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7 unusual facts about Prussian Minister of War


Heinrich Scheuch

Heinrich Scheuch (21 June 1864, Sélestat – 3 September 1946, Bad Kissingen) was a Prussian lieutenant-general and (from 1918 to 1919) Prussian Minister of War.

Karl von Reyher

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Reyher (from 1828 von Reyher) (21 June 1786, in Groß Schönebeck – 7 October 1857, in Berlin) was a Prussian officer who served as Prussian Minister of War in the government of Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen during the Revolution of 1848.

Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein

Ludwig Johann Karl Gregor Eusebius Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein (16 November 1789, in Immendingen – 30 May 1858, in Münster) was a Prussian General of the cavalry and Minister of War.

On 10 May 1848 he was appointed a Lieutenant General and a month later, on 25 June, was appointed the successor of August von Kanitz as Prussian Minister of War.

Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik

At the insistence of the Bavarian and Prussian War Ministries (and in particular the Inspectors of the Engineering Corps) the unprofitable aircraft manufacturer was taken over by the German Government, and Gustav Otto was forced to resign from his company.

Prussian Navy Department

A Royal Naval Division (Königliche Marine-Abteilung ) was established in Berlin, as a department of the Prussian Minister of War, with Lieutenant Colonel von Wangenheim Bogun as head in the years 1848-1853.

Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr

Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr (17 May 1783, in Brandenburg an der Havel – 15 March 1851, in Glogau) was a Prussian general and minister of war.


August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz

Graf August Karl Wilhelm von Kanitz (29 October 1783 – 22 May 1852) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and was also the Minister of War from 26 April to 16 June 1848 (without party affiliation) in the Camphausen-Hansemann government.

Heinrich von Gossler

Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von Goßler (29 September 1841, in Weißenfels, Province of Saxony – 10 January 1927, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of War.

Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff

Walther Franz Georg Bronsart von Schellendorff (21 December 1833, in Danzig – 13 December 1914, at Gut Marienhof, Amt Güstrow, Mecklenburg), Dr. jur. h.c., was a Prussian General of the Infantry à la suite, Adjutant-General to the Kaiser and King, and Prussian Minister of War.


see also

Von Bonin

Eduard von Bonin (1793–1865), Prussian general who served as Prussian Minister of War