Arnold von Schele

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Arnold von Schele as a member of the Reichstag in 1912

Arnold Freiherr von Schele (born July 5, 1849 in Schelenburg ; † August 21, 1922 there ) was the manor owner, officer and member of the German Reichstag .

origin

His parents were the major a. D. and District Administrator Ludwig Ernst Unico Georg von Schele (born June 4, 1796 - December 1, 1870) and his third wife Mathilde von Landesberg (born February 19, 1822), daughter of the Hanoverian Lieutenant General Ludwig von Landesberg .

Life

From 1864 onwards, Schele attended the Royal Hanoverian Cadet Corps . In 1866 he was a lieutenant in the Royal Hanoverian Guard - Regiment and took in the same year during the war against Prussia at the Battle of Langensalza part. In 1867 he took his leave and on April 1, 1867 joined the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 of the Saxon Army as a lieutenant . He took part in the war against France in 1870/71, was in the meantime prime lieutenant and was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Knight's Cross I of the Order of Albrecht with Swords for his achievements during the war . In 1875 Schele was promoted to captain and company commander . In 1887 he became a staff officer in 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 and in 1888 battalion commander. In 1891 he resigned as a major . Afterwards he was the owner of the manor in Wunstorf and Stadthagen .

From 1892 Schele was active in the German-Hanoverian party (committee, newspaper committee) and from 1894 member of the board of directors of the German-Hanoverian party, from 1908 chairman of the same. He was also a member of the committee of the German Right Party from 1894. From 1911 he was a member of the district council of the Osnabrück district .

From 1898 to 1907 and from 1912 to 1918 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency of Hanover 7 ( Nienburg , Neustadt am Rübenberge , Fallingbostel ) and the German-Hanover party .

He was holder of the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Ernst August Order , the Langensalza Medal , the War Memorial 1870/71 , the Red Eagle Order IV Class, the Crown Order IV Class and the Saxon Service Award Cross for 25 years of activity.

family

Schele married the baroness Sylvie von Reibnitz on October 2, 1875 in Dresden (born March 8, 1853). The couple had several children.

Web links

literature

  • Hans – Joachim Behr: Affairs of Saxon officers of Hanoverian descent. The dismissal of Major Arnold von Schele. (Osnabrücker Mitteilungen 99/1994) pp. 223–229.
  • Hans-Joachim Behr: The barons of Schele zu Schelenburg. In: Klaus J. Bade u. a .: Scheleburg – parish – rural community. Bissendorf 1990, pp. 279-291.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1868. Eighteenth year, p.749
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1894, p.787

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition, Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 121.
  2. ↑ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912. Issue 2, Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, Berlin 1913, p. 91. (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1881, p.674
personal data
SURNAME Schele, Arnold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schele, Arnold Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owner, officer and politician (DHP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Schelenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1922
Place of death Schelenburg