List of culture ministers of Prussia
Appearance
The below is a list of Ministers of the Ministry of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs of Prussia who was often, unofficially, referred to as the Minister of Culture.[1]
History
[edit]The Minister of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs was a Prussian minister in the State Ministry. The ministry was created in 1817 from the former department "for culture and public education" that existed from December 1808 to November 1817 in the Ministry of Interior. The term Minister of Culture was not used in official addresses but existed under various names and responsibilities until 1945.[1]
The first Minister was Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein who is known for reform of the Prussian educational system.[1]
Culture ministers
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Das preußische Kultusministerium als Staatsbehörde und gesellschaftliche Agentur (1817–1934), mit Beiträgen von Bärbel Holtz, Christina Rathgeber, Hartwin Spenkuch, Reinhold Zilch. 6 Bände. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2009 ff. (Acta Borussica. Neue Folge, 2. Reihe: Preußen als Kulturstaat, hrsg. im Auftrag der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften von Wolfgang Neugebauer).
- ^ Walther G. Oschilewski (1966), "Grimme, Adolf", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 88–89; (full text online)