Eugen von Knilling

Eugen Ritter von Knilling ( born August 1, 1865 in Munich, † October 20, 1927 ) was a German politician ( BVP ).

Life and work

After graduation in 1884 at the Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich, he studied law in Munich until 1890.

Knilling was during the Empire Ministers of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Weimar Republic from 1922 to 1924 Bavarian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.

In his reign the hyperinflation and a severe crisis between Bavaria and the Empire fall: In the fall of 1923, the national government under Chancellor Stresemann called the end of passive resistance against the occupation of the Ruhr from. This took the Bavarian government under Knillings leadership as an opportunity to declare a state of emergency and appoint Gustav Ritter von Kahr to the General State Commissioner with dictatorial powers. As a result, it came in November 1923 to the Hitler-Ludendorff - Putsch, which failed.

After the lost state elections in May 1924 Knilling resigned.

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