Ministry of War of Württemberg [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Ministry of War of Württemberg
The Ministry of War of Württemberg () was a ministry of the Kingdom of Württemberg, that existed from 1806 to 1919. Its predecessor, the "Kriegsratskollegium", was established on 14 March 1705. Each of the four German kingdoms (Württemberg, Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria) continued, according to an 1870 military treaty, to have their own war ministries from the Unification of Germany until the adoption of the 1919 Weimar Constitution, that provided for a unified, federal ministry of defence.
Prussian Minister of War. After the Weimar Constitution came into force, the war ministries of Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg and Prussia were dissolved and command authority was concentrated in the hand of the national "Reichswehrminister". Power of command for each branch was given to the head of the Army Command ("Heeresleitung") and the head of the Navy Command ("Marineleitung"). The "Ministeramt" was established as a third office within the ministry in 1929, with the "Ministeramt"′s head acting as the "Reichswehrminister"′s