Bernhard von der Schulenburg (politician)
Bernhard Graf von der Schulenburg (born May 11, 1852 in Berlin , † March 27, 1936 in Grünthal near Biesenthal ) was a German cavalry officer, farmer and politician.
Life
Bernhard von der Schulenburg, who comes from a well-known Brandenburg-Prussian aristocratic family , studied 4 semesters of law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin after attending the Knight Academy in Liegnitz . In 1873 he joined the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . He then served for 20 years as an active officer in the 2nd Guard Dragoons , where he in 1893 as captain and squadron leader 's farewell took.
In 1894 von der Schulenburg acquired the Grünthal estate in the Mark Brandenburg region, where he lived until his death. In 1900 he succeeded the Fideikommiss Altendorf in the Prussian province of Hanover and in 1908 in the Fideikommiss Trampe in the Oberbarnim district . In 1899 he participated in the establishment of the Spiritus Zentrale . At an old age, at over 75, he was the deputy chairman of the Association of German Alcohol Manufacturers and chairman of various departments of the same. Towards the end of the 19th century, von der Schulenburg was one of the initiators of the merger of milk producers delivering to Berlin. Here, too, he was chairman of the supervisory board of the community of milk producers in the Brandenburg region until he was over 75 years old. In 1930 he was also chairman of the supervisory board of the Brandenburgische Frühgemüse-Zucht- und Verwertungsgesellschaft and deputy chairman of the Viehzentrale. For more than 30 years he was a member of the Berlin Stock Exchange Board. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Reichsbank.
Bernhard von der Schulenburg was President of the Chamber of Agriculture for the Province of Brandenburg, of which he was a member from 1915 to 1921. During this time he was also a member of the Landesökonomiekollegium and the German Agriculture Council.
Since 1904 von der Schulenburg belonged to the Prussian mansion as a member and board member of the conservative parliamentary group . Until 1915 he was provincial chairman of the Federation of Farmers . In his home district he was a district deputy, district committee member and district council member. As a transport politician, he was a member of the administrative council of the Deutsche Reichspost and the Reichseisenbahnrat. He was chairman of the transport committee of the German Agricultural Council and deputy chairman of the committee of those interested in transport at the permanent tariff commission of the German railway administrations.
During the First World War, Bernhard von der Schulenburg was a member of the War Food Office, the War Grain Office, the Reich Meat Office, the Reich Fat Office and chairman of the feed distribution office.
A tombstone for Schulenburg is located on the hill of the Breydin castle ruins near Trampe.
literature
- Schulenburg, Bernhard, Count of the. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1717.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 71 , 750
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulenburg, Bernhard von der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulenburg, Bernhard Graf von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cavalry officer, farmer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1936 |
| Place of death | Grünthal near Biesenthal |