Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck

Constantin Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck, in 1971, giving a speech during a demonstration by farmers in Bonn

Constantin Bonifatius Herman-Josef Antonius Maria Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck (born December 17, 1931 in Münster , † July 26, 2017 on the Surenburg ) was a German farmer , forest manager and politician ( CDU ). He was President of the German Farmers' Association (1969–1997), President of the German Hunting Protection Association (1995–2003) and a member of the German Bundestag (1983–1990).

family

Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck came from the old Dutch noble family Heereman von Zuydtwyck . His father Theodor Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck (1894–1965) was a career officer. After the early death of their mother Elisabeth, nee Freiin von dem Bongart (1900–1935), the six children were adopted by the father's eldest brother and so came to their uncle at Surenburg Castle in Hörstel-Riesenbeck . His grandfather was the central politician Clemens Heereman von Zuydwyck (1860-1918).

In 1956 he married Margarethe ("Gitty") Freiin von Wrede-Melschede (1931-2007) from a noble Catholic family from the Westphalian Willebadessen in the Warburg district. The four daughters and son Philipp Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck , who is the chairman of the forest farmers' association in North Rhine-Westphalia , come from the marriage . Heereman von Zuydtwyck was a Roman Catholic denomination.

Life

Heereman attended the Aloisius College of the Jesuit Order in Bad Godesberg . The boarding school led to the premature termination of school after three and a half years with the completion of the secondary school leaving certificate. After two years of agricultural apprenticeship, he passed the assistant examination and attended the agricultural school in Soest from 1953 to 1954 . After graduating as a state-certified farmer, in 1955 he took over the management of the forestry and agricultural business of the Surenburg house of his adoptive uncle Max Freiherr Heereman and in 1960 he took over the management of the Heereman's headquarters in Münster.

From 1958 he was local farmer and chairman of the local association in Riesenbeck, from 1967 chairman of the agricultural district association Tecklenburg. Heereman was elected President of the Westphalian-Lippian Agricultural Association in 1968 and President of the German Farmers' Association the following year. He held this office until 1997. From 1979 to 1981 and from 1990 to 1992 he was President of the EU Farmers Association COPA and from 1982 to 1986 President of the World Farmers Association IFAP .

Heereman was also President of the State Hunting Association of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1976 to 2004 and President of the German Hunting Protection Association from 1995 to 2003. From 1997 to 2006 he was Vice President of the European umbrella organization FACE.

In 1964 Heereman became a member of the board and was chairman of the Westphalian riding and driving school in Münster from 1969 to 2014. From 1996 to 2012 he was a member of the presidium of the Provincial Association of Westphalian Riding and Driving Associations and from 1997 to 2005 he was a member of the presidium of the German Equestrian Association.

In 1969 he became a member of the board of directors of Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank and was its chairman from 1974 until he left in 1998.

Heereman was Honorary Knight and Devotion Knight of the Order of Malta and Chairman of the Eastern Delegation of the sovereign Order of Malta. He was captain d. R. the Bundeswehr .

On November 11, 1972, Heereman joined the Münster Carnival Society. V. Bad spirits in 1947 . In 1976 Heereman became a knight of the order against the seriousness of the Aachen Carnival Association (AKV); In 1996 he was appointed Honorary Chancellor; In 2016 he was awarded the Jölde Hazz va Oche for his services to the Aachen Carnival.

Zuydtwyck was a member of the board of trustees of the ISHR .

politics

Constantin Heereman joined the CDU in 1957 and was also involved in local politics for over 25 years. In 1983 he prevailed against Gottfried Köster and Herbert Peuten and was nominated by 123 delegates with only 20 dissenting votes for the Bundestag candidate for the then Bundestag constituency 98 Steinfurt II .

From 1983 to 1990 he was a directly elected member of the CDU in the German Bundestag for the following terms:

• 10th German Bundestag (March 29, 1983 to February 18, 1987)
• 11th German Bundestag (February 18, 1987 to December 20, 1990)

He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in both legislative terms . His successor as a member of the then constituency Steinfurt II was Karl-Josef Laumann in 1990 .

He was best known in public as a representative of the farmers' association. In 1969 he replaced Edmund Rehwinkel as President of the German Farmers' Association .

honors and awards

• 1973: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1976: Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1976: Order against the seriousness of the animals of the Aachen Carnival Association (AKV)
• 1980: Ernst Reuter badge
• 1981: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1982: Pipe Smoker of the Year
• 1993: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1994: German equestrian cross in gold from the German Equestrian Association (FN)
• 1996: Honorary Chancellor of the Order against the seriousness of the Aachen Carnival Association (AKV)
• 1996: Great Silver Decoration with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 1996: Large Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1997: Honorary President of the German Farmers' Association
• 2005: Honorary member of the German Equestrian Association (FN)
• 2012: First honorary citizen of the city of Hörstel
• 2014: Peace Rider Award 2014 of the Westphalian Riding Club
• 2016: Jölde Hazz va Oche of the Aachen Carnival Association 1859 eV for his services to the Aachen Carnival
• Honorary old man at the Academic Hunting Association Hermann Löns in Münster
• Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Board of Agravis Raiffeisen AG
• Schorlemer badge in gold of the Westphalian-Lippian landscape association

Fonts

• Part-time farming in conflict , Fredeburg Dt. Rural Youth Academy 1970, IN: Fredeburger Hefte, No. 8
• Speeches on SME policy: 1976-1978 , Düsseldorf 1979
• German World Economic Society: EC agricultural policy and foreign trade , DWG Berlin 1980
• Not just through green glasses , Seewald Stuttgart 1981
• Technology and medium-sized companies.ʹSecuring prosperity for everyone , in: MANAGEMENT HEUTE, Bad Harzburg. No. 1. 1984. pp. 11-14.
• Wishes and demands of German agriculture within the framework of the European agricultural system , Studienkreis Hochsch./Wirtschaft NRW 1985, in: Schriftenreihe Hochschule-Wirtschaft, H. 4.
• Agriculture and forestry Biofilters for industrial society? , DBV Bonn 1988
• Snapshot: Constantin Freiherr Heereman in conversation with the journalist Peter Staisch , DBV Bonn 1994
• On the future of farmers in our society , DBV Bonn 1997

literature

• Franz-Josef Budde, Bernd Haunfelder , Gisbert Strotdrees : Constantin Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-7843-2864-4 .
• Constantin Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 21/1997 from May 12, 1997, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck († 85) is dead - mourning the legendary peasant president . In: BILD.de . ( bild.de [accessed on July 27, 2017]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Obituary notice Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ . ( faz.net [accessed July 30, 2017]).
3. ^ Basche, Arnim / Borchert, Jochen / Dertz, Wolfgang / Eschenbach, Christoph u. a. (Ed.): Forest facets: Encounters with the forest . DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1998, p. 174 .
4. ^ German Hunting Protection Association: Obituary notice Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck on faz.net , July 29, 2017
5. ↑ "Freiherr Heeremann von Zuydtwyck is 85" on hoefnet.nl , December 10, 2016
6. ↑ Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank: Obituary notice Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck on faz.net , July 29, 2017
7. ^ Obituary notice Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck on trauer.ms , July 29, 2017
8. ↑ ISHR at a glance. In: International Society for Human Rights (ISHR). Retrieved April 27, 2019 (German). 
9. ↑ ^{a b} The Steinfurt District Association 1975 to 1995 , CDU Steinfurt District, accessed on July 27, 2017
10. ↑ Agriculture - the everyday madness , Der Spiegel No. 47/1987, November 16, 1987
11. ^ Just a normal farmer , Die Welt, December 4, 1996
12. ↑ ZEIT article on taking office as President of the German Farmers' Association on zeit.de
13. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.6 MB)
14. ↑ Stephan Beermann (-bee-): Freiherr Heereman made an honorary citizen - the city of Hörstel honors prominent Riesenbeckers . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , online version including video from mazzTV from February 1, 2012; accessed on June 12, 2013 (subject to registration)
15. ↑ Short version of the aforementioned article in the Internet portal of the Westfälische Nachrichten
16. ↑ Friedensreiterpreis for Constantin Freiherr Heereman von Zuydtwyck on st-georg.de , August 11, 2014
17. ↑ Members of the Advisory Board of Agravis Raiffeisen AG 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.