Anton von Hardenberg
Georg Anton von Hardenberg (born July 28, 1780 in Schlöben , † July 10, 1825 in Oberwiederstedt ) was a German politician and poet (pseudonym: Sylvester ). He was a Prussian district administrator .
Life
He came from the noble von Hardenberg family and is the younger brother of the poets Novalis and Carl von Hardenberg . His father was Heinrich Ulrich Erasmus von Hardenberg . First he was in forestry in Würzburg and Hann. Münden active. In 1816 he became the first district administrator of the newly formed Mansfeld mountain district of the administrative district of Merseburg in the province of Saxony and remained in office until 1819. His brother Carl had several of his poems printed under the pseudonym Sylvester with the title Der Dichtergarten .
In 1808 he married Annette von Witzleben (1783–1857) in Kassel, the eldest daughter of the forester Friedrich Ludwig von Witzleben .
About ten years before the end of his life, he converted to Catholicism on the advice of his sister-in-law Henriette . Shortly before his death, he had baskets full of old letters burned in order to destroy everything related to his and his brother Carl's conversion to the Catholic Church.
When Anton von Hardenberg died in 1825, he left behind six children, including Sophie von Hardenberg .
literature
- Outline of German administrative history 1815-1945 , series A: Prussia, vol. 6: Province of Saxony, edit. by Thomas Klein, Marburg / Lahn, 1975, p. 124.
- Johann Wolf, History of the Hardenberg Family , Volume 2, p.247f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hardenberg, Anton von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hardenberg, Georg Anton von (full name); Sylvester (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schlöben |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1825 |
| Place of death | Oberwiederstedt |