Eduard zu Salm-Horstmar

Prince Eduard Max Vollrath Friedrich zu Salm-Horstmar (born August 22, 1841 at Varlar Palace near Osterwick , † December 23, 1923 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian cavalry general , sports functionary and member of the International Olympic Committee .

Life

He was the third son of Friedrich zu Salm-Horstmar (1799-1865) and his wife Elisabeth, born zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1806-1886).

From 1858 he was a cavalry officer in the Prussian Army and served a. a. from May 14, 1890 to October 17, 1894 as commander of the 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade , from 1895 to 1910 as President of the General Order Commission and during the First World War as Adjutant General of Wilhelm II. He retired after the end of the war.

As Vice President of the German Committee for the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, he became President for the 1904 Games, which at that time had the functions of the National Olympic Committee . In this capacity he was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1901 to 1905. He belonged to the old Salm-Horstmar family , large landowners from Münsterland, and was well connected in Berlin as a member of the Union Club (the forerunner of the Directorate for Thoroughbred Breeding and Races ) and the Imperial Automobile Club.

Individual evidence

↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. Based on the rankings from 1914 with the changes that have occurred in the meantime ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 1.
^ Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism. In: Horst Ueberhorst (Ed.): History of physical exercises. Volume 3, Part 1: Physical exercise and sport in Germany from the beginnings to the First World War. Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin et al. 1980, ISBN 3-87039-036-0 , pp. 522-568.
^ Eduard Max Vollrath Friedrich Prinz zu Salm-Horstmar .

personal data
SURNAME	Salm-Horstmar, Eduard zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Salm-Horstmar, Prince Eduard Max Vollrath Friedrich zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landowner, Prussian cavalry general, sports functionary
DATE OF BIRTH	August 22, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH	Varlar Castle near Osterwick
DATE OF DEATH	December 23, 1923
Place of death	Potsdam

[1] German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. Based on the rankings from 1914 with the changes that have occurred in the meantime ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 1.

[2] Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism. In: Horst Ueberhorst (Ed.): History of physical exercises. Volume 3, Part 1: Physical exercise and sport in Germany from the beginnings to the First World War. Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin et al. 1980, ISBN 3-87039-036-0 , pp. 522-568.

[3] Eduard Max Vollrath Friedrich Prinz zu Salm-Horstmar .