Career
Until 1881, Hans Graf von Schwerin-Löwitz was an active officer (Rittmeister) and Flügeladjutant in Saxony. From March 1910 to February 1912, he was President of the German Reichstag. He had earlier served there as deputy starting in 1893.
From 1896, he was a representative of the constituency of Stettin 1 in the Prussian House of Representatives, and from 1912 to 1918 he became the President.
During the First World War, he represented the Confederation of Farmers on the Board of Trustees of the imperial grain body. A preserved steam locomotive on the Brecon Mountain Railway in Wales carries his name, "Graf Schwerin-Löwitz".
