Bezirksamtmann
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Bezirksamtmann is a German
administrative title of gubernatorial or lower rank, roughly translating as and equivalent to District Officer
(probably incomplete list)
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
administrative title of gubernatorial or lower rank, roughly translating as and equivalent to District Officer
Colonial use
The title was used for colonial officials in the following minor German Schutzgebiete (i.e. colonial possessions of various status) in the Pacific:(probably incomplete list)
- Jaluit (Marshall Islands), subordinate of the colonial governor of German New GuineaGerman New GuineaGerman New Guinea was the first part of the German colonial empire. It was a protectorate from 1884 until 1914 when it fell to Australia following the outbreak of the First World War. It consisted of the northeastern part of New Guinea and several nearby island groups...
- 1906 - 30 April 1907 Victor Berg (b. 1861 - d. 1907)
- 1907 Joseph Siegwantz (acting)
- 1908 - November 1909 Wilhelm Stuckhardt (d. 1909)
- November 1909 - 1910 Berghausen (interim)
- 1910 - 1911 Georg Merz; he stayed on as only Stationsleiter ('Station chief') (1911 - 3 October 1914), subordinate to the Eastern Caroline islands district, see below
- NauruNauruNauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just...
, until 1888 a tribal protectorate, till 1889 under a ReichskommissarReichskommissarReichskommissar , in German history, was an official gubernatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and the Nazi Third Reich....
- 2 October 1888 - May 1889 Robert Rasch (acting)
- May 1889 - 1895 Christian Johannson
- 1895 - 1898 Fritz Jung
- 1899 - 1906 Ludwig Kaiser (b. 1862 - d. 1906); afterwards the jurisdiction was downgraded and administered by Station Chiefs (Stationsleiter), from 1911 subordinated to the administrators of PonapePohnpeiNot to be confused with Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79.Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia , situated among the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group...
district (in the Eastern Carolinas, cfr. infra)
- Marianen Inseln (German for 'Marianas Islands', i.e. the Northern Marianas, sold by Spain), as subordinate of the colonial governor of German New GuineaGerman New GuineaGerman New Guinea was the first part of the German colonial empire. It was a protectorate from 1884 until 1914 when it fell to Australia following the outbreak of the First World War. It consisted of the northeastern part of New Guinea and several nearby island groups...
:- November 1899 - April 1907 Georg Fritz (on SaipanSaipanSaipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
) - 1904 - 1907 Volker Reichel (on Rota islandRota (island)Rota also known as the "peaceful island", is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the second southernmost of the Marianas Archipelago. It lies approximately 40 miles north-northeast of the United States territory of Guam...
); afterwards administered by a Stationsleiter ('Station chief') who was subordinated to a district officer in Micronesia and thus to his superiors
- November 1899 - April 1907 Georg Fritz (on Saipan
- in MicronesiaMicronesiaMicronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
, which was 18 July 1899 - 7 October 1914 under the authority of the governors of German New Guinea (and their Vice-governors of German New Guinea, which had the general supervision over the island districts), there were two island districts, under District officers which from 1889 were styled Bezirksamtmann:- Western Caroline islandsCaroline IslandsThe Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end...
(YapYapYap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...
and PalauPalauPalau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
[and from 1907 SaipanSaipanSaipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
)- 29 June 1886 - 18.. Manuel de Elisa
- .... - .... ....
- before November 1897 - after November 1898 S. Cortes
- 1899 - 1909 Arno Senfft (b. 1864 - d. 1909)
- 1909 Rudolf Karlowa
- 1909 - 1910 Georg Fritz
- 1910 - 1911 Hermann Kersting
- 1911 - 1914 Baumert
- Eastern Caroline islands (PonapePohnpeiNot to be confused with Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79.Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia , situated among the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group...
[and from 1911 the Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsThe Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
, cfr. supra])- June 1886 - 1887 Capriles
- 14 March 1887 - 1887 Isidro Posadillo (d. 1887)
- October 1887 - January 1891 Luis Cadarso y Rey (d. 1898)
- c.1894 Concha
- before November 1897 - after November 1898 J. Fernandez de Cordoba
- 12 October 1899 - August? 1901 Albert Hahl (b. 1868 - d. 1945)
- 1 September 1901 - 30 April 1907 Victor Berg (b. 1861 - d. 1907)
- 1907 - 1908? Girschner (acting)
- 1908 - 1909 Georg Fritz
- 1909 - 18 October 1910 Gustav Boeder (d. 1910)
- 1910 - 7 October 1914 August Überhorst ...
- Western Caroline islands