Helmuth von Maltzahn

Helmuth Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Maltzahn (6 January 1840 – 11 February 1923) was a German estate owner, lawyer and cavalry officer who became a member of the nobility, the finance minister of Germany, a deputy in the Reichstag and the Oberpräsident of Pomerania.

Life Maltzahn was born in Gültz in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. After finishing school, he studied law in Erlangen, Heidelberg, and Berlin. He began his career as an Assessor, but in 1867 he decided to dedicate himself to the administration of his own estate. In the years 1868 to 1872, he built Schloss Gültz, a manor house in the classical style.

Maltzahn participated in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) as a cavalry officer. In 1871, he became a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Anklam-Demmin, Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class (Prussia) Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves (Prussia) Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class (Prussia) Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Prussia) Commander of Justice of the Johanniter Order (Prussia) Red Cross Medal, 2nd Class (Prussia) Landwehr Service Medal, 2nd Class (Prussia) Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear (Anhalt) Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1892 (Baden) Knight of the Merit Order of St. Michael, 1st Class (Bavaria) Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion (Brunswick) Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) Grand Cross of the Albert Order, with Silver Star (Saxony) Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order (Württemberg)