Geheimrat

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Geheimrat was the title of the highest officials of a German royal or principal court, and also of very eminent professors in some German universities. It has its roots in 17th century Europe when governmental administration was established. The English language equivalent is Privy Councillor. An earlier title with similar function was Hofrat.

The title disappeared after the destruction of the German Empire in 1918, when the various royal courts in Germany were replaced by the Weimar Republic.

[edit] Persons with the title of Geheimrat

• Günther Heinrich von Berg
• Benedikt Carpzov
• Theodor Curtius
• Paul Ehrlich
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Otto Adolf Ludwig Intze - Pioneer of dam construction (Otto Intze)
• Felix Klein
• Julius Kühn
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
• Raimund von Montecuccoli
• Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann
• Andreas von Rauchbar
• Nicolaus Remy
• Friedrich Julius Heinrich von Soden

The title is still used in Germany, eg in Bavaria.^{[citation needed]}