August von Pückler

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Karl Heinrich Georg August Graf von Pückler (born July 25, 1864 in Schönfeld , Silesia , † March 6, 1937 in Branitz ) on Branitz and Groß Döbbern was a Prussian civil servant. As regional president, he headed the Erfurt administrative region from 1918 to 1920.

Life

His parents were Heinrich Graf von Pückler auf Branitz (1835-1897) and Louise Marie Henriette de Constant Rebecque (born March 3, 1835-1921).

Count von Pückler attended grammar school in Cottbus, the monastery school in Ilfeld and the knight academy in Brandenburg . He studied at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin and became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn in 1885 .

In 1897 August inherited the Kahren estate with its Vorwerke Karlshof and Nutzberg in the Cottbus district from his father, who had died that year. In 1902 he married Elise Anna Theodora, Countess of Limburg-Stirum (1867–1953), daughter of Count Friedrich zu Limburg-Stirum, in Groß Peterwitz . They had five children together: Henriette (1902–1994), August Sylvius (1903–1986), Adrian (1905–1945), Carl (1906–1941) and Heinrich (1912–1942).

August von Pückler was district administrator in the Hirschberg district in the Giant Mountains and later Prussian senior president in Posen . As such, on April 15, 1918, he took over the official business of Erfurt from his predecessor Carl von Fidler . On May 18, 1920 he was put into temporary retirement and Fritz Tiedemann was appointed as his successor. Since then he has lived as a lord on Branitz .

literature

  • Schwennicke: European family tables. Volume IV, NF: Die Pückler. Panels 65 ff.
  • Historical lexicon of Switzerland.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geneall.net
  2. ↑ Steffen Raßloff : Escape to the National People's Community "The Erfurt bourgeoisie between the Empire and the Nazi dictatorship". Böhlau, 2003, ISBN 3-412-11802-8 , p. 159 and p. 225. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
personal data
SURNAME Pückler, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pückler, Karl Heinrich Georg August Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian regional president in Erfurt
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönfeld
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1937
Place of death Branitz