Hermann Kennemann-Klenka (1815–1910) was a

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n politician and landowner, co-founder of the

German Eastern Marches Society German Eastern Marches Society (german: Deutscher Ostmarkenverein, also known in German as ') was a German radical,Geoff Eley, op.cit.p.43/ref> extremely nationalist xenophobic organization founded in 1894. Mainly among Poles, it was sometimes kno ...

. He was notable as one of the main supporters of

Germanization Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In ling ...

of Polish lands then ruled by German Empire. Kennemann was born in Soldin (modern Myślibórz, Poland),biography
he used to be one of the members of various Prussian economical and political organisations in the Province of Posen. Among them was the Society for Support of German Interests founded after the failed January Uprising and then the Junker Society founded in 1865. In 1894, together with Ferdinand von Hansemann and

Heinrich von Tiedemann Heinrich von Tiedemann (1840-1922) was a Prussian politician, co-founder of the German Eastern Marches Society (german: Deutscher Ostmarkenverein). Tiedemann was born in Dembogorsch (Dębogórze, Poland), he died in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is ...

, he created the ''Society for Support of Germanness in the Eastern Territories'', later renamed the

. Although Kennemann was considered one of the leaders of the German nationalist movement in the area, his age and the influence of the society's chief, Tiedemann, made his influence over its fate largely symbolic. However, he remained its member and one of the sponsors until his death in 1910.

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Witold Jakóbczyk Witold Jakóbczyk (; 15 January 1909 in Sosnowiec – 3 October 1986 in Poznań) was a Polish historian and professor at Poznań University, specializing in the history of Greater Poland in the 19th century. Publications * * * * Witold Jak� ...

, ''Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914'', ''Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego'', vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennemann, Hermann 1815 births 1910 deaths People from Myślibórz People from the Province of Brandenburg Free Conservative Party politicians Members of the Prussian House of Representatives German Eastern Marches Society