Member of the Reichstag for Gumbinnen 2, East Prussia
In office 2 February 1918 – 9 November 1918
Preceded by
Fritz Gottschalk
Succeeded by
constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
(1858-07-24)24 July 1858 New York City, New York, United States
Died
12 June 1922(1922-06-12) (aged 63) Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Weimar Republic
Nationality
German
Political party
German Fatherland Party German National People's Party
Spouse
Margarete Rosenow
Children
3
Alma mater
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Georg-August University of Göttingen
Occupation
Civil servant, politician
Profession
Lawyer
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Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a German conservative and nationalist and political activist who is best known for his involvement in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. He spent most of his career working for the Prussian Ministry of Finance and then as director of the Agricultural Credit Institute in East Prussia. During World War I, Kapp was a vocal annexationist and critic of the government's policies, which he saw as not aggressive enough. His strong dislike of parliamentary government and the Weimar Republic led him to take a leading role in the 1920 putsch that bears his name. Following the putsch's failure to overthrow the German government, Kapp went into exile in Sweden. He returned to Germany in late 1921 to appear in court, but died while under medical care before he could testify.
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garrison, and WolfgangKapp, a prominent civil servant, declared himself chancellor in a new government. Ludendorff and Colonel Bauer stood by Kapp's side. As...
marched into Berlin, occupied the government buildings, and installed WolfgangKapp as new chancellor, calling for a return of the monarchy. To restore...
of the bureaucracy to recognise the new (self-declared) chancellor WolfgangKapp, resulted in a quick collapse of the coup.: 223–229 As one of the conditions...
failed Kapp Putsch when, together with almost the entire naval officer corps, he declared himself openly for the "government" of WolfgangKapp against...
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known as the Nazi Party) is founded in Munich. March The failed right-wing Kapp Putsch takes place against the German government. The German military remains...
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that the regime established in Berlin under the nominal leadership of WolfgangKapp could not function on the account of the general strike, Seeckt sent...
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