Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim

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Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim, 2008

Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim (born March 12, 1960 in Munich , Bavaria ) is a German entrepreneur . He was the Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Lithuania .

Life

Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim is the senior ( primogeniture ) of the ancient noble family of the Barons von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim , who belonged to the Imperial Knighthood in Franconia and on the Rhine River until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire .

Baron von Bechtolsheim's maternal family came from Kochel am See , where he also grew up temporarily and became a co-founder of the local FDP branch in the 1990s. He completed his studies in business administration and psychology (compulsory elective) at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Since completing his studies in 1987 as a business graduate , he subsequently worked in asset management for the Matuschka Group and in managerial positions at HypoVereinsbank and Dresdner Bank . From 1996 to June 2000 Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim was division manager and director in DG Capital Management GmbH, the asset management subsidiary of the DG Bank Group. Since mid-2000 he has been a founding shareholder and spokesman for the management board of FOCAM AG, one of the leading independent management consultancy and asset management companies in Germany. In 2017 he became Knight of the Bavarian House Knights of St George and Senator of the European Economic Senate eV Since 1987 gen Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim. Bechtolsheim honor and Devotionsritter the Maltese Knight Order .

From 1989 to 1994 von Bechtolsheim was chairman of the Catholic-Liberal working group of the FDP . From 1992 to 1996 he worked as an honorary diocesan director of the Malteser Relief Service in Thuringia . In 2012 Freiherr von Bechtolsheim replaced Douglas Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch as ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Lithuania. He remained ambassador until 2018 and was replaced in this role by Manfred Leo Mautner von Markhof . During Freiherr von Bechtolsheim's tenure, a state treaty was signed between Lithuania and the Order of Malta on his initiative, which also includes a post-agreement. The Order's humanitarian and charitable activities in Lithuania have also expanded significantly. In 2018, President Dalia Grybauskaitė awarded him the Lithuanian Order of Merit for his commitment to Christian-Jewish reconciliation in Lithuania .

Among other things, he is an honorary member of the investment committee of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , a member of the board of trustees of the St. Joseph nursing home in Percha near Starnberg and an advisor to numerous foundations .

In 2019 he became chairman of the board of the association The Friends of the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See . The museum is located in the house where his mother grew up after the war. The actual home of the family (owned since 1906) was occupied by refugees. Only the grandfather of the mother, District President Ludwig Osthelder, and his wife lived in the family home.

Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim is married to Annabel, nee Freiin Huber von Gleichenstein, daughter of the winery owner Hans-Jochen Freiherr Huber von Gleichenstein and Ilka, nee Behlau. He is the father of five children. The family owns an estate near Weilheim and a forestry company in Georgenthal .

Since 1992, Freiherr von Bechtolsheim has had his main residence in Georgenthal, Thuringia, where the family has received back a former property from relatives. His five-time great-grandmother Julie Freifrau von Bechtolsheim lived in Georgenthal, where her husband held the position of governor before he was called to Eisenach. Julie's son, Emil Freiherr von Bechtolsheim, was born in Georgenthal in 1775. At the baptism of the grandson Alexander von Bechtolsheim, born in Gotha in 1808, a. Tsar Alexander I and the Tsarina present.

Awards

Web links

  • Short biography on the FOCAM AG website
  • Interview with Bechtolsheim on sueddeutsche.de
  • Pierre Christian Fink: Just don't get down to business . Christian von Bechtolsheim manages around two billion euros for very rich customers. A visit to Focam, a family office. September 2, 2010 ( zeit.de ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser Volume XXIII, Volume 136 of the complete series, pp. 281–291, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN  0435-2408
  2. ↑ http://www.focam.de/portrait/bechtolsheim.html
  3. ↑ https://www.eu-wirtschaftssenat.eu/az343.html?senatorID=813
  4. ↑ http://www.president.lt/en/press_center/press_releases/president_receives_letters_of_credence_from_ambassador_of_the_order_of_malta.html
  5. ↑ The Order of Malta honors the Savior of Jews focus.de
  6. ↑ President Dalia Grybauskaitė received the Ambassador of the Order of Malta, Mag. Manfred L. Ritter Mautner from Markhof orderofmalta.int
  7. ↑ https://www.franz-marc-museum.de/?seite=freundeskreis
  8. ↑ http://www.schoerghof.de/
  9. ↑ Website of the forest enterprise archive link ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.charlottenhoehe.com
  10. ↑ Lietuvos Prezidentė apdovanojo buvusį Maltos ordino ambasadorių Lietuvoje
personal data
SURNAME Mauchenheim, Christian Freiherr von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mauchenheim called Bechtolsheim, Christian Freiherr von; Bechtolsheim, Christian Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Lithuania
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich