# Max Wentzel - Acting Resident of Urundi

URL: https://allhistories.com/burundi/rulers/max-wentzel
Term: August 1914 – 1916
Number in the list: 11
Dynasty: German colonial administration
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colonial_residents_of_Burundi

Max Wentzel acted as German resident of Urundi for Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller from August 1914 until the Belgian occupation of 1916, during the fighting on the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi frontier.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Karl Schimmer](https://allhistories.com/burundi/rulers/karl-schimmer)
- Next in list: [Edouard van den Eende](https://allhistories.com/burundi/rulers/edouard-van-den-eende)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1914 - [Central Railway Reaches Kigoma](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1914-central-railway-reaches-kigoma)
- 1914 - [First World War Reaches Lake Tanganyika](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1914-first-world-war-reaches-lake-tanganyika)
- 1915 - [The Graf von Götzen on Lake Tanganyika](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1915-the-graf-von-gotzen-on-lake-tanganyika)
- 1915 - [Death of Mutaga IV Mbikije](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1915-death-of-mutaga-iv-mbikije)
- 1915 - [Accession of Mwambutsa IV](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1915-accession-of-mwambutsa-iv)
- 1915 - [Battle for Lake Tanganyika](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1915-battle-for-lake-tanganyika)
- 1916 - [Rumanura Famine](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1916-rumanura-famine)
- 1916 - [Belgian Forces Take Usumbura](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1916-belgian-forces-take-usumbura)
- 1916 - [Belgian Occupation of Kitega](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1916-belgian-occupation-of-kitega)
- 1916 - [Battle of Tabora](https://allhistories.com/burundi/timeline/1916-battle-of-tabora)