List of agriculture ministers of Prussia

The below is a list of Ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests of Prussia who was often referred to as the Minister of Agriculture.

History edit

The Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Domains and Forestry was the Minister of Agriculture of the State of Prussia. It was established in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1848 and continued to exist in the Free State of Prussia. In 1935, the ministry was merged with the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The official headquarters was in Berlin.[1]

List of agriculture ministers edit

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Rudolf Eduard Julius Gierke   1848 1848 [2][3]
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel   1848 1850
Ferdinand Otto Wilhelm Henning von Westphalen 1850 1854 Interim
Karl Otto von Manteuffel   1854 1858
Erdmann von Pückler 1858 1862
Heinrich Friedrich August von Itzenplitz 1862 1862
Werner Ludolph Erdmann von Selchow 1862 1873
Otto von Königsmarck 1873 1873
Heinrich Karl Julius von Achenbach   1873 1874
Karl Rudolf Friedenthal   1874 1879
Robert Sigmund Maria Joseph Lucius von Ballhausen   1879 1890
Wilhelm Carl Heinrich von Heyden-Cadow 1890 1894
Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten 1894 1901
Victor Adolf Theophil von Podbielski   1901 1906 Son of Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski
Johann Friedrich Bernd von Arnim Criewen   1906 1910
Clemens August Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser   1910 1917
Paul von Eisenhart-Rothe 1917 1918
Otto Braun   1918 1921
Hermann Warmbold   1921 1921
Hugo Wendorff 1921 1925
Heinrich Steiger 1925 1932
Alfred Hugenberg   1933 1933
Walther Darré   1933 1945

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dornheim, Prof. Dr. Andreas (2011). "Rasse, Raum und Autarkie Sachverständigengutachten zur Rolle des Reichsministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft in der NS-Zeit" (PDF). www.bmel.de (in German). Berlin: Otto Friedrich University Bamberg. Retrieved 29 January 2024. (Revised version of the original version with the title Expert report "Role and content of agricultural policy and agricultural research of predecessor institutions of the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture" dated February 28, 2006)
  2. ^ Baltische Studien (in German). Verlag C. von der Ropp. 1913. p. 135. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ Wohlhaupter, Eugen (1953). Dichterjuristen: Hebbel, Reuter, Storm, Keller, Scheffel, Dahn, Timm, Kröger, Juristen als Künstler (in German). J. C. B. Mohr. p. 450. Retrieved 29 January 2024.