Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Prime Minister of Prussia


Related Topics

  
  Kingdom of Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire.
With the exception of Prussia proper, all of Brandenburg's lands were a part of the Holy Roman Empire, by this time under the all but hereditary nominal rule of the House of Habsburg.
As a result of Prussia's defeat at Jena and Auerstädt, King Friedrich Wilhelm III lost all his lands west of the Elbe River; the remainder of the Kingdom was occupied by French troops.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kingdom_of_Prussia   (1129 words)

  
 Otto von Bismarck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he engineered the unification of the numerous states of Germany.
As a result of the, the German Confederation was dissolved; Prussia annexed Schleswig, Holstein, Frankfurt, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, and Nassau; and Austria promised not to intervene in German affairs.
Bismarck resigned at Wilhelm II's insistence in 1890, to be succeeded as Chancellor of Germany and Minister-President of Prussia by Leo von Caprivi.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Otto_von_Bismarck   (3614 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prime Minister (Ministerpräsident) of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1792 until the dissolution of Prussia in 1947.
When Prussia was an independent kingdom (until 1871) the Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian Landtag (parliament).
After the unification of Germany in 1871 until the collapse in 1918 the office of the Prussian Prime Minister was usually held jointly by the Imperial Chancellor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Prussia   (191 words)

  
 Prussia
From the late 18th century the expanded Prussia dominated North Germany both politically, economically and in terms of population size, and was the core of the unified German Empire formed in 1871.
Prussia greatly expanded its territories to the east during the Partitions of Poland between 1772 and 1795.
Prussia's democratic constitution was suspended in 1932 as a result of a coup by Germany's conservative Chancellor Franz von Papen, marking the effective end of German democracy.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/prussia.html   (2158 words)

  
 Otto Braun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Originally from Königsberg in East Prussia, Braun became a leader of the Social Democratic Party there, and was elected to the Prussian Diet in 1913.
It was overthrown in a coup in July 1932 by the national government of Franz von Papen.
After the end of WW II from his exile Braun approached the victorious allies to reinstate the legal Prussian government, but the occupation allies declined due to their plans to abolish the state of Prussia and of ethnic cleansing of Germans from large parts of that area.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Otto_Braun   (283 words)

  
 Prussia Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1701 Brandenburg-Prussia became the '''Kingdom of Prussia''' under Frederick I of PrussiaFrederick I, with the permission of the Holy Roman Emperor and Polish King.
In 1862 Prussian King William I of GermanyWilliam I appointed Otto von Bismarck as Prime Minister of PrussiaMinister-President (prime minister).
Prussia's democratic constitution was suspended in 1932 as a result of a coup d'étatcoup by Germany's conservative Chancellor Franz von Papen, marking the effective end of German democracy.
www.echostatic.com /Prussia.html   (2199 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Kingdom of Prussia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This article is part of the series Politics of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia Prime Minister of Prussia German General Staff Prussian Minister of War Foreign Minister of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia exi...
The Kingdom of Prussia at this time was not part of the Holy Roman Empire, from which it had resigned in 1795.
As a result of Prussia's defeat at Jena and Auerstädt, King Friedrich Wilhelm III lost all his lands west of the Elbe, and what was left of the Kingdom was occupied by French troops.
www.ipedia.com /kingdom_of_prussia.html   (1089 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Prussia, 1849-1862
The prime minister was not elected by parliament, by appointed by the king.
Although Prussia had begun as a state built around the army, in 1850 it was perceived militarily weak.
Prussia felt threatened (France, as late as 1840, had discussed the annexion of the left bank of the Rhine).
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/preu184862.html   (357 words)

  
 Prime minister (from Bismarck, Otto von) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
In 1859 Bismarck was sent to Russia as Prussian ambassador, and not long thereafter (May 1862) he moved to Paris as ambassador to the court of Napoleon III.
The prime minister serves under the chief of state (even if the chief of state has only titular or ceremonial powers), except in those rare cases in which the chief of state assumes the functions of prime minister.
Includes a list of former prime ministers of the country with brief biographies and speeches.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9611?tocId=9611   (839 words)

  
 Berlin: The City as Body The City as Metaphor
When Bismarck became prime minister of Prussia in 1862, the kingdom was universally considered the weakest of the five European powers.
Less than nine years later Prussia had been victorious in three wars, and a unified German Empire had emerged in the heart of Europe, arousing envy and fear among its rivals.
When Bismarck left office in 1890, after 28 years as prime minister of Prussia and 19 as chancellor of the German Empire, the map of Europe had been changed beyond measure.
www.stanford.edu /dept/german/berlin_class/people/bismarck7.html   (467 words)

  
 Hermann Goering
Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second man in the Third Reich, Hermann Goering was born in Rosenheim on January 12, 1893.
Following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor on 30 January 1933, Goering was made Prussian Minister of the Interior, Commander-in-Chief of the Prussian Police and Gestapo and Commissioner for Aviation.
Under the pretext of a threatened communist coup, Prussia was 'cleansed' and hundreds of officers and thousands of ordinary policemen were purged, being replaced from the great reservoir of SA and SS men who took over the policing of Berlin.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/goering.html   (1444 words)

  
 terms2e
His public works programs transformed Paris, but failures in foreign policy Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, wanted to unite Prussia and all the other German states into one country.
Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia, used the Seven Weeks' War as part of his campaign to force Austria out of the German Confederation.
Prussia was the largest and most powerful state in the newly unified Germany
www.historyteacher.net /EuroProjects/terms2e.htm   (415 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), born on April 1, 1815 at Schönhausen, is considered the founder of the German Empire.
For nearly three decades he shaped the fortunes of Germany, from 1862 to 1873 as prime minister of Prussia and from 1871 to 1890 as Germany’s first Chancellor.
However, after six months in September 1862, Bismarck returned to Berlin as prime minister of Prussia whence he devoted himself to the task of uniting Germany.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/bismarck.htm   (495 words)

  
 Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
[[Image Link]] Prussia began its existence as a small territory in what is now northern Poland and the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia.
[[Image Link]] In 1701 Brandenburg-Prussia became the Kingdom of Prussia under Frederick I, with the permission of the Holy Roman Emperor and Polish King.
[[Image Link]] In 1813 Prussia renounced this treaty and rejoined the war against Napoléonic; France.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/prussia   (2176 words)

  
 Otto Von Bismarck, Miscellaneous, Free Essays @ ChuckIII College Resources
Upon becoming the prime minister of Prussia, which was considered one of the weakest European powers, he was able lead Prussia to victory in three wars, and unifies one of the greatest powers in Europe in the late 1800’s.
Prussia and Germany had been a collection of un-unified states with poor economy, a lack of strong military, and poor forms of government.
Bismarck than later on pushed for Prussia to go to war with Austria, and in 1866 the Austro-Prussian war had taken place.
www.chuckiii.com /Reports/Miscellaneous/Otto_Von_Bismarck.shtml   (954 words)

  
 Hermann Wilhelm GÖRING
From the moment he joined the Party in 1922 and took command of the street-fighting organisation, the SA, Goering was the adviser, the active agent of Hitler, and one of the prime leaders of the Nazi movement.
After his own admissions to this Tribunal, from the positions which he held, the conferences he attended, and the public words he uttered, there can remain no doubt that Goering was the moving force for aggressive war, second only to Hitler.
He was the planner and prime mover in the military and diplomatic preparation for war which Germany pursued.
www.adolfhitler.ws /lib/nsdap/goering.html   (2813 words)

  
 Otto von Bismarck, „Founder" of the German Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Otto von Bismarck, born on April 1, 1815 at Schönhausen, is considered the founder of the German Empire.
However, already after 6 months in September 1862, Bismarck returned to Berlin as prime minister of Prussia when he devoted himself to the task of uniting Germany.
In the war of 1866 he succeeded in defeating Austria and excluding it altogether from Germany.
www.germanembassy-india.org /news/98july/gn07.htm   (497 words)

  
 A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust-Perpetrators
was appointed the Minister of People's Enlightenment and Propaganda.
held the title of Reich Minister for People's Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 until his suicide in May, 1945.
was Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia, and Hitler's designated successor.
www.fcit.usf.edu /holocaust/people/perps.htm   (2592 words)

  
 Roumanian (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) Royal Family
See 32.172 - Karl Anton was appointed the Prime Minister of Prussia in 1858.
Both the Hechingen and Sigmaringen lines ceded their sovereign rights to Prussia on 7 December 1849.
Karl Anton was Prime Minister of Prussia from 1858 to 1862.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Roumanian_Royal_Family.htm   (985 words)

  
 Quick Term Papers, Term papers, 051014
The paper details the difference between prime loans and sub-prime and how a potential borrower would fall into either category.
The paper briefly defines the term foreclosure for context purposes and briefly discusses the aftermath of foreclosure as an aspect of economic impact.
Fifty percent for housing costs may be okay for a family with high-income but could cause potential disaster for that of a lower income.
www.quicktermpapers.com /lib/essay?A=netessays&KEYW=Otto+von+Bismarck   (3578 words)

  
 Hermann Goering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia, Plenipotentiary for the Implementation of the Four Year (economic) Plan, and designated successor to Hitler.
In 1933, Göring created the secret state police, the Gestapo, that would later by taken over by Himmler and terrorize the continent of Europe.
Assuming the Nazis would defeat the Soviets, Göring was involved in post-war plans for the Soviet Union which included massive reduction of Slavic populations through famine deliberately inflicted by the Nazis.
www.historyplace.com /worldwar2/holocaust/h-goering.htm   (197 words)

  
 Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The word Prussia (German languageGerman: ''Preußen'' or ''Preussen'', Polish languagePolish: ''Prusy'', Lithuanian languageLithuanian: ''Prusai'', Latin/: ''Borussia'') has had various (often contradictory) meanings:
The land of the Prussian people Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and north-eastern Poland/);
I am told that it has nothing to do with Instant Messaging and that is sometimes used for spam messages and pop-up ads.
www.infothis.com /find/Prussia   (2415 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: August 1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Prime Minister, East Prussia, Supreme Commander, Chief of Staff, General Staff, State Council, Nikolai Yakovlevich, General Samsonov, Winter Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Port Arthur, State Duma, Socialist Revolutionaries, General Kurlov, Council of Ministers, Zakhar Fyodorovich, Quartermaster General, Ministry of the Interior, Ilya Isakovich, Social Democrats, Ist Corps, General von François, Dorogobuzh Regiment, Far East, Pyotr Arkadievich
The story is about the entrance of Imperial Russia into World War I. War is declared and Russia in its hurry to honor its commitments to France, invades Prussia.
Its army under the leadership of General Samsonov is unprepared for war and Russia suffers a humiliating defeat as the army is surrounded and destroyed.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374519994?v=glance   (2341 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: The Fall of Berlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Significant events such as the Reichstag fire and the Kristallnacht pogrom are examined in detail, but the focus remains largely on the resourceful, resilient Berliners themselves as they deal with increasing hardship and danger.
The authors relate the unfolding events in Hitler's underground headquarters, where his lieutenants continued to jockey for position even as old men and boys were rounded up in the streets above for a last-ditch stand against the approaching Soviet army.
IT WAS an extraordinary sight-General Hermann Goring, prime minister of Prussia, president of the German Reichstag, minister for air, commander-in -chief of the Luftwaffe, creature of the Gestapo and second only to Hitler himself in the Nazi hierarchy, sitting 'wreatched in smiles and orders and decorations' astride a carousel horse in a Tyrolean-style carnival.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306806193?v=glance   (2096 words)

  
 HARRY SIMPSON (1862 – 1926)
In the year 1862, the American Civil War was in full swing.
Bismarck became Prime Minister of Prussia and Nikolaus Otto invented the four-stroke petrol engine
On the 20th March 1862 HARRY SIMPSON was born at Seamer, son of Eliza Simpson.
uk.geocities.com /davecowton/web/CHAPTERTWOpage2.htm   (497 words)

  
 WHKMLA : Biographies of Germany 1871-1945, by Period
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von, 1815-1898, chancellor of Prussia 1862-1871, of Germany 1981-1890
Braun, Otto, 1872-1955, prime minister of Prussia 1920-1932
Noske, Gustav, 1868-1946, minister of defense 1918/19, responsible for the suppression of the German Revolution
www.zum.de /whkmla/biographies/germany/bioxgermany.html   (2292 words)

  
 Free Term Papers on Otto Von Bismarck Founder of the German EmpireOtto Von Bismarck born on April 1 1815 at
After reading law at the Universities of Gottingen and Berlin, Otto Von Bismarck entered Prussian service and became a judicial administrator at Aachen.
Bismarck gained prominence in 1851 when he was chosen to represent Prussia in the Federal German Diet.
However, after 6 months in September 1862, Bismarck returned to Berlin as Prime Minister of Prussia when he devoted himself to the task of uniting Germany.
www.freefortermpapers.com /show_essay/3732.html   (227 words)

  
 Find Free Essays on shite
Textual analysis of a Three-Minute Clip from the Successful
Hermann Goering (1893-1946) Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second man in the Third Reich, Hermann Goering was born in Rosenheim on January 12, 1893.
All Papers Are For Research And Reference Purposes Only!
www.findfreeessays.com /show_essay/5742.html   (457 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.