Helmuth von Maltzahn
Helmuth Freiherr von Maltzahn in 1905.
Secretary of State of the Treasury
In office
1888–1893
ChancellorOtto von Bismarck
Leo von Caprivi
Preceded byKarl Rudolf Jacobi
Succeeded byArthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
Oberpräsident of Pomerania
In office
1900–1911
Preceded byRobert von Puttkamer
Succeeded byWilhelm von Waldow
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1871–1888
ConstituencyStettin 1
Personal details
Born(1840-01-06)6 January 1840
Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia
Died11 February 1923(1923-02-11) (aged 83)
Gültz, Province of Pomerania, Prussia
NationalityGerman
Political partyConservatives
RelationsGünther Freiherr von Maltzahn (grandson)

Helmuth Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Maltzahn (6 January 1840 – 11 February 1923) was a German finance minister and a representative in the Reichstag.

Maltzahn was born in Gültz in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. After finishing school he studied law in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin.[1] He began his career as an assessor, but in 1867 he decided to dedicate himself to the administration of his own estate. In the years 1868 to 1872 he built Schloss Gültz, a manor house in the classical style.

Maltzahn participated in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) as a cavalry officer. In 1871 he became a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Anklam-Demmin,[1] and was made chairman of the household committee. In 1875, he received the title Freiherr. From 1888 to 1893, he was Finance Minister of the German Empire. In 1900 he took over the task of Oberpräsident of Pomerania in Stettin (Szczecin) and held this office until 1911.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[2]

Notes

Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

References

  1. 1 2 Neidhardt Krauß, Egon Fischer: Unterwegs zu Burgen, Schlössern und Parkanlagen in Vorpommern. Hinstorff Verlag Rostock 1991, ISBN 3-356-00391-7, p. 98
  2. ↑ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908, p. 366
  3. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden", p. 145

Sources

  • Schwabe, Klaus, ed. (1985). Die preußischen Oberpräsidenten 1815–1945. Boppard am Rhein: Boldt. ISBN 3764618574.


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