Reichskommissar,in German history,was an official governatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and Nazi Germany.
German New Guinea consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups and was the first part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory,called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland,became a German protectorate in 1884. Other island groups were added subsequently. The Bismarck Archipelago,and the North Solomon Islands were declared a German protectorate in 1885. The Caroline Islands,Palau,and the Mariana Islands were bought from Spain in 1899. German New Guinea annexed the formerly separate German Protectorate of Marshall Islands,which also included Nauru,in 1906. German Samoa,though part of the German colonial empire,was not part of German New Guinea.
A Generaloberst was the second-highest general officer rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht,the Austro-Hungarian Common Army,the East German National People's Army and in their respective police services. The rank was equal to a four-star full general but below a general field marshal. The rank was equivalent to a Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine until 1945 or to a Flottenadmiral in the Volksmarine until 1990. It was the highest ordinary military rank and the highest military rank awarded in peacetime;the higher rank of general field marshal was awarded only in wartime by the head of state. In general,a Generaloberst had the same privileges as a general field marshal.
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about 640 km (398 mi) northwest to the Bismarck Sea.
SMS Gneisenau was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy in the late 1870s. The ship was named after the Prussian Field Marshal August von Gneisenau. She was the fifth member of the class,which included five other vessels. The Bismarck-class corvettes were ordered as part of a major naval construction program in the early 1870s,and she was designed to serve as a fleet scout and on extended tours in Germany's colonial empire. Gneisenau was laid down in June 1877,launched in September 1879,and was commissioned into the fleet in October 1880. She was armed with a battery of fourteen 15 cm (5.9 in) guns and had a full ship rig to supplement her steam engine on long cruises abroad.
The Gazelle Peninsula is a large peninsula in northeastern East New Britain,Papua New Guinea located on the island of New Britain within the Bismarck Archipelago,situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The Rabaul caldera is located on the northern tip of the peninsula. Upon the Gazelle Peninsula are the Baining Mountains,of which the highest point is Mount Sinewit at 2,063 m (6,768 ft). The Gazelle Peninsula houses Vulcan Crater and Mount Tavurvur,both of which conducted volcanic activity in the 20th and 21st centuries and have provided extremely fertile soils. The body of the Gazelle Peninsula is about 80 km (50 mi). The southern isthmus upon which the Gazelle Peninsula is connected to the main body of East New Britain is reduced to about 32 km (20 mi).
The Schleinitz Range is a mountain range in north-central part of New Ireland,Papua New Guinea. Highest point of the mountains is at 1,481 m. As are other mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea it is home to many rare species of fauna and flora and is highly biodiverse and covered in thick rainforest.
Bezirksamtmann is a German administrative title of gubernatorial or lower rank,roughly translating as equivalent to the British District Officer. It is derived from Bezirk ("district") + Amtmann ("official").
General of the Infantry is a former rank of the German army. It is currently an appointment or position given to an OF-8 rank officer,who is responsible for particular affairs of training and equipment of the Bundeswehr infantry.
Events in the year 1888 in Germany,the 'Year of the Three Emperors'.
The 1st Foot Guard Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army formed in 1806 after Napoleon defeated Prussia in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. It was formed by combining all previous Foot Guard Regiments,especially the 6th and the 15th Infantry Regiments of the Old Prussian Army,the former were the famous Potsdam Giants of Frederick William I of Prussia,the latter was commanded and led by Frederick the Great as his life guard,and was,from its inception,the bodyguard-regiment of Kings of Prussia. Save William II,who also wore the uniforms of other regiments,all Prussian Kings and most Princes of Prussia wore the uniform of the 1st Foot Guard Regiment. All Princes of Prussia were commissioned lieutenants in the 1st Foot Guards upon their tenth birthdays. The King of Prussia was also the Colonel-in-chief of the regiment,as well as the Chief of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the regiment. Therefore,the regiment held the highest rank within the Prussian Army,which,among other things,meant that the officer corps of the regiment marched before the princes of the German Empire and the diplomatic corps in the traditional New Year's reception. Unofficially,the regiment was known as the "First Regiment of Christendom".
Julius Freiherr von Soden was a German colonial administrator and politician. He was the Governor of the colonies of Kamerun and German East Africa,and later became Chef de Cabinet and Foreign Minister of the King of Württemberg.
Johann Karl Emil Eduard Haber was a German mining engineer,civil servant and diplomat,who served as the last Governor of German New Guinea.
Events in the year 1886 in Germany.
Events in the year 1887 in Germany.
Cape Gazelle is a cape in East New Britain province,Papua New Guinea,located in the far north-east of the Gazelle Peninsula. The cape was named by Georg Gustav Freiherr von Schleinitz after his ship SMS Gazelle.
SMS Gazelle was an Arcona-class screw-driven frigate of the Prussian Navy built in the 1850s. The ship was laid down in 1855 at the Royal Dockyard in Danzig,launched on 19 December 1859,completed on 22 May 1861,and commissioned into the Navy almost a year later on 15 May 1862.
Albrecht von Rechenberg,Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg or Georg Albrecht Julius Heinrich Friedrich Carl Ferdinand Maria Freiherr von Rechenberg was a German jurist,diplomat and a politician who served as Governor of German East Africa and as a member of the Imperial Diet.
Hans-Georg Wilhelm von Doering was a German officer and the last colonial governor of German Togoland before surrendering the position during the Togoland campaign of the African theatre of World War I.
Kingdom of Prussia (1849–1871)
German Empire (1871–1888)
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