After the Nazis came to power at the national level, they passed the Provisional Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich, under which the state Landtage were dissolved and reconstituted based on the recent Reichstag election of 5 March 1933, which resulted in a working majority for the Nazi Party in most states.[4] On 11 May 1933, the newly elected Nazi president of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Landtag attempted to displace Minister of State Michael, who resisted and protested that only a Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) was empowered to dismiss him. Since none had yet been appointed, he still regarded himself as the legitimate head of government and matters stood at an impasse.[5] On 26 May, Friedrich Hildebrandt was appointed as Reichsstatthalter and, on 29 May, he appointed Stichtenoth as Minister of State.[3] However, Stichtenoth's triumph was to prove short-lived. Hildebrandt, who held the governorships of both Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the much larger and more populous Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, sought to consolidate his jurisdictions. Accordingly, on 1 January 1934, Mecklenburg-Strelitz was incorporated into its larger neighbor, and Stichtenoth's government was abolished.[6] He then worked as a Ministerial Director in the government of the united Mecklenburg, and he died in Schwerin in July 1935.[2]
Written works
Die Entwicklung der Lehre vom Kapitalzins seit Böhm-Bawerk. (1923) Göttingen, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Dissertation.
Broszat, Martin (1981). The Hitler State: The Foundation and Development of the Internal Structure of the Third Reich. New York: Longman Inc. ISBN978-0-582-48997-4.
Das Deutsche Führerlexikon 1934-1935. Berlin: Verlagsanftalt Otto Stollberg G. m. b. H. 1934.
Grewolls, Greta (1995). Wer war wer in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern? Ein Personenlexikon. Bremen: Edition Temmen. ISBN978-3-861-08282-8.
Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol.1 (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN978-1-932-97021-0.
Further reading
Buddrus, Michael, Fritzlar, Sigrid: (2012) Landesregierungen und Minister in Mecklenburg 1871-1952: Ein biographisches Lexikon, Vol. 1, Edition Temmen, Bremen, pp.299–300, ISBN 978-3-8378-4044-5.
