Conrad from Bistram

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Family coat of arms of the Courland noble family von Bistram

Conrad Friedrich Otbert von Bistram (born April 17, 1816 in Jakobstadt , † March 16, 1890 in Mitau ) was a Courland Baron , Lord of Groesen, Land Marshal and President of the Court of Justice in Mitau.

Life

Bistram studied in 1836 at the University of Goettingen jurisprudence . He was from 1839 to 1843 Assessor at Doblenschen captain - court , from 1844 to 1849 the chief captain -Gericht in Mitau and provisional member in Kurzeme Kosistoriums. From 1849 to 1856 noble captain in Bauske and from 1856 to 1861 chief captain in Tuckum . From 1861 Bistram was the first youngest councilor, from 1868 Land Marshal, from 1874 Oberburggraf . From 1878 he was Chancellor and from 1879 to 1889 President of the Courland High Court in Mitau. From 1889 he served as an honorary peace judge .

Origin and family

Conrad von Bistram came from the Baltic von Bistram (Haus Born-Rimahlen and Sussey). His father was the president of the Kurländischen Consistory Carl Gotthard Wilhelm Ernst von Bistram (1777-1841), who was married to Appolonia von Engelhardt . In 1849 Conrad married Franziska von Pfeilitzer-Franck from the Strutteln family (Kurland). The eldest son Franz Alexander von Bistram (* 1851 in Bauske ; † 1908 in Riga ) was a judge in Groesen, his second son Wilhelm Rodrigo von Bistram (* 1855 in Groesen; † 1902 in Ossek) was a Catholic priest . Franz Alexander's grandson, Konrad Franz von Bistram (* 1927), died in Bremen in 2016 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Georg von Bunge : The inland. A weekly journal for Liv, Esthian and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature , Volume 9, Verlag Kluge, 1844, original from the Austrian National Library , digitized February 4, 2014, column 369 ( online )
  2. ^ Obituaries: Konrad Baron von Bistram. Weser-Kurier October 14, 2016 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Bistram, Conrad von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bistram, Conrad Friedrich Otbert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Courland Land Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Jakobstadt
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1890
Place of death Mitau