August Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser

August Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (born January 29, 1885 in Bonn , † August 31, 1940 in Lieser ) was a German winery owner and winegrowing association politician.

Lieser Castle near Bernkastel-Kues

genealogy

August Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser came from the original Westphalian Catholic noble family Schorlemer. His influential grandfather was the German politician Burghard von Schorlemer-Alst , known as the Catholic Westphalian peasant king , and at times one of Bismarck's most prominent political opponents . His father was the Prussian civil servant Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (1856–1922). In 1880 he married the very wealthy Maria Puricelli (born February 1, 1855 Krefeld † 1936), the only daughter of the iron and steel works, gas works, knight and winery owner Eduard Puricelli (1826-1893), who inherited his fortune in the millions. Together, his parents expanded Eduard Puricelli's villa into Lieser Castle and managed the numerous inherited wineries on the Moselle and the industrial holdings of his grandfather. His parents called themselves von Schorlemer-Lieser after their new castle. August had five siblings. He was the oldest son.

biography

After studying science, he served as an officer in the First World War , in which his only, younger brother Friedrich-Leo (1894–1915) was killed as a lieutenant. After the end of the war in 1918, he worked for the district government in Trier until 1922 . In 1922, after the death of his father, he took over the management of the family's wineries and was also committed to the profession of winery owners and winegrowers. He became chairman of the tax committee at the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer winegrowers' association and also at the German winegrowing association. He also became a member of the Association of Prussian Wine Regions and Deputy Chairman of the German Wine Association. His relative Friedrich Christian Reichsgraf von Plettenberg (1882–1972) was also active in these associations . He also chaired the Viticulture Committee of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Rhine Province. In 1924/25 he represented German viticulture in Paris in post-war economic negotiations with France. In 1929 he was elected President of the German Viticulture Association. He carried out this task until he was integrated into the Reichsnährstand in 1934. He was described as an eloquent, extremely amiable person who knew how to represent the interests of German viticulture in the best possible way.

Own family

He was married to Maria Elisabeth Kirsch-Puricelli (born September 13, 1898; † NN). She was his cousin and co-heir of Reichenstein Castle (Middle Rhine) near Bingen . With this marriage, two branches of the family were reunited. Her son Burghard Clemens Friedrich Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (born August 11, 1925 at Lieser Castle) died five months before the end of the war in fighting on December 24, 1944 near Stuhlweissenburg ( Székesfehérvár in Hungarian) in Hungary, four years after his father.

literature

from Bassermann-Jordan: August Frhr. von Schorlemer-Lieser, In: Der Deutsche Weinbau 1940, p. 439.
K. Müller: Weinbau-Lexikon, Berlin, 1930.

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personal data
SURNAME	Schorlemer-Lieser, August Freiherr von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schorlemer-Lieser, August Eduard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German winery owner
DATE OF BIRTH	January 29, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bonn
DATE OF DEATH	August 31, 1940
Place of death	Readers