Fritz von Kaufmann
Fritz Georg August Hermann von Kaufmann (born January 9, 1854 in Steuerwald ; † July 17, 1908 at Gut Linden, now part of Wolfenbüttel ) was the owner of the manor on Gut Linden, tenant of the Schladen (Harz) domain and member of the German Reichstag .
Life
He came from a family originally resident in Goslar , who had been elevated to the status of imperial knight in the 18th century. His father was the royal Prussian state economist Friedrich von Kaufmann (1822–1895), landlord on Linden and Stemmen, who on August 20, 1882 received royal Prussian nobility recognition.
Kaufmann attended high school in Celle , then spent a year in Switzerland and studied in Halle and Göttingen . He learned agriculture and then worked in various economies. From 1879 he was the owner of the Linden manor and later also the tenant of the Schladen domain. In 1874/75 he served as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 16 . He was also chairman of the Wolfenbüttel Agricultural Association and a member of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Duchy of Braunschweig . In 1897 he was a co-founder and board member of the Linden men's choir.
From 1898 until his death he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of the Duchy of Braunschweig 2 ( Helmstedt , Wolfenbüttel ) and the National Liberal Party . Between 1899 and 1903 he was also a member of the Braunschweig State Parliament .
Kaufmann married on July 6, 1880 at Gut Schladen Anna von Hoppenstedt (1859-1937), the daughter of the royal Prussian state economist Georg von Hoppenstedt, tenant of Schladen and Liebenburg, and Anna Löbbecke. The couple had a son Fritz.
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume XVII, Noble Houses B p. 187, Volume 89 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1986.
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 314-315 .
Web links
- Fritz von Kaufmann in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Fritz von Kaufmann . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume VI, Adelslexikon p. 146, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987.
- ↑ 1897 Men's Choir Linden 1997 on mgv-linden.de
- ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890-1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 1418-1422.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Fritz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaufmann, Fritz Georg August Hermann von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manor owner and politician (NLP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tax forest |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1908 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |