Clemens von Wedel-Gödens

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Clemens Graf von Wedel-Gödens (born October 15, 1866 in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , † May 16, 1945 in Großneuhausen ) was a German administrative officer, parliamentarian and manor owner.

Life

Großzschocher Castle around 1910

Clemens Graf von Wedel was the eldest son of the grand ducal Oldenburg thigh and head stable master Clemens Graf von Wedel (1829-1907) and Constance Freiin von Falkenstein, a daughter of the Saxon State Minister Johann Paul Freiherr von Falkenstein .

Since 1911 he was married to Pauline Countess von Wedel (1881–1964), one of the five daughters of the Saxon-Weimar court marshal Oscar Graf von Wedel and the writer Maria von Wedel . His wife had previously been lady-in-waiting in Weimar from 1904 and lady-in-waiting at the Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg since 1906. Wedel had four children, including Elisabeth von Werthern , who later became the managing director of the German Parliamentary Society .

He studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1886 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . After graduation and the doctorate to Dr. jur. he entered the Prussian civil service. From 1896 to 1897 he completed the government traineeship with the government in Merseburg . From 1899 to 1904 he was district administrator for the district of Leer . In 1904 he moved to the district of Hanover as district administrator , where he was in office until his retirement on April 1, 1930.

Wedel was the owner of the Großzschocher manor near Leipzig. From 1901 to September 1, 1919, he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Hanover . Gustav Bratke succeeded him in the provincial parliament .

literature

  • Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , pp. 381–382.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66 , 936
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 901
  3. ^ Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage Holdings I. HA Rep. 125, No. 5308
  4. ↑ District of Leer administrative history and district list on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
  5. ↑ District of Hanover administrative history and district list on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
personal data
SURNAME Wedel-Gödens, Clemens von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wedel-Gödens, Clemens Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative officer, parliamentarian and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1945
Place of death Großneuhausen