1911 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1911 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser – Wilhelm II
• Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria – Otto
• King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III
• King of Württemberg – William II

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II
• Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest

Principalities

• Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe to 29 April, then Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
• Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
• Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
• Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) – Otto Gleim (3rd and final term) to October, then ... Hansen (acting governor)
• Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel to 19 August, then Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term)
• German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf to 19 December, then Erich Schultz-Ewerth
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz
• Togoland – vacant until 31 March, then Edmund Brückner

Events

• 1 July – The Agadir Crisis is triggered when Germany's Ambassador to France, Wilhelm von Schoen, delivers a diplomatic note to France's Foreign Minister Justin de Selves, announcing that Germany has sent the gunboat SMS Panther and troops, to occupy Agadir, at that time a part of the protectorate of French Morocco. T^[1]
• 4 November – The Treaty of Berlin brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad).

Births

• 11 March – Haim Cohn German-born Israeli jurist and politician (died 2002)
• 29 March – Freya von Moltke, participant in the anti-Nazi resistance group Kreisauer Kreis (died 2010)
• 6 April – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist (died 1979)
• 29 May – Leah Goldberg, German-born Israeli poet, author, playwright, translator, and researcher of Hebrew literature (died 1970)
• 10 December – Anni Schaad, German jewelry maker (died 1988)
• 14 December – Hans von Ohain, German physicist (died 1998)

Deaths

• 15 February – Theodor Escherich, German-born Austrian pediatrician (b. 1857)^[2]
• 18 February – Eduard Reuss, composer and music biographer (born 1851)
• 25 February – Fritz von Uhde, painter (born 1848)
• 17 March – Friedrich Haase, actor (born 1827)
• 29 April – Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, nobleman (born 1846)
• 3 August – Reinhold Begas, sculptor (born 1831)
• 1 October – Wilhelm Dilthey, psychologist, sociologist and philosopher (born 1833)^[3]
• 15 October – James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer (d. 1981)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Raymond Poincare, The Origins of the War (Cassell and Company, 1922) p76
2. Shulman . S. T. . Friedmann . H. C. . Sims . R. H. . Theodor Escherich: The First Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician? . Clinical Infectious Diseases . 15 October 2007 . 45 . 8 . 1025–1029 . 10.1086/521946 . 17879920 . free .
3. Makkreel, Rudolf, "Wilhelm Dilthey", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
4. Web site: James H(enry) Schmitz . Gale Biography in Context . October 9, 2012.