Ernst-Matthias von Keller ( German: Ernst-Matthias von Köller ; 1841-1928) - German politician, Minister of the Interior of Prussia; the younger brother of the President of the House of Representatives of Prussia, Georg Ernst Maximillian von Keller [2] .
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Biography
Ernst-Matthias von Keller was born on July 8, 1841 in Prussia
Like his older brother, Georg chose a political career. In 1881-1888 was a member of the German Reichstag , where he belonged to the German Conservative Party , in 1887 he took the post of police chief in Frankfurt am Main, in 1889 he took the post of assistant secretary of state for internal affairs of Alsace-Lorraine and representative of the region in the Union Council [3] .
In 1894, when the former governor of Alsace-Lorraine, Prince Clovis Hohenlohe , was appointed imperial chancellor, he placed Keller at the head of the Ministry of the Interior of Prussia. Having occupied this position, he directed all his forces to the struggle against Social Democracy, using police means; he was one of the authors and main defenders in the Reichstag of the so-called Umsturzvorlage , a law that introduced or increased penalties for calling or inciting (especially by means of the press) to commit a crime, for trying to undermine discipline in the Prussian troops , etc. However, this bill was rejected by the Reichstag [3] [4] .
Keller supported the preservation of an exclusive position in Alsace-Lorraine. In December 1895, he was due to resign, as his reactionary policy was too extreme for Hohenlohe and other ministers [3] .
Despite the general hatred of von Keller, the emperor appointed him the chief president of Schleswig-Holstein in August 1897. Here he conducted a German policy, including by expelling the Danes [3] .
In August 1901, he was appointed Puttkammer as Secretary of State for Alsace-Lorraine. Thanks to the emperor’s changed attitude, he had to pursue a policy in Alsace-Lorraine that was completely contrary to his previous convictions; during it, the “ dictatorship paragraph ”, the requirement for passports at the border, and other unpopular measures were canceled [3] .
Ernst-Matthias von Keller died on December 11, 1928 in the city of Stettin.
Rewards
Had awards [5] [6] :
- order of the black eagle
- large cross with oak leaves of the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
- Order of the Red Eagle of the 1st degree with a crown and oak leaves (Prussia)
- Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd degree with oak leaves (Prussia)
- Order of the Crown of the 2nd degree with a star (Prussia)
- Knight of the Order of St. John (Prussia)
- badge of honor "For long service in the landver" 2nd degree (Prussia)
- silver and bronze medals of the Prussian Red Cross Society (Prussia)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Tseringen Lion (Baden)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (Oldenburg)
- Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy)
- large cross with oak leaves of the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118724274 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Keller (last name) // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 4 volumes - St. Petersburg. 1907-1909.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Vodovozov V.V. Keller, Ernst-Matthias // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Reinhold Zilch (Bearb.): Die Protokolle des Preußischen Staatsministeriums 1817–1934 / 38. Band 9. In: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hg.): Acta Borussica. Neue Folge. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2001, ISBN 3-487-11006-7 , S. 380.
- ↑ Handbuch über den Königlich Preussischen Hof und Staat für das Jahr 1895 - S. 115
- ↑ Handbuch für das Deutsche Reich auf das Jahr 1905 - S. 6
Literature
- Jan Schlürmann . Die Versammlungshäuser der dänischen Minderheit in Schleswig 1864-1920. In: Heimstätten der Nation - Ostmitteleuropäische Vereins- und Gesellschaftshäuser im transnationalen Vergleich (= Tagungen zur Ostmitteleuropaforschung 32), hrsg. von Peter Haslinger, Heidi Hein-Kircher und Rudolf Jaworski, Marburg: 2013, S. 115–136.
- Kai Detlev Sievers . Die Köllerpolitik und ihr Echo in der deutschen Presse 1897–1901. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1964 (Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte Schleswig-Holstein, Band 47), zugleich: Kiel, Philosophische Fakultät, Dissertation vom 22. Juli 1961.
Links
- Köller, Ernst von .
- Keller, Ernst von at the German National Library .