Berthold von Ploetz
Friedrich August Berthold von Ploetz , also Ploetz-Döllingen (born August 9, 1844 in Potsdam , † July 24, 1898 at Gut Döllingen ) was a German politician and member of the German Reichstag .
Life
He was the son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel and landowner Hermann von Ploetz (1816–1879), landlord on Döllingen, and his first wife Bertha Freiin von der Recke (1814–1848). After attending the cadet institute , Ploetz was an active officer from 1862 to 1864. After his military career, he pursued his duties as a landowner on the family estate. He took part in the campaigns of the German War (1866) and the Franco-German War (1870/71) as an officer in the Landwehr and was dismissed as captain .
Ploetz married on April 20, 1869 in Braunschweig Anna Lüders (born December 9, 1846 in Küstrin , † August 18, 1903 in Berlin ), the daughter of Chief Preacher Adolph Lüders and Auguste Boldt. The couple had two daughters Ella and Margarete and their son Hermann.
After the death of his father, Ploetz inherited the parental estate Döllingen. He was head of office , district deputy and member of the provincial parliament . In 1892 he was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives and in mid-1893 to the German Reichstag , of which he was a member until his death. Here he joined the German Conservative Party . From 1888 he was chairman of the German farmers 'union and in February 1893 he became one of the founders of the farmers' union , of which he was also elected chairman.
In the Reichstag and also in the Prussian House of Representatives, Ploetz was the spokesman for the so-called great means for eliminating the agricultural emergency.
After his death, Conrad von Wangenheim became chairman of the BdL.
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser A. Volume XIII, Volume 60 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1975, p. 438.
- Hans Tholuck: The Bund der Landwirthe, its friends and enemies. History of origin, purpose and statutes of the same; together with the appeal by Mr. Ruprecht-Ransern and the basic remarks by Mr. von Ploetz-Döllingen. Grundmann, Berlin 1893, OCLC 915493704 .
- Petra Zrenner: The conservative parties and the emergence of the civil code. LIT Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster, ISBN 3-8258-0928-5 .
- Hartwin Spenkuch: Ploetz, Berthold von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 550 ( digitized version ).
- Plötz, Berthold Friedrich August von . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894-1896, supplement volume 1897, p. 862.
Web links
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Berthold von Ploetz in the database of members of the Reichstag
- The manor Döllingen (chronology)
Footnotes
- ↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 303; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 422-425.
- ^ Georg Stöcker: Agrarian ideology and social reform in the German Empire: Heinrich Sohnrey and the German Association for Rural Welfare and Homeland Care 1896–1914 . V & R Unipress, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89971-673-3 , p. 80. (online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ploetz, Berthold von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ploetz, Friedrich August Berthold von (full name); Ploetz-Döllingen, Berthold von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician, MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1898 |
| Place of death | Gut Döllingen , Liebenwerda district, Brandenburg |