Christoph Carl von Beulwitz

Christoph Carl von Beulwitz (born January 6, 1827 in Trier ; † May 29, 1909 there ) was a German entrepreneur and politician .

education

Christoph Carl von Beulwitz, son of Alexander von Beulwitz , studied mining and metallurgy at the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe from 1843 to 1846 . He became a member of the Karlsruhe fraternity in Teutonia in 1843/44 . He continued his education in Paris and Brussels .

Professional background

In 1850 he and his brother Alexander took over the management of their parents' family business Carl Gottlieb sel. Erben , which consisted of the Mariahütte estate and ironworks in Braunshausen (Nonnweiler) , the Hubertushütte in Bierfeld and extensive estates and forests. At the end of 1860 he gave up wrought iron production and switched to cast iron production .

Beulwitz was for many years on the supervisory board of the Friedrich Wilhelms-Hütte in Mülheim an der Ruhr and the Humboldt mechanical engineering institute in Kalk . Around 1865 he founded the Trierische Commité to achieve a Hochwaldbahn .

politics

Beulwitz was very politically active and held numerous offices between 1888 and 1909, a. a. Member of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament , the Rhenish Provincial Council , the district committee, district councilor , district deputy and representative of the district administrator .

family

Beulwitz married Franziska Rautenstrauch (* October 25, 1833; † August 12, 1915) from Trier on September 22, 1853 and sister of Valentin Rautenstrauch . The couple had several children:

• Valentin Alexander (* July 22, 1854; † July 5, 1921), co-owner of the Mariahütte ⚭ 1887 Freiin Klara de Lasalle von Luisenthal (* March 25, 1860)
• Susanne (born May 3, 1856)
• Marie (born May 15, 1863) ⚭ 1886 Anton Mohr, forestry advisor
• Franziska (Fanny) (* April 12, 1865) ⚭ 1888 Joseph Frings (* May 29, 1860 - August 23, 1901), Prussian government councilor

Honors

Beulwitz was awarded the Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown 4th Class on the commemorative ribbon Wilhelm I and the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Grand Ducal Hessian Phillips Order .

literature

• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser: Uradel , 1942, p. 19
• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 84-85.
• Obituary in Stahl und Eisen , vol. 29, No. 25, 1909, p. 968
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1901. Second year, p.77