Christian zu Rantzau (politician)

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Count Christian Carl Otto Adolf zu Rantzau on Rastorf (born October 15, 1858 in Uetersen , † May 21, 1939 in Rastorf ) was a German administrative and court official, manor owner and parliamentarian.

Life

Christian zu Rantzau came from the Rastorf house of the Holstein nobility family ( Equites Originarii ) Rantzau and was the son of the priest of Uetersen Emil zu Rantzau (1827–1888) and his wife Caroline Christiane Elisabeth, née. Reventlow (1837-1917).

He studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg and the University of Tübingen Eberhard Karls law . In 1878 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . In the same year he joined the Corps Suevia Tübingen . After graduating, he entered the Prussian civil service. From 1889 to 1897 he was district administrator for the district of Plön . In 1895 he was the founder of the Schleswig-Holstein region and became its general landscape director .

From 1911 to 1918 zu Rantzau was a member of the Prussian manor house . He later became a member of the Prussian State Council . He was the owner of the Rastorf manor near Preetz , chamberlain and honorary doctorate in law (Dr. jur. Hc).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 112 , 892
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 197 , 476
  3. ^ District of Ploen administrative history and district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
  4. ↑ The Schleswig-Holstein landscape merged into the Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank in 2002 .
  5. ^ Rantzau-Rastorf, Christian Graf zu, Dr., 1858-1939 (founder and general landscape director of the Schleswig-Holstein landscape) at www.argus.bstu.bundesarchiv.de
  6. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 64 , 756
personal data
SURNAME Rantzau, Christian too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rantzau auf Rastorf, Christian Carl Otto Adolf zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative and court officials, manor owners and parliamentarians
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Uetersen
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1939
Place of death Rastorf