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<h2 id="list-of-notable-geheimrte">List of notable <i>Geheimräte</i></h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Born</th><th>Died</th><th>Name</th><th>Title given</th></tr><tr><td>1530</td><td>1616</td><td><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Remy/0wcBHxmR">Nicholas Remy</a></td><td>in 1575 by Duke <a href="/facts/Charles_III%2c_Duke_of_Lorraine/gbVIbDt3">Charles III of Lorraine</a></td></tr><tr><td>1609</td><td>1680</td><td><a href="/facts/Raimondo_Montecuccoli/m76kEHcW">Raimondo Montecuccoli</a></td><td>in 1660 by Emperor <a href="/facts/Leopold_I%2c_Holy_Roman_Emperor/4Nm0Ix63">Leopold I</a></td></tr><tr><td>1646</td><td>1716</td><td><a href="/facts/Gottfried_Leibniz/cTc2er83">Gottfried Leibniz</a></td><td>in 1678 by Duke <a href="/facts/John_Frederick%2c_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%25C3%25BCneburg/bmpsVoes">John Frederick of Brunswick-Calenberg</a></td></tr><tr><td>1684</td><td>1752</td><td><a href="/facts/Philipp_Otto_von_Grumbkow/Vkvlr7wm">Philipp Otto von Grumbkow</a></td><td>in 1710s</td></tr><tr><td>1686</td><td>1747</td><td><a href="/facts/Andrey_Osterman/pC0HH0Bf">Andrey Osterman</a></td><td>in 1721 by Emperor <a href="/facts/Peter_I_of_Russia/plNUAaWM">Peter I of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><td>1714</td><td>1767</td><td><a href="/facts/Emerich_de_Vattel/yazPPlUV">Emerich de Vattel</a></td><td>in 1758 by Elector <a href="/facts/Augustus_III_of_Poland/9DvbUlEw">Frederick Augustus II of Saxony</a></td></tr><tr><td>1720</td><td>1786</td><td><a href="/facts/Mathias_Franz_Graf_von_Chorinsky_Freiherr_von_Ledske/YL7Hfb7c">Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske</a></td><td>in 1778 by <a href="/facts/Queen_regnant/LKL3KQdf">Empress regnant</a> <a href="/facts/Maria_Theresa/q2kP0dNM">Maria Theresa</a> of the Holy Roman Empire<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1749</td><td>1832</td><td><a href="/facts/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe/k5hW4Tw5">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a></td><td>in 1779 by Duke <a href="/facts/Charles_Augustus%2c_Grand_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach/psqofkCv">Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar</a></td></tr><tr><td>1755</td><td>1830</td><td><a href="/facts/Samuel_Thomas_von_S%25C3%25B6mmerring/bLKQ3NsL">Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring</a></td><td>in 1810 by King <a href="/facts/Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_Bavaria/4pJMAzcS">Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria</a></td></tr><tr><td>1777</td><td>1855</td><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss/f4eSMBD7">Carl Friedrich Gauss</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1788</td><td>1857</td><td><a href="/facts/Joseph_Freiherr_von_Eichendorff/ChH3Tgbt">Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff</a></td><td>in 1841 by King <a href="/facts/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia/Euc9efpQ">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><td>1793</td><td>1864</td><td><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Georg_Wilhelm_von_Struve/ajPxYc1q">Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve</a></td><td>in 1856 by Emperor <a href="/facts/Alexander_II_of_Russia/rcFpTjFH">Alexander II of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><td>1805</td><td>1896</td><td><a href="/facts/Johann_Gustav_Stickel/DxovBGVG">Johann Gustav Stickel</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Frederick%2c_Grand_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach/GaRFmtRW">Charles Frederick</a>, Grand Duke of <a href="/facts/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach/5kGnlHL1">Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a></td></tr><tr><td>1821</td><td>1894</td><td><a href="/facts/Hermann_von_Helmholtz/oFISedae">Hermann von Helmholtz</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1831</td><td>1897</td><td><a href="/facts/Heinrich_von_Stephan/AkT59uTU">Heinrich von Stephan</a></td><td>in 1868 by King <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_I%2c_German_Emperor/6tKlMGlq">Wilhelm I of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><td>1835</td><td>1913</td><td><a href="/facts/Felix_Draeseke/NUVMfl1G">Felix Draeseke</a></td><td>in 1906 by King <a href="/facts/Frederick_Augustus_III_of_Saxony/lQGXpa1A">Frederick Augustus III of Saxony</a></td></tr><tr><td>1845</td><td>1918</td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Assmann/thpkDjvS">Richard Assmann</a></td><td>by German emperor King <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_II%2c_German_Emperor/pG9lIa9K">Wilhelm II of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><td>1849</td><td>1925</td><td><a href="/facts/Felix_Klein/XMILhEfy">Felix Klein</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1840</td><td>1918</td><td><a href="/facts/Bing_(company)/KUyYqQdC">Ignaz Bing</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1851</td><td>1930</td><td><a href="/facts/Adolf_von_Harnack/QN0ltj69">Adolf von Harnack</a></td><td>by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1852</td><td>1915</td><td><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Loeffler/outxBV2s">Friedrich Loeffler</a></td><td>by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1853</td><td>1931</td><td><a href="/facts/Georg_von_Schanz/MWGKKFr1">Georg von Schanz</a></td><td>in 1914 by King <a href="/facts/Ludwig_III_of_Bavaria/4TaJPC1o">Ludwig III of Bavaria</a></td></tr><tr><td>1854</td><td>1917</td><td><a href="/facts/Emil_Adolf_von_Behring/bk06nMKy">Emil Adolf von Behring</a></td><td>in 1903 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1854</td><td>1915</td><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Ehrlich/6XM57Clc">Paul Ehrlich</a></td><td>in 1911 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1855</td><td>1936</td><td><a href="/facts/Ferdinand_T%25C3%25B6nnies/M1GnWvSk">Ferdinand Tönnies</a></td><td>in 1917 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1857</td><td>1928</td><td><a href="/facts/Theodor_Curtius/z4VbyR9u">Theodor Curtius</a></td><td>in 1895 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1858</td><td>1947</td><td><a href="/facts/Max_Planck/KKk0698y">Max Planck</a></td><td>by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1865</td><td>1951</td><td><a href="/facts/Alfred_Hugenberg/4I6AyK7h">Alfred Hugenberg</a></td><td>by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia</td></tr><tr><td>1891</td><td>1964</td><td><a href="/facts/Leo_Maximilian_Baginski/ukBk99S9">Leo Maximilian Baginski</a></td><td>in 1919 by Prince <a href="/facts/Albert%2c_8th_Prince_of_Thurn_and_Taxis/F5xgSXz6">Albert of Thurn and Taxis</a></td></tr><tr><td>1861</td><td>1949</td><td><a href="/facts/August_Bier/TGHEmklW">August Bier</a></td><td>by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1875</td><td>1951</td><td><a href="/facts/Ferdinand_Sauerbruch/BIhqK3Ja">Ferdinand Sauerbruch</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1827</td><td>1908</td><td>Gottfried von Schmitt</td><td>in 1888 by Prince Regent <a href="/facts/Luitpold%2c_Prince_Regent_of_Bavaria/K58ALRVb">Luitpold of Bavaria</a></td></tr><tr><td>1838</td><td>1907</td><td><a href="/facts/Josef_von_Schmitt/5k0fKQeR">Josef von Schmitt</a></td><td>in 1896 by Prince Regent <a href="/facts/Luitpold%2c_Prince_Regent_of_Bavaria/K58ALRVb">Luitpold of Bavaria</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Look up <i>Geheimrat</i> or <i>geheim</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up <i>Hofrat</i> or <i>Hofrath</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <ul><li><a href="/facts/Privy_Councillor/9c0ajVQE">Privy Councillor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Active_Privy_Councillor/QhMonKjw">Active Privy Councillor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Active_Privy_Councillor%2c_1st_class/36pT2Vrx">Active Privy Councillor, 1st class</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Bundesarchiv – Picture database: Picture archive". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2009-08-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043048/http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1250802971/?search%5Bview%5D=detail&search%5Bfocus%5D=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043048/http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1250802971/?search%5Bview%5D=detail&search%5Bfocus%5D=1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mitglieder, welchen die Ehrengabe verliehen wurde". Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (February 1993). Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. ISSN 0932-0067 (print), 1432-0711 (online); vol. 156, no. 1–2. DOI 10.1007/BF01790506. p. XV <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF01790506" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF01790506</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Österreichische Staatsarchiv (ÖStA) (Austrian State Archives (ÖStA)); Allgemeines Adelsarchiv der österreichischen Monarchie (General Archive of Nobility of the Austrian Monarchy), Author: Karl Friedrich Benjamin Leupold, Publisher: Hoffmeister, Wien (Vienne), 1789, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 179-184, in German. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Little Jr., DM (1962). "Classical file". Survey of Anesthesiology. 6 (3): 351. doi:10.1097/00132586-196206000-00068. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>