Caesar of Dachröden

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Caesar Carl Ludwig von Dachröden , also Caesar von Dachröden and Caesar von Dachroeden (born April 26, 1808 in Westgreußen , † June 8, 1882 in Rome ) was a German, Mecklenburg-Strelitzischer court marshal and leading Freemason in Germany.

Life

Caesar von Dachröden came from the Thuringian noble family von Dach (e) röden . His father was an officer in Infantry Regiment No. 36 ( from Puttkamer ) in Brandenburg an der Havel . He also initially embarked on a military career and became a lieutenant in the Prussian Guards Artillery Brigade. On November 21, 1838, Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz appointed him chamberlain and director of the court orchestra and the court theater . Karl August Görner and his wife, the soprano Friederike Tomasini, were among the stars of the court theater in his day .

In 1840 he founded the Singakademie in Neustrelitz and built a hall for their rehearsals and concerts in the extension of the Old Palace, which was destroyed in 1945 .

After the court theater was closed in the revolutionary year of 1848, Dachröden became court marshal, then house marshal of Grand Duke Georg. After his death in 1860 he retired from the Mecklenburg-strelitzischen service that moved to Berlin and became a castle captain of Castle Quedlinburg appointed. In 1865 he became a member of the Berlin Monday Club .

Caesar von Dachröden was active as a Freemason for decades . On April 18, 1834, he was accepted into the Berlin Lodge Friedrich zu den three Seraphim and was from 1849 to 1862 master of the chair of the Neustrelitz Lodge Georg for true loyalty . In 1862 he joined the Friedrich Wilhelm zur Morgenröte Lodge in Berlin. From 1864 to 1872 he was State Grand Master and from 1874 to March 29, 1877 as the successor to the later Emperor Friedrich, Master of the Order of the Great State Lodge of Freemasons of Germany .

In 1875 he moved to Rome to restore his health . He lived at 29 Piazza dell 'Esquilino, where he had a salon , received a lot of German and Italian company, and enjoyed a musical life . He was a member of the German Artists' Association in Rome and was buried in the Protestant cemetery .

family

On 28 June 1838 he married at Schloss Rheinberg Malwine, born Arend, since 1825 by raising her mother to the Prussian nobility , von Prillwitz (born June 10, 1819 in Berlin, † November 3, 1888 in Rome), the eldest daughter of Prince August of Prussia (1779-1843) from his connection with Auguste von Prillwitz . In 1844 she inherited the Rödgen manor near Mansfeld . The couple had four children:

  • Karoline (June 1, 1839 - July 15, 1879) ∞ Count Friedrich (Fritz) von Bredow (October 1, 1834 - December 23, 1899)
  • Georg Carl Friedrich August Caesar (June 2, 1844 - June 30, 1875)
  • Elisabeth (March 1848 - August 21, 1852)
  • Severa (October 23, 1861 - December 30, 1918), heiress of Rödgen

Honors

Fonts

  • Memories of the last days of life S. Kgl. Your Highness the Most High Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz: From Caesar von Dachröden, House Marshal. 1860. From my diary, as a family document, therefore not printed for the public. Printed as a manuscript in the Hofbuchdruckerei v. H. Hellwig Neubrandburg 1860 ( digitized version )

literature

  • In memory of our brothers Caesar von Dachroeden and Gustav Adolf von Ziegler : Dedicated to the brothers by the editors of the circular correspondence. Berlin: Middle 1882

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The statement made by Carl August Endler : The history of the state capital Neustrelitz 1733–1933. Rostock: Hinstorff 1933, p. 192, Caesar von Dachröden is a nephew of Wilhelm von Humboldt is obviously incorrect, see Udo von der Burg: Carolina Friderica von Dachroeden. For the 250th anniversary of her birthday. In: Treatises of the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education Volume 38 (2017) ISBN 978-3-940456-78-6
  2. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Beutner: The Royal Prussian Guard Artillery: in particular the history of the 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Guard Field Artillery Regiment. Volume 1, Berlin: Mittler 1889, p. 396
  3. ^ Official Bulletin for Legislation and State Administration. 1838, No. 18, p. 149 digitized
  4. ↑ Helmut Borth: Between the Prince's Palace and Zahrenhof. On the way to manor houses and mansions in old Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Freidland: Steffen 2005, ISBN 3-937669-42-6 , p. 147
  5. ↑ The Monday Club in Berlin 1749-1899: fixed and Gedenkschrift for its 150th anniversary. Berlin 1899, p. 144
  6. ↑ General Handbook of Freemasonry. Third edition of Lenning's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Association of German Freemasons, Leipzig, completely revised and brought in line with the new scientific research. Max Hesses's Verlag, 1900, p. 168
  7. ^ Friedrich Noack : German life in Rome 1700 to 1900. Cotta, Stuttgart 1907, p. 430, 376
  8. ↑ According to the General Manual of Freemasonry. Third edition of Lenning's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Association of German Freemasons, Leipzig, completely revised and brought in line with the new scientific research. Max Hesses's Verlag, 1900, p. 168, he is said to have become a Catholic in Rome - but that doesn't fit the place of burial.
  9. ↑ Grave No. 2040, Zone 1, Row 6, Grave Site 55, see the cemetery database under roof roeden and photo of the tombstone
  10. ↑ Royal Prussian State Calendar: For the year 1865. , p. 22
  11. ↑ Martin Berendt: List of the members of the Balley Brandenburg of the Knightly Order of St. Johannis from the Hospital in Jerusalem. 1859, p. 38 No. 485
  12. ↑ Anton Frans Karl Anjou: Riddare af Konung Carl XIII: s orden 1811–1900: Biografiska anteckningar Eksjö 1900, p. 177
  13. ↑ Carl Bröcker: The Freemason lodges in Germany from 1737 up to and including 1893. Berlin: Mittler 1894, p. 50
personal data
SURNAME Attic, Caesar of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dachröden, Caesar Carl Ludwig von (full name); Attics, Caesar of; Dachroeden, Caesar of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court marshal from Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Freemason
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH West Greussia
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1882
Place of death Rome