Carl zu Castell-Castell (1897–1945)

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Prince Carl Friedrich zu Castell-Castell (* May 8, 1897 in Castell ; † May 10, 1945 near Caslau , Bohemia ) was the head of the Castell-Castell family from 1923 to 1945 .

Life

Carl was the son of Prince Friedrich Carl zu Castell-Castell (1864-1923) and Countess Gertrud zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (* January 5, 1872, † August 29, 1924). He had seven siblings: Antonie (* 1896), Constantin Friedrich (* 1898), Margarethe (* 1899), Wilhelm Friedrich (* 1901), Georg Friedrich (* 1904), Emma (* 1907) and Renata (* 1910). Carl zu Castell-Castell was an entrepreneur , landowner , bank owner and soldier. After the death of his father, he became head of the Castell-Castell family.

Carl Fürst zu Castell-Castell joined the NSDAP in May 1933 and rose to the position of equestrian leader of the SA group in Franconia in 1935 .

Marriage and offspring

Carl zu Castell-Castell married Anna-Agnes Princess zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich on September 12, 1923 in Lich (born January 11, 1899, † September 8, 1987). The couple had six children:

  • Philipp Friedrich Carl Graf zu Castell-Castell (1924–1944), fallen
  • Albrecht Graf zu Castell-Castell (1925-2016)
  • Jutta Countess zu Castell-Castell (1927–1993)
  • Elisabeth Countess of Castell-Castell (* 1928)
  • Angelika Countess zu Castell-Castell (* 1933)
  • Christiana Countess zu Castell-Castell (* 1934)

literature

  • Thomas Medicus: In the eyes of my grandfather . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2004, ISBN 3-421-05577-7 , p. 210.
  • Jesko Graf zu Dohna: The "Jewish accounts" of the Fürstliche Castell`schen Credit-Cassen and the banking house Karl Meyer KG . (= Publication of the Society for Franconian History, New Year's Papers Vol. 45). with a foreword by Fürst zu Castell-Castell. 2005, ISBN 3-86652-045-X .
  • Jesko Graf zu Dohna: Carl Fürst zu Castell-Castell , in: Casteller Hefte, Heft 26, Castell 1998, p. 17.
  • Stephan Malinowski : From King to Leader. German nobility and National Socialism , Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 3rd edition, Berlin 2010, p. 395 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In 1901 the Castell-Castell and the Castell-Rüdenhausen were raised to the hereditary Bavarian prince status, the respective head of the family of the two lines then carried the first-born title of prince . With Article 109 WRV ( Weimar Constitution of 11 August 1919) was established that the public privileges or disadvantages of birth or of the state should be repealed. The former nobility designations were abolished as titles and have only been part of the family name since then. In the monarchy common firstborn titles such as prince or successor titles such as hereditary count are not part of the name. Since the abolition of the monarchy, the regular and civil family name here has been Count or Countess zu Castell-Castell or Count or Countess zu Castell-Rüdenhausen .
  2. ^ Roland Horster: Carl Prince of Castell-Castell. Entrepreneur, landowner and bank owner in difficult times 1923–1945. Lecture on the occasion of the 100th birthday of SD Carl Fürst zu Castell-Castell , Castell Castle May 10, 1997
personal data
SURNAME Castell-Castell, Carl too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castell-Castell, Carl Prince too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and officer
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Castell
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1945
Place of death Caslau , Bohemia