Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Schrötter (February 1, 1743 – June 30, 1815) was a German

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government minister and until 1806 Reichsfreiherr of the

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. Schrötter was born in Wohnsdorf near Friedland (today Kurortnoye,

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) and served in a dragoon regiment of the Prussian Army during the

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. Appointed as minister in charge of

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after the death of King

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, he followed the

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economic policies then coming into vogue, loosening restrictions on the

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in that province. He died in Berlin.

Legacy

In 1941 the Polish city of

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, which was annexed to the

Province of East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label= Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 18 ...

after the Poland Campaign in 1939, was renamed ''Schröttersburg'' in honor of Schrötter. However, the name disappeared soon after the end of the Second World War.

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1743 births 1815 deaths People from East Prussia Prussian Army personnel Prussian military personnel of the Seven Years' War Prussian politicians Barons of Germany Government ministers of Prussia Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky {{Germany-politician-stub