Alexander von Weiss

Alexander Karl Clemens von Weiss (born October 22, 1840 in Uchten in Estonia , † November 25, 1921 in Wardes in Estonia) was a German-Baltic engineer , landowner and politician .

Life

Alexander von Weiss and Richard von Kügelgen as students

Born as the son of Major General Alexander von Weiss, landlord of Uchten in Estonia, and his wife Elisabeth, born von Wrangell , Alexander von Weiss attended the Knight and Cathedral School in Reval , where he graduated from high school in 1860 . From the summer semester 1861 to the summer semester 1862 he studied mathematics at the University of Dorpat and from the winter semester 1862 to the summer semester 1865 astronomy . At the beginning of his studies he became a member of Estonia Dorpat . After graduation, he studied civil engineering at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic from the winter semester 1865 to the summer semester 1867 . Initially paying guest, he was made an honorary member of the Baltica Karlsruhe in early 1866 .

After completing his studies, he worked from 1867 to 1873 as an engineer building the southern Russian railways for Baron C. von Ungern-Sternberg. From 1874 to 1879 he was involved in the construction of the Alexander Bridge in Saint Petersburg . From 1880 to 1885 he was an engineer building the port in Reval . Since 1881 he was the owner of the Wardes estate near Wesenberg , which he handed over to his older son Konstantin in 1905. From 1902 to 1912 he was a permanent member of the Estonian Road Commission.

family

Von Weiss had been married to Countess Nieroth , born Alexandrine , daughter of the cavalry general Alexander Count Nieroth , since 1869 . The marriage resulted in four daughters and two sons. His older son was later the commander of the Baltic regiment Konstantin von Weiss .

literature

• Hans Nehlep (Ed.): Album Academicum des Corps Baltica-Borussia Danzig 1860-1970. Berlin 1973.