Adolph von Holzhausen
Adolph Freiherr von Holzhausen (born September 7, 1866 in Linz on the Danube , † July 21, 1923 in Oberursel ) was a German officer and founder. He was the last male descendant of the older line of the Frankfurt patrician family Holzhausen .
life and work
Holzhausen was the son of the Austrian officer Alexis von Holzhausen (1837–1904) and his wife Antonie geb. Baroness of Gablenz . He attended high school in Wiesbaden , where he passed the Abitur. In 1888 he entered the hussar - regiment Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Homburg. In Kassel . He was promoted to lieutenant and later to Rittmeister and last served in the hussar regiment "King Humbert of Italy" (1st Kurhessisches) No. 13 in Frankfurt-Bockenheim . After an accident, he quit his career as an officer and then went on extensive trips around the world. He took part in the First World War as a reserve officer. Although he was a member of an old Frankfurt family, he got along very well with the Prussian military and was an outstanding symbol of the increasing amalgamation of Frankfurt and Prussia.
Holzhausen was the last male descendant of the older line of the Holzhausen family, the last owner of the former Holzhausen Fideikommiss and the last bearer of the Stralenberg fief . He transferred his fortune to the city of Frankfurt am Main as a foundation of the Rittmeister Freiherrn Adolph von Holzhausen, established to commemorate and commemorate the family of the Freiherrn von Holzhausen. He bequeathed his picture collection to the Städel , the art objects to the Museum of Decorative Arts , the library of the city library and the family archive to the Frankfurt city archive . The family seat, the Holzhausenschlösschen with the Holzhausenpark , fell to the city, which temporarily set up the Frankfurt department of the Reich Archives there, and later the Museum of Prehistory and Early History . The castle has been the seat of the Frankfurt Community Foundation since 1989 .
He is buried in the family grave in Frankfurt's main cemetery. The grave is a listed building .
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . First volume. A – L (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 1 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-0444-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Roet de Rouet, Henning: Frankfurt am Main as a Prussian garrison from 1866 to 1914. Frankfurt am Main 2016. P. 133.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holzhausen, Adolph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holzhausen, Adolph Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1923 |
| Place of death | Oberursel |