Christian from Bibra

Christian Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Bibra (born September 6, 1772 in Oberlind near Sonneberg in Thuringia ; † November 4, 1844 in Romrod in Upper Hesse ) was a land hunter , real privy councilor and was awarded the Grand Cross by the Hessian order Philip the Magnanimous in 1841 for his services .

origin

Christian Freiherr von Bibra comes from the Thuringian-Franconian noble family of the von Bibra . He was a son of the ducal Saxon-Meiningen chief hunter Eugen Georg August von Bibra. His brother was the Meiningen Landtag Marshal Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlob von Bibra .

He was married to Luise Charlotte Henriette Freiin von Riedesel (1781–1855), from this marriage two sons ( August von Bibra (1808–1894) and Bertold von Bibra (1804–1894)) and two daughters. He was of the Protestant faith.

Merits in forestry

He made a career in forestry: He joined in 1791 as a hunting squire in landgräflich Hessian services. In 1801 he became head forester in Romrod and in 1824 was awarded the title of master hunter as an auditor . His merit lies in the introduction and afforestation with softwood stocks in the Upper Hesse region. He was buried in Romrod.

politics

In the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 15th and 16th electoral periods (1826-1830 and 1834) he was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . In the estates he represented the manorial nobility. He took liberal positions.

literature

• Wilhelm Freiherr von Bibra: History of the family of the Freiherrn von Bibra. Kaiser, Munich 1870, pp. 179–180 .
• Richard Heß:  Bibra, Christian Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 612 f.
• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 75.
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 54.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 66.
• Martin Stingl: Imperial freedom and prince service. The service relationships of the von Bibra 1500 to 1806 (= publications of the Society for Franconian History. Series 9: representations from Franconian history. Vol. 41). Degener, Neustadt ad Aisch 1994, ISBN 3-7686-9131-4 , p. 161, (also: Erlangen, Universität, dissertation, 1993).

Web links

• Bibra, Christian Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of November 4, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).