The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Württemberg () was a ministry of the Kingdom of Württemberg, that existed from 1806 to 1919.
History The position was also called the "Minister of the Royal House and of Foreign Affairs."
Kingdom of Württemberg Upon the establishment of the Kingdom of Württemberg, King Frederick I dissolved all councils and created a constitutional monarchy within the German Empire, with four votes in the Federal Council () and 17 in the Imperial Diet (). The kingdom possessed a bicameral legislature with the upper chamber, (), being appointed by the King and the lower house, (), electing its own chairman (after 1874).
The highest executive power rested in the hands of the Ministry of State (), consisting of six ministers: Justice, Foreign Affairs (with the royal household, railways, posts and telegraphs), Interior, Public Worship and Education, War, and Finance. There was no official Prime Minister in Württemberg until 1876, when the Mittnacht Government was reconsolidated. The Ministers who emerged as speakers in the State Parliament were generally regarded by their contemporaries as primus inter pares of the Ministerial Council, and the respective governments were named after these Ministers.
The kingdom ended with the abdication of King William II in November 1918, but the political system experienced no further convulsions of a serious character, with a constitution that resembled those of the other German states.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs 1806–1807: Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode 1807–1812: Ludwig von Taube 1812–1814: Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin 1814–1816: Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode 1816–1819: Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin 1819–1823: Heinrich Levin von Wintzingerode 1823–1848: Joseph Ignaz von Beroldingen 1848–1849: Karl von Roser 1849–1850: Karl von Wächter-Spittler 1850–1851: Joseph von Linden 1851–1854: Constantin Franz von Neurath 1854–1855: Joseph von Linden 1855–1864: Karl Eugen von Hügel 1864–1870: Karl von Varnbüler 1870–1871: Adolf von Taube 1871–1873: August von Wächter 1873–1900: Hermann von Mittnacht 1900–1906: Julius von Soden 1906–1918: Karl von Weizsäcker 1918–1918: Theodor Liesching 1918–1920: Wilhelm Blos
List of treaties of the Kingdom of Württemberg Act for the Organization of the German Confederation Bavaria–Württemberg Customs Union Treaty Dresden Coinage Convention Geneva Convention (1864) Munich Coinage Treaty Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 Treaty of Fulda Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine Vienna Monetary Treaty Zollverein Treaties
See Kingdom of Württemberg
References
External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning Württemberg legation in Berlin (inventory)