Edwin Henckel von Donnersmarck
Edwin Henckel von Donnersmarck (born January 23, 1865 in Romolkwitz , Silesia ; † March 23, 1929 in Nakło , Upper Silesia ) was a German-Polish count , manor owner, mining entrepreneur and member of the Prussian House of Representatives (center).
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He came from the noble Silesian family Henckel von Donnersmarck and was born the son of the Reichstag delegate Lazarus IV. Henckel von Donnersmarck (1835-1914) and his wife Maria Countess von Schweinitz and Krain (1838-1914); the industrialist Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck (1811–1890) was his grandfather.
Edwin Henckel von Donnersmarck owned a manor in Romolkwitz. As an entrepreneur in the Free Estate of Bytom , which belonged to him , he was engaged in sustainable coal and ore mining as well as zinc smelting.
The count was very religious and was involved in the Catholic Church across the region; u. a. In 1912 he served in Aachen and in 1921 in Frankfurt am Main as Vice President of the German Catholic Congress .
From 1908 to 1918 he sat for the German Center Party as a member of the Prussian state parliament . 1925–1929 the nobleman worked as President of the German People's Federation for Polish Silesia .
Before 1918 Edwin Henckel von Donnersmarck was chairman of the Silesian Automobile Club , a former regional section of the AvD .
progeny
He was married to Wilhelmine Marie Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1869–1943). The marriage had two sons, Count Friedrich-Carl Henckel von Donnersmarck (1905–1989) and Friedrich Carl Alois Anton Vinzenz Henckel von Donnersmarck (1902–1991), and two daughters, Marie Alice Anna Gabriela Margarethe Henckel von Donnersmarck (1897–1971) ) and Sophie Josefine Margarete Henckel von Donnersmarck (1896–1972). The Cistercian Abbot Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck (* 1943) and his brother Leo-Ferdinand Count Henckel von Donnersmarck (1935–2009) are the couple's grandchildren, as are Karl Josef Count Henckel von Donnersmarck (1928–2008), married to Princess Marie-Adélaide von Luxembourg (1924–2007), daughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg . The film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (* 1973) is a great-grandson.
literature
- German Biographical Yearbook , Volume 11, Page 353, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1932, excerpt from the source
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Jaeger: Entrepreneurs in German Politics, 1890-1918 , Volume 30 of Bonner historical research, Bonn, Röhrscheid Verlag, 1967, page 64
- ↑ Arnulf Hein u. Sebastian Rosenbaum: ConFinium magazine ( contributions to Upper Silesian history ), Tarnowitz, Volume 1, 2006, page 99;
- ↑ Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung , Volume 15, 1914, various places in the Silesian Automobile Club
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henckel von Donnersmarck, Edwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Count Henckel von Donnersmarck, Edwin Hugo Lazarus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German count, entrepreneur and politician (center) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romolkwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1929 |
| Place of death | Nakło |