Paul von Hindenburg

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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (About this sound listen ) known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (German: [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊɐ̯k] ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a Prussian-German field marshal statesman and politician and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.Hindenburg enjoyed a long career in the Prussian Army retiring in 1911.

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active years end date

1919-07-03, 1934-08-02

active years start date

1916-08-29, 1925-05-12

award

Pour le Mérite

battle

Franco-Prussian War, World War I, Austro-Prussian War, Eastern Front (World War I)

birth date

1847-10-02

birth place

Poland, Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Posen, Prussia

chancellor

Hermann Müller (politician), Kurt von Schleicher, Hans Luther, Wilhelm Marx, Franz von Papen, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Brüning

child

Oskar von Hindenburg

country

German Empire, Weimar Republic, Prussia

death date

1934-08-02

death place

Germany, Poland, Province of East Prussia, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Ogrodzieniec Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

individualised GND number

118551264

military rank

Field marshal

monarch

Wilhelm II German Emperor

nationality

Germans

order in office

Chief of the German General Staff, (2nd President of the German Reich), 2nd President of Germany

party

Independent (politician)

religion

Lutheranism

service end year

1911-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

service start year

1866-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

spouse

Gertrud von Hindenburg

successor

Karl Dönitz, Adolf Hitler, Führer, Wilhelm Groener