper, Lower and Kurrhein] and war maps, which carry the title Rhine, but extend over a far larger area, into a comprehensible group. During the processing, torn map sets could be assembled, such as the war theatre map 1794 by Dewarat [No. 605] or the current measurement maps of the Palatinate-Bavarian Upper Rhine Inspector Wiebeking at the end of the 18th century [No. 608 and 612]. The area "Saxony" was structured under clear aspects, including the maps of the Obersächsischen Reichskreis (with Prussian territories) for reasons of uniformity. To be mentioned here are the map sets of the Erzgebirgskreis of the Prussian major v. Petri [No. 630], the individual representations of the Obersächsischer Kreis in eight boxes by Peter Schenk [No. 623], the complete depiction of the Wettiner Lande of the Frankfurt cartographer Johann Wilhelm Abraham Jäger [No. 634] and of the war theatre map of the Seven Years' War of the Saxon captain Backenberg [No. 641]. In order to do justice to the caesura of the years 1803, 1806 and 1810 with their political and territorial changes, the maps of the Swabian-Alemannic and the today Baden-Wuerttemberg area were combined to a unified group "Southwest Germany". Worth mentioning are the "Charte von Schwaben/Württemberg" [No. 681 and 682] by Amann and the Tübingen mathematician and astronomer Bohnenberger as the first attempt of surveying the state, ca. 1796 to 1810, the "Topographische Atlas des Königreichs Würt-temberg" [No. 695 - 697] of the Landesaufnahme from 1821 to 1851 and the forerunner maps of the Historical Atlas of Baden-Württemberg, the "Generalkarte von Württemberg" by Bach [No. 707] and "Der deutsche Südwesten am Ende des alten Reiches" [No. 714] by Erwin Hölzle, 1938 "Thüringen" could be sorted uniformly according to territories, the last section of the "Territories of Germany", the group "Westfalen", was formed again according to compromise aspects, since the range of representation often went beyond the mentioned space of the title, as with the war maps of Dezauche, 1797 [No. 743] and of le Coq, 1804 [No. 744]. The rest of the maps are distributed among the categories 7 to 13. In the group of "transnational theatres of war" all the war maps were classified which cannot be assigned to a fixed geographical area, like the maps of the Seven Years' War, with all battlefields and theatres of war, of the Prussian Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm v. Baur [No. 747 - 749] and the Prime Lieutenant J. v. Saint Paul [No. 763] or the Atlas of Revolutionary Wars [No. 760] of the Swiss General in French and Russian service, Baron Henri v. Jomini. For reasons of determination and provenance, the corridor maps in the inventory were not assigned to the general corridor map collection, but form a separate group. "City maps", "canal constructions" such as the old Rhine-Main-Danube canal, "natural phenomena" such as the solar eclipse of 1706, "statistics" and "miscellaneous", with copper printing plates to the Hohenlohe land plates [no. 853: to no. 473 - 475] and the Hohenlohe map by C. F. Hammer [no. 860: to no. 481] formed the end of the collection.The final signatures have been assigned according to the following criteria: with single numbering, for sets of cards with continuation cards with oblique stroke after the signature, such as "208/1" or "229/1 - 4", and for double or multiple deliveries with indication of the copies, such as the Weikersheim card "476 (4 copies)". The type of storage depends on the conditions of the cartons. There are four types of bearing supports. They are recognizable by their signature: the usual plan storage in drawers is not particularly emphasized. Then there is rolled card ["(rolled)"] and shelf storage of volumes or books ["(tape)"] and cards in boxes ["(carton)"]. Combinations between storage type and card sequences in the signatures occur frequently, such as "296/1 (2 copies)" or "209/1 - 4 (carton)". The indexing was comparatively intensive according to the historical value of the maps. As a rule, the title recordings contain the following information: The title is usually taken over in the original wording, in abbreviated form in the case of excess length. In the absence of a title, a separate version was created describing the theme and area of the map. In the case of non-German, ancient titles or titles deviating from the representation, the German spelling or the spelling customary today is adopted in square brackets [ ]. The area of the map representation is described according to three patterns: Sections refer to the map margin (left-right, top-bottom), sections to prominent vertices and locations at the map margin, and areas to imaginary radii of prominent points or locations. For some cards, the type of card sequence they belong to is also included in the title. The cartographers were indicated, if noted on the map, with their professional title or function as author/cartographer, publisher, editor, draughtsman, engraver, copywriter, printer, etc. In the description of the map design, the edition, the copy number (for multiple copies), the type of map (print, lithography or [copper] engraving) and the type of colouring are given, if given, whereby the majority of the maps are only partially coloured. Boundary lines were dyed in various colors by hand until the beginning of the 19th century. The areas and territories indicated in the title are flat, places are usually colored red or orange, the border areas of the map remain predominantly uncolored. The scale of almost all maps - even without the original scale - was converted into the metric fracture system common today, with the exception of sonar maps and atlases with very different maps. Place and year of publication are generally recorded, in some cases with multiple citation; in case of uncertain assignment the place of origin is indicated in square brackets, in case of missing time indication the presumed period ([um...] or [after...]) is also indicated in square brackets. The old signatures, as far as verifiable, have all been included in the order in which they were listed, with the signatures that Karl Schumm included in his list being the last to be mentioned. The map dimensions (width x height) refer to the actual map display, the dimensions of the sheet cut (outer frame) are shown in brackets. The cartographic type is divided into three categories (thematic, topographic or physical map). Maps dating from before the beginning of the 19th century often cannot be clearly assigned and are given in mixed forms for better identification. This is followed by basic information on the map display, such as the transport network, topography, form of settlement, political division or war events on military maps. In the case of sets or works of cards, the main title is given, the sheet number, if any, and the function of the card (title or continuation sheet). Finally, the intended use of the map is indicated, e.g. as a political, military, school or traffic map. In the remarks, the original scale or scales, the division according to longitude and latitude, as far as they were available, or the meridian grid were mentioned, usually the meridian designated here as the "old Parisian meridian" (fixed in Paris in 1613, with zero meridian by the island Ferro = Hierro/Canaries). In case of deviation from the usual northing of the map, the corresponding orientation according to the direction of the compass was specifically mentioned. Other conspicuous elements of the map presentation, such as the artistic design of the title, scale or dedication templates in allegorical form, the details of troop positions or siege rings, of coat-of-arms representations, explanations, dedications, more precise details of the political division, handwritten notes and other special features, were included at the end of the list.The final indexing and creation of the present holdings by the undersigned was carried out within the framework of the project "Indexing of the printed maps of the Hohenlohe Central Archives" sponsored by the Kulturgutstiftung in the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000. 1382 title records for approx. 3060 maps in 33 drawers, 59 rolled maps, 92 maps in boxes/cartons and 38 volumes (approx. 4.5 linear metres of shelving) were included in the holdings, which received the designation "Hohenlohe Central Archives: Printed maps". A supplementary use of the map holdings of the line archives of the holdings of the hand-drawn maps of the Hohenlohe Central Archives may make sense under certain circumstances. 3. an explanation of the structure of the title recordings: All maps are described in the present finding aid book according to the following scheme in the indicated order:Order signature - Order numberTitle of the map (as quotation) or indication of the map contentKarthograph and other persons involved in the creation of the mapEngineering stage, edition, execution of the mapScaleEngineering place Further formal descriptionRemarksPre-signaturesEngineering time

Contains: Memorandum and statement of the faculties; minutes of the Rectors' Conference; application for extra ordination and teaching position for Western European History for Wolfgang Michael; formation of a commission; report by Eugen Fischer on lectures on the German colonial area; lecture series on foreign countries; lectures on Spain; Spanish course abroad; printed publications: Courses abroad at the University of Heidelberg in 1918; Study abroad at German universities in 1918; individual cases: Wolfgang Michael;

History of the Inventory Designer: History After the foundation of the Reich in 1871, the creation of a common railway administration for all German states was not initially on the agenda. The southern German states feared the overweight of Prussia and finally rejected Bismarck's rich railroad law of 1875. Only the railway lines in Alsace and Lorraine, which were separated from France, were subject to the Imperial Chancellor since 1871. For the railway system in Germany the network of the Alsace-Lorraine Railways (besides 7 state administrations at that time) existed as the only state administration until the transfer of the state railway administrations of the Länder into the possession of the Reich. This railway network consisted of the parts of the French Ostbahn assigned to the German Reich on the basis of the Frankfurt Peace Treaty of 10 May 1871 and the lines of the Wilhelm-Luxemburg-Eisenbahnen taken over on a lease basis by the State Treaty of 11 June 1872 with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The newly formed "Kaiserliche Generaldirektion der Reichseisenbahnen in Elsass-Lothringen" had been established for this purpose by the Most High Decree of 9 December 1871 with the powers and duties of a public authority. At first it was directly subordinated to the Reich Chancellery (Department III for Alsace-Lorraine). Until the French occupation of Alsace-Lorraine in November 1918, it was also the focal point of operations and administration. For the development of transport in Alsace-Lorraine, in addition to the special traffic situation on the Upper Rhine road and the Burgundy Gate, the development of industry was of importance. While originally the textile industry in the area of Mulhouse stood in the first place, the German heavy industry, which shifted to Lorraine and Luxembourg, came more and more into the foreground, in addition the potash works in the Upper Alsace, which developed on a coincidental discovery, and the not very important but in Germany at that time almost only petroleum extraction near Pechelbronn. In the interests of smooth cooperation between transport operators and production units, a "Railway Committee" was set up on 1 October 1874, composed of representatives of chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture. This first Railway Committee later became the model for the Railway Councils affiliated to the other German State Railway Administrations. The Directorate-General also broke new ground on the question of tariffs by creating the so-called wagon room tariff. The inauguration of the first railways in Alsace-Lorraine, the Strasbourg - Basel line, took place on 19 and 20 September 1841. Thirty years later, when the Alsace-Lorraine Railways were taken over by the German Reich, the length of the line was 768.21 km, plus 174.54 km of the Wilhelm-Luxemburg Railway Company. Under German administration more than 1200 km were added. From a technical point of view, the railways were regarded as model installations in every respect: the transhipment facilities between railways and inland waterways were brought to the highest level of technical efficiency; the stations in Strasbourg and Metz were converted from small provincial stations into metropolitan stations with all the requirements of modern times. Net revenues in 1872 amounted to more than 5 million Marks, increased to 20 million Marks in 1890, 86 million Marks in 1900 and 153 million Marks in 1913, the last year of peace. On 27 May 1878, the Imperial Decree established the Reichsamt für die Verwaltung der Reichseisenbahnen in Berlin. It was a central authority under the direct authority of the Imperial Chancellor to manage the administration of the railways in Alsace-Lorraine and the neighbouring regions. The General Directorate of the Reichseisenbahnen in Alsace-Lorraine was now subordinated to the Reichsamt für die Verwaltung der Reichseisenbahnen, which acted as the state supervisory authority. The respective Prussian Minister of Public Works was entrusted with the management of the authority. First head of the Reich Office was State Minister Albert von Maybach (1822-1904), later Karl von Thielen (1832-1906) followed from June 1891, Hermann von Budde (1851-1906) from June 1902 and Paul von Breitenbach (1850-1930) from 1906. Direct management was the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, based in Strasbourg. Until 1 October 1909 it consisted of three departments: Division 1 for Operations, Division 2 for Construction, Division 3 for Transport and General Administration. To this end, the company management, traffic inspections, machine inspections, workshop inspections and a telegraph inspection managed the various branches of the company and traffic, while the central technical offices (the technical office, the construction office, the mechanical office and the materials office) independently handled a number of general transactions falling within the scope of the central administration. On 1 October 1909, a reorganisation came into force, the importance of which lay essentially in the removal of the operational directorates without replacement and the abolition of the central offices and the telegraph inspection, whose business was now handled by the Directorate-General itself. At the same time, the number of departments increased to 5: Department 1 for General Administration, Finance and Budgeting, Department 2 for Operations, Department 3 for Transportation, Department 4 for Construction, Department 5 for Machinery and Workshops. The 17 operational inspections in Alsace-Lorraine and 3 operational inspections in Luxembourg were directly carried out by the Directorate-General. The Executive Board of the German operations administration in Luxembourg was the superior authority for all departments of the district. There were 8 traffic inspections in Basel, Mulhouse, Colmar, Strasbourg, Saargemünd, Metz, Diedenhofen and Luxembourg. The traffic inspector in Basel also held the post of representative of the German administration vis-à-vis Switzerland. There were 6 machine inspections: in Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Saargemünd, Metz, Diedenhofen and Luxembourg. The main workshops were in Mulhouse, Bischheim near Strasbourg, Montigny near Metz and Niederjeutz near Diedenhofen. They were subject to the workshop inspections in Bischheim and Montigny two each (for locomotive construction and for carriage construction one each). Secondary workshops subject to machine inspections were located in Saargemünd and Luxembourg. Since 1911, all inspections have been called Offices, Plant Office, Machine Office, etc.). The incorporation of the Prussian Minister of Public Works into the administrative organization of the Reich strengthened the influence of the head of the Prussian State Railways over the heads of the other federal railway administrations and reduced the importance of the Reich Railway Office for issues related to national defence. 7 After the assignment of Alsace-Lorraine to France as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, the Reich Ministry of Transport took over the Reich Office's execution tasks in the autumn of 1919. The source value of the files taken over from the General Directorate in Strasbourg was described by the Reichsarchiv as "sufficient" at the time. "Apart from some historically interesting details from the recent times of Emperor Wilhelm I and Prince Bismarck, their value for the history of the German Empire lies in the... 9 Reference should be made to the peculiarities of Alsace-Lorraine's traffic situation at the intersection of important north-south and east-west connections and the resulting tradition of archival sources. The files contain documents from negotiations on the construction of major Alpine passes (Gotthard Railway, Eastern Alpine Railway, Simplon Railway), traffic between England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy, traffic between the Balkan states, Austria-Hungary and the southern German administrations on the one hand and France and Spain on the other. Further documents are available on construction and engineering, operational services, passenger, baggage and freight traffic. A comprehensive component reflects the collective bargaining system, including social aspects taking into account foreign language problems. Measures against espionage, sabotage and agent activity, also persecution of political opponents are recorded in the "Secret Acts A and B", statements on military facts, especially the mobilization, the war 1914/18, the armistice and the peace negotiations can be found in the "Secret Acts M". Inventory description: Inventory history The files of the Directorate-General of the Reichseisenbahnen in Strasbourg have been transferred to France. A few files from the former Central State Archives in Potsdam are in the inventory R 4202 General Directorate of the Reich Railways in Alsace-Lorraine in the Federal Archives. The files of the Reichsamt for the administration of the Reichseisenbahnen were offered to the Reichsarchiv for takeover in autumn 1931. From the entire file stock of about 4000 volumes, 1313 volumes were transferred to the Reichsarchiv for permanent storage in accordance with the then existing regulations. Obviously, there were no war losses. Archival evaluation and processing The files of the Reich Office for the Administration of the Reich Railways taken over by the Reichsarchiv were arranged, listed and recorded on index cards in 1932, followed by a finding aid book for the holdings (today: R 4201). In 2008, the inventory was recorded in the BASYS-S database of the Federal Archives on the basis of the find book available from 1932. This was done by entering the data into the BASYS-S database of the Federal Archives for the purpose of making the search results available online. The intensive index data were taken over for the most part original with the abbreviations used at that time. Only the numerical archive signatures were retained for the indexing; for found files with volume numbering (e.g. 154 a), each volume received a new archive signature. This concerned all files with the now new archive signature R 4201/729 to R 4201/1430. The previous signatures were listed as old signatures, the files themselves were re-signed in 2008 in the course of an inventory revision and magazine-technical work. Content: Organization and administration of the Reichsamt 1870-1920 (186), budget and cash administration 1870-1921(386), personnel matters: Civil servant matters 1871-1920 (385), special personnel matters (secret files B) 1872-1919 (13), building and construction 1864-1919 (152), operational services 1871-1918 (86), passenger and baggage traffic 1871-1918 (21), freight traffic 1871-1919 (169), collective bargaining 1871-1919 (145), Measures against espionage, sabotage and agent activity, also persecution of political opponents (secret files A) 1881-1919 (14), mobilization, war, armistice, peace negotiations (secret files M) 1872-1920 (93) Online Findbuch (2009) In total, the holdings in the Federal Archives include 1430 files. Together with the holdings of the Reichseisenbahnamt (R 4101) and the Generaldirektion der Eisenbahnen in Elsass-Lothringen (R 4202), a rather complete set of files exists for the early period of traffic organisation in the railway age in Germany - regardless of its correspondence with the files of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works, which are located in the Prussian Secret State Archives in Berlin-Dahlem, and the large number of archival sources on railway history in the archives of the Länder, districts and cities. The source value of the files taken over from the General Directorate in Strasbourg was described by the Reichsarchiv as "sufficient" at the time. Apart from some historically interesting details from the recent time of Emperor Wilhelm I. and Prince Bismarck, their value for the history of the German Empire [lies] in the... that at the Reichsamt almost all the questions that the Prussian Ministry of Public Works had to deal with were reflected in a more concise and concise form. Reference should be made to the special features of Alsace-Lorraine's traffic situation at the intersection of important north-south and east-west connections and the resulting tradition of archival sources. The files contain documents from negotiations on the construction of major Alpine passes (Gotthard Railway, Eastern Alpine Railway, Simplon Railway), traffic between England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy, traffic between the Balkan states, Austria-Hungary and the southern German administrations on the one hand and France and Spain on the other. Further documents are available on construction and engineering, operational services, passenger, baggage and freight traffic. A comprehensive component reflects the collective bargaining system, including social aspects taking into account foreign language problems. Measures against espionage, sabotage and agent activity, also persecution of political opponents are recorded in the "Secret Acts A and B", statements on military facts, especially the mobilization, the war 1914/18, the armistice and the peace negotiations can be found in the "Secret Acts M". Supplementary traditions Further traditions include the inventories R 4101 Reichseisenbahnamt and R 4202 Generaldirektion der Eisenbahnen in Elsass-Lothringen. The Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin contain the files of the Prussian Ministry of Public Works (holdings I. HA Rep. 93 B Ministry of Public Works). Citation style: BArch, R 4201/...