Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
Adolf Hermann Freiherr Marschall von Bieber Stein ( born October 12, 1842 in Karlsruhe, † September 24, 1912 in Badenweiler ) was a German politician and Foreign Secretary of the German Empire.
Origin
Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieber stone came from a noble family originally Meissen Marshal of Bieberstein. His parents were of Baden lawyer and later judge Oberhof August Friedrich Freiherr Marschall von Bieber Stein (1804-1888) and Ida, born Baroness von Falkenstein ( 1810-1857 ). They founded the branch Neuershausen the Baden line Marshal of Bieberstein.
Adolf's grandfather Karl Wilhelm Marschall von Bieber stone was Interior Minister of Baden, as well his uncle Ludwig Adolf Marschall von Bieber stone. His eponymous cousin Adolf was from 1905 to 1911 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Baden.
Life
Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieber Stein studied from 1861 to 1865 Law at the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg and was a member of the Corps Suevia. After graduating he worked from 1865 to 1867 legal intern and trainee 1867-1871. In 1871 he received first a job as a magistrate in Schwetzingen and was in the same year prosecutor in Mosbach. It was 1879 and Judge from 1882 first prosecutor in Mannheim.
His political career began in 1875 when he became a deputy of the First Chamber of the Baden. He held this office until 1883. From 1878 to 1881 he was German - conservative member of parliament for the constituency of Baden 10 ( Karlsruhe Bruchsal ). He first supported Otto von Bismarck, took but contrary to the general political development after Bismarck's turn to the Conservatives in 1879 an oppositional stance. From 1883 to 1890 was Marshal of Bieberstein Baden envoy in Berlin and participated in the overthrow of Bismarck with.
He rose in 1890 as Secretary of State (de facto foreign minister ) in the Foreign Office under the Bismarck 's successor, Leo von Caprivi and remained for some time under the new Chancellor Clovis Hohenlohe (since 1894) in this position. He supported Caprivi balancing policy through trade agreements and sought a compromise with Britain, which he brought to the drafting of the Kruger telegram in danger. However, he became increasingly clashes with Wilhelm II, who aspired to a more powerful personal influence on foreign policy. Finally, it was dismissed in July 1897 Marshal of Bieberstein and treated as ambassador to Constantinople Opel. Due to the economic cooperation between the German and the Ottoman Empire Bieberstein wanted to expand relations with the Orient on. The Baghdad Railway has played a central role. Thanks to the efforts of Marshal Bieber stone was a predominantly German consortium, the concession for the construction of the Baghdad railway. Marshal of Bieberstein 1907 was representative of the German Empire at the second Hague Peace Conference. In 1912, shortly before his death, he became ambassador to London. He was given the task of bringing about a change in tense Anglo-German relations. Shortly after taking office, he died on September 24, 1912 at the age of 69 years.
Family
Marshal of Bieberstein married in 1886 Marie was born in 1862 Baroness von Gemmingen (daughter of William Pleikard Ludwig von Gemmingen ), with whom he had five children. His son William Pleickart (1890-1935) was the Freikorps and SA leaders.
After the death of her husband devoted himself to the widow ecclesiastical duties, founded in 1916 the " Evangelical Women's Association for Home Mission in Baden " and was from 1916 to 1934 the chairman of the " Evangelical Women's Association ". She founded in 1918 the " Evangelical Social Women's School" in Freiburg, the later Protestant University of Freiburg, and in 1925 the first mothers convalescent home in Baden.