Astrid Countess von Hardenberg

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Astrid Countess von Hardenberg (born May 5, 1925 in Potsdam , † February 4, 2015 in Berlin ) was the daughter of resistance fighter Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg and Renate von der Schulenburg .

Life

In 1942 von Hardenberg began studying at the music academy in Berlin, which she had to break off in 1943 because of her assignment as a Red Cross nurse , most recently in the Rosenheim military hospital . In the summer of 1944, the parents' property was confiscated because the family was involved in the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt .

Until 1990 she worked as a civil servant at the EU Commission in Brussels .

After the political change , Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg , who as Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg's son was entitled to inheritance, applied for restitution. For reasons of age, he handed the matter over to his sister Astrid Countess von Hardenberg and his nephew Gebhard von Hardenberg. The application was approved in 1993, and in 1996 Neuhardenberg Castle was transferred back to the von Hardenberg family.

The castle and the park were sold to the German Savings Banks and Giro Association . A year later, the restoration of the castle and the entire area began. The palace park was redesigned and the monument to Friedrich II restored. The German Savings Banks and Giro Association set up an international cultural and meeting place and founded the "Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg".

The von Hardenberg family kept the Lietzen commandery and the Neuhardenberger estate. In 1998 Astrid Countess von Hardenberg founded the Carl-Hans von Hardenberg Foundation in memory of her father. The foundation promotes the training and education of young people in the Märkisch-Oderland district and in neighboring areas, including beyond the German-Polish border. The foundation supports the social commitment and creative powers of young people. The foundation pays special attention to Christian-oriented institutions and providers of child and youth work and the cross-border exchange of young people. Astrid Countess von Hardenberg was chairwoman of the foundation and her niece Amelie Countess von Hardenberg is a member of the board of trustees .

The rose breeding company Rosen Tantau dedicated a rose variety to her in 2001 , which received the gold medal for best scented rose in the International Rose Competition in Rome in 2002. Astrid von Hardenberg was buried in the family cemetery in Neuhardenberg.

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SURNAME Hardenberg, Astrid Countess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German EU official, chairwoman of the Carl-Hans von Hardenberg Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2015
Place of death Berlin