August Ulrich von Hardenberg

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Grave in the garden cemetery in Hanover

August Ulrich von Hardenberg (born November 5, 1709 ; † September 13, 1778 in Hanover ) was a German, Hanoverian diplomat , privy councilor and war councilor .

Life

August Ulrich von Hardenberg came from the Lower Saxon noble family of those von Hardenberg . His older brothers were the privy councilor and garden architect Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg and the field marshal Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg , two younger brothers, Colonel Hans Christoph (* 1703, ⚔ 1747) and Georg Wilhelm (1705–1774), were officers.

He studied first at the Alma Ernestina in Rinteln , then at the University of Helmstedt , where he wrote his dissertation under Professor Kress .

After completing his studies, von Hardenberg became court advisor at the judicial chancellery in Hanover, then rose to war council and then to secret council. Hardenberg remained in the service of Hanover, although the King of Prussia had offered him the position of assessor at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar , where von Hardenberg had also passed his exam .

August Ulrich von Hardenberg, valued as a learned interlocutor, was temporarily ambassador to the Landgrave of Hesse in Kassel . In 1743 he married Wilhelmine Charlotte, née von Wendt . However, the two had no children.

aftermath

literature

  • Johann Wolf: History of the Hardenberg family , with 123 documents, Volume 2, p. 212 f. ( books.google.de )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johann Wolf: History of the Hardenberg family (see literature)
  2. ↑ August Ulrich von Hardenberg in the German biography
  3. ↑ Gerd Weiß, Marianne Zehnpfennig: middle . In: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , annex directory of architectural monuments in accordance with. § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation) , as of July 1, 1985, City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 3f.
  4. ↑ NN : The graves of the garden cemetery ( memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Evangelical Lutheran Garden Church of St. Mary
personal data
SURNAME Hardenberg, August Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardenberg, August U. von; Hardenberg, Augustus Ulricus ex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German official and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1709
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1778
Place of death Hanover