For the 15th-century German priest associated with the Malleus Maleficarum, see Jacob Sprenger.
Jakob Sprenger
Sprenger in 1942
Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South
In office 1 April 1927 – 1 January 1933
Preceded by
Karl Linder
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau
In office 1 January 1933 – 7 May 1945
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Reichsstatthalter of the People's State of Hesse
In office 5 May 1933 – 7 May 1945
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Minister-President of the People's State of Hesse
In office 1 March 1935 – 25 March 1945
Preceded by
Philipp Wilhelm Jung
Succeeded by
Heinrich Reiner (acting)
Oberpräsident of the Province of Nassau
In office 1 July 1944 – 24 April 1945
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Hans Bredow
Personal details
Born
27 July 1884 Oberhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany
Died
7 May 1945 (aged 60) Kössen, Nazi Germany
Political party
National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Other political affiliations
German Party National Socialist Freedom Party
Occupation
Postal official
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1914–1919
Rank
Leutnant
Unit
18th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment
1st Royal Bavarian Landsturm Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Iron Cross, 2nd class
Jakob Sprenger (24 July 1884 – 7 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the Party's Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South from 1927 to 1933 and Gau Hesse-Nassau from 1933 to 1945. He was also the Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) and Minister-President of the People's State of Hesse, the Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Nassau and an SA-Obergruppenführer.
JakobSprenger (24 July 1884 – 7 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the Party's Gauleiter of Hesse-Nassau South from 1927 to 1933...
desiderantes affectibus that is addressed to Heinrich Institoris and JakobSprenger. According to it, Pope Innocent VIII acknowledges that sorceresses are...
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workers, then from there accompanied by SA men, marched behind Todt and JakobSprenger, the Reichsstatthalter of Hesse, to the bank of the Main. There after...
dismissed in a power struggle with Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) JakobSprenger. He then worked for the Association of German Mountain and Hiking Clubs...
edition) by Montague Summers, including some biographical facts and sources about Sprenger "Sprenger, Jakob" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911....
1,670,000 Government • Type Province High President • 1944–1945 JakobSprenger Historical era World War II • Established 1 July 1944 • Disestablished...
General for German Roadways and Inspector General for Water and Energy. JakobSprenger – The Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau as well as Reichsstatthalter and...
dei Tedeschi and their fraternity had been founded in Strasbourg by JakobSprenger in 1474. According to the contract, the painting was to be finished...
Institoris, Heinrich; Sprenger, Jakob; Sprenger, James (2000). The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. Book Tree. ISBN 978-1-58509-098-3...
Wagner (Baden) Franz Ritter von Epp (Bavaria) Karl Kaufmann (Hamburg) JakobSprenger (Hesse) Alfred Meyer (Lippe/Schaumburg-Lippe) Friedrich Hildebrandt...
Captured by the British Army, found hanged in his cell in December 1945 JakobSprenger Gau Hessen-Nassau-Süd 1927–1933 Committed suicide in May 1945 Gau Hessen-Nassau...
Institoris, Heinrich; JakobSprenger (1971) [1487]. Montague Summers (ed.). The Malleus maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. New York City: Dover...
Reichsstatthalter of Anhalt and Brunswick Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt XII Wiesbaden JakobSprenger, Reichsstatthalter of Hesse Gau Hesse-Nassau XIII Nurnberg Adolf Wagner...
as minister-president 1935–1945: National Socialist government with JakobSprenger (NSDAP) as minister-president The governments and minister-Presidents...
Frankfurter Volksblatt, (Frankfurt People's Sheet) a paper founded by JakobSprenger, the Gauleiter of Gau Hesse-Nassau. Staebe retained this position through...
power struggle with JakobSprenger, the Landesinspekteur whose duties included oversight of Lenz' Gau. In November 1932, Sprenger wrote a report to the...
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