The below is a list of Ministers of the Ministry of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs of Prussia who was often, unofficially, referred to as the Minister of Culture.
History
The Minister of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs was a Prussian minister in the State Ministry. The ministry was created in 1817 from the former department "for culture and public education" that existed from December 1808 to November 1817 in the Ministry of Interior. The term Minister of Culture was not used in official addresses but existed under various names and responsibilities until 1945.Das preußische Kultusministerium als Staatsbehörde und gesellschaftliche Agentur (1817–1934), mit Beiträgen von Bärbel Holtz, Christina Rathgeber, Hartwin Spenkuch, Reinhold Zilch. 6 Bände. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2009 ff. (Acta Borussica. Neue Folge, 2. Reihe: Preußen als Kulturstaat, hrsg. im Auftrag der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften von Wolfgang Neugebauer).
The first Minister was Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein who is known for reform of the Prussian educational system.
Culture ministers Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein 1817 1838 Adalbert von Ladenberg 1840 1840 Johann Albrecht Friedrich von Eichhorn 1840 1848 Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar 1848 1848 Johann Karl Rodbertus 1848 1848 Adalbert von Ladenberg 1848 1850 Karl Otto von Raumer 1850 1858 Moritz August von Bethmann-Hollweg 1858 1862 Heinrich von Mühler 1862 1872 Adalbert Falk 1872 1879 Robert Viktor von Puttkamer 1879 1881 Gustav Konrad Heinrich von Goßler 1881 1891 Robert von Zedlitz-Trützschler 1891 1892 Robert Bosse 1892 1899 Konrad von Studt 1899 1907 Ludwig Holle 1907 1909 August von Trott zu Solz 1909 1917 Friedrich Schmidt-Ott 1917 1918 Adolph Hoffmann 1918 1919 Konrad Haenisch 1919 1921 Carl Heinrich Becker 1921 1921 Otto Boelitz 1921 1925 Carl Heinrich Becker 1925 1930 Adolf Grimme 1930 1932 Aloys Lammers 1932 1932 (as Reich Commissioner from Jul.–Oct. 1932) Wilhelm Kähler 1932 1933 (as state commissioner after the so-called "Preußenschlag") Bernhard Rust 1933 1945 (also Reich Minister of Education since 1934)
See also Interior Ministers of Germany
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