Prussian State Ministry

Additionally, the State Ministry was the highest court for misconduct by non-judicial civil servants.

[1] The Ministry of State succeeded the General Directorate, which was responsible for internal and financial administration of the Kingdom.

The General Directorate, which existed from 1723 to 1808, had been formed by King Frederick William I to consolidate the departments established during his reign to replace the corrupt Cabinet of Three Counts and reorganize the finances that had been shattered by his father, King Frederick I.

From 1900 to 1902, a new building was built at Wilhelmstrasse 63 for the State Ministry by Hans Altmann, Paul Kieschke and Adolf Bürckner.

His government was deposed on July 20, 1932, by Chancellor Franz von Papen under a pretext (so-called "Preußenschlag").