Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz

Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz
25th Minister President of the Kingdom of Bavaria
In office
1 March 1903 – 9 February 1912
MonarchsOtto
Ludwig III
Preceded byFrederick Krafft Count of Crailsheim
Succeeded byGeorg von Hertling
Personal details
Born
Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz

(1850-01-17)17 January 1850
Landshut
Died14 March 1922(1922-03-14) (aged 72)
Munich

Hans Maria Clemens Franz Konstantin Freiherr[a] (from 1911, Graf[b]) von Podewils-Dürniz (17 January 1850 – 14 March 1922) was a Bavarian politician who served as Minister-President of Bavaria 1903–1912.[1]

Early life

His parents were the Bavarian colonel and Chamberlain Konstantin Freiherr von Podewils (1820–1887) and his wife Philippine von Juncker and Bigatto (1822–1900). The family originated from the Pomeranian noble family Podewils.[2]

He studied jurisprudence in Munich and worked from 1872 to 1875 in the legal practice in Munich, Weilheim and Landshut. In 1879/80 he worked at the district council of Miesbach and the regional government of Upper Bavaria.

Career

In 1881 he was Secretary of Legation at the Bavarian Legation in Berlin, and then in 1887 Counsellor and Envoy Extraordinary, later Minister Plenipotentiary of the Italian court. In 1896–1902 he was an extraordinary ambassador and authorised minister at the Austro-Hungarian court in Vienna.[3]

Bavarian government

In 1902 he was appointed Bavarian Minister of the Interior for Church and School Affairs. On 1 March 1903 he took over the office of the chairman in the Council of Ministers, combined with the posts of Minister of State of the Royal House and Foreign Minister. In his term of office, a democratised Landtag election law (1906) and a reformed municipal suffrage (1908) were passed. He was regarded as the "favorite" of the Prince Regent Luitpold, but was replaced on 9 February 1912 by Georg von Hertling.

In 1918, Podewils represented Bavaria during the peace negotiations of Brest-Litovsk, with Russia.[4][5]

Later life

In 1920/21 he worked as a plenipotentiary on the settling of the borders in Upper Silesia and West Prussia after the First World War.[citation needed]

Personal life

On 14 April 1874 he married Baroness Friederike von Dürniz-Hienhard (1855–1923) in Munich. She was the only daughter and heiress of the last Baron von Dürniz-Hienhard.[2] They had two sons and one daughter:[6]

  • Hans Karl von Podewils-Dürniz (1875–1948), a consul general in Nazi Germany;[7] he married Marie Therese von Zwehl.[6]
  • Erdmann Karl von Podewils-Dürniz (1877–1950), who married Gertrud Smalian.[6]
  • Maria Helena von Podewils-Dürniz (1883–1963), who married Baron Karl von Liechtenstein.[6]

He died in Munich on 14 March 1922.[citation needed]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as 'Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
Sources
  1. ^ Clemens Hans Maria Franz Konstantin Graf von Podewils-Dürniz, by Werner K. Blessing; in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6, S. 557
  2. ^ a b Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ Müller, Frank Lorenz (24 March 2017). Royal Heirs in Imperial Germany: The Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg. Springer. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-137-55127-6. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ "JOHN REED RETURNING AS BOLSHEVIST CONSUL; Faces Indictment Here, and Socialists in Russia Threaten to Make Trouble. PEACE PARLEY PUT OFF. Was Postponed from Tuesday to Yesterday at Trotzky's Request". The New York Times. 31 January 1918. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ "UKRAINE BOLSHEVIKI JOIN IN PEACE PARLEY; Bavaria Also Represented Now by Former Premier Podewils-Durnitz". The New York Times. 1 February 1918. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Kürschners staats-, hof- und kommunal-handbuch des reichs und der einzelstaaten, zugleich statistisches jahrbuch... (in German). G.J. Göschensche verlagshandlung. 1917. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Ends Four Years in Wilds, Hears He Won Nazi Prize". The New York Times. 4 October 1937. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Bavaria
1903–1912 		Succeeded by