Helmuth von Maltzahn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: GĂĽltz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Helmuth von Maltzahn
- 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.
- 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, 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.
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