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1911 in Germany
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1911
Events in the year 1911 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Emperor – 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 Panther 1901 6 and troops, to occupy Agadir, at that time a part of the protectorate of French Morocco. TRaymond Poincare, The Origins of the War (Cassell and Company, 1922) p76
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
Brigitte Horney, actress (died 1988)
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)
15 July – Max Seela, German Waffen-SS officer (died 1999)
16 July – Gabriele Wülker, German social scientist and civil servant (died 2001)
30 September – Bernd von Brauchitsch, air force officer (died 1974)
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)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
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)Begas, Reinhold 3
1 October – Wilhelm Dilthey, psychologist, sociologist and philosopher (born 1833)Makkreel, Rudolf, "Wilhelm Dilthey", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
15 October – James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer (d. 1981) http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK2407000497&mode=view&userGroupName=mill51837&jsid=eaef3d2954ec6d3042b4abb10a760b7d James H(enry) Schmitz Gale Biography in Context October 9, 2012
References
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