Adolph von Koerber
Adolph Wilhelm Koerber , from 1861 von Koerber (born August 18, 1817 in Sandau , Province of Saxony , † March 8, 1895 in Cairo , Egypt ) was a Prussian Real Privy Councilor, General Landscape Director and politician.
origin
He came from a early as the first half of the 16th century in the eastern Harz -called family and was the son of the landowner William Koerber (1783 to 1858), Prussian militia -Bezirkskommandeur, bailiff and leaseholders on Good Alvensleben, and Juliane (Julie) Reuter ( 1794-1888).
Life
Koerber took over the administration of his father's property as early as 1839. Later he was a landlord himself on Koerberrode, Groß-Plowenz and Hoheneichen (all districts of Graudenz , West Prussia ). He founded the "West Prussian Agricultural Loan Fund". In 1871 he became general landscape director of West Prussia and in 1894 royal Prussian real privy councilor . In the years 1849, 1867-1870 and 1892-1890 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the Right Center and the Reich and Free Conservative Party (RFKP) . Finally, in 1890, he was appointed a member of the Prussian mansion for life.
family
Koerber married on June 1, 1850 Clara Cawitzel (born May 9, 1827 in Berlin ; † September 27, 1908 in Charlottenburg near Berlin), the daughter of the businessman Heinrich Cawitzel and Henriette Nicolas . The couple had several children:
- Viktor Adolf Wilhelm (March 21, 1851 - December 19, 1918) ⚭ Ida Luise von Lücken (1858–1930)
- Wally Julie Henriette (* April 19, 1854) ⚭ 1878 Ernst Wilhelm (Willy) von Witte (* October 8, 1844), Lord of Falkenwalde in the Neumark
- Alfred Anton (born September 22, 1860) ⚭ 1885 Countess Katharina von Posadowsky-Wehner (born August 21, 1866)
Orders and decorations
- Star for the Prussian Crown Order 2nd Class (1887)
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses B Volume VII, page 190, volume 36 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1965, ISSN 0435-2408
- Acta Borussica Volume 7 (1879-1890) (PDF file; 2.83 MB)
- Acta Borussica Volume 8 / I (1890-1900) (PDF file; 2.72 MB)
- Acta Borussica Volume 8 / II (1890-1900) (PDF file; 2.19 MB)
- Handbook of the Prussian Nobility, Volume 1, 1892, p.279
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koerber, Adolph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koerber, Adolph Wilhelm; Koerber, Adolph Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general landscape director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gut Sandau (Elbe) , Stendal district , Province of Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1895 |
| Place of death | Cairo , Egypt |