Egbert Hoyer from Asseburg

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Egbert Hoyer Graf von der Asseburg (born January 1, 1847 in Meisdorf ; † March 31, 1909 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and sports functionary.

origin

His parents were Ludwig von der Asseburg (1796–1869) and his fifth wife, Adelheid von Fürstenstein (1816–1900).

On January 10, 1881, as baron, he was personally awarded the Prussian title of Count von der Asseburg , which since 1840 had only been awarded to the family under the law of the firstborn .

Life

Asseburg completed a military career in the Prussian army . He served in the regiment of the Gardes du Corps and took part in the war against France in 1870/71 . He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. From May 20, 1893 to August 17, 1897, Asseburg was the commander of the cuirassier regiment "Emperor Nicholas I of Russia" (Brandenburg) No. 6 . He then commanded the 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade in Berlin and on April 22, 1902, was put up for disposition as lieutenant general with the statutory pension .

Memorial plaque for von der Asseburg by Ernst Gorsemann at the Olympiastadion Berlin .

Asseburg was considered close to the emperor. He was Vice President from 1905 and President of the German Reich Committee for the Olympic Games (DRAfOS) from 1906 to 1909 . At the same time he was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1905 until his death . He accompanied the German Olympic teams to Athens in 1906 and to London in 1908. Asseburg made great contributions to the German sports movement. He is considered to be one of the founders of the German Stadium in Grunewald, where the 1916 Olympic Games should have been held. He prepared the IOC session in Berlin in 1909, but died shortly before, so that it was carried out by Julius Caesar Karl Oskar Erdmann von Wartensleben-Carow , who arranged for the Olympic Games to be awarded to Stockholm in 1912 and Berlin in 1916. A memorial plaque for von der Asseburg, which was installed in the German Stadium after the First World War , hangs today at the Olympiastadion Berlin . He was the editor of a three-volume source collection by those from the Asseburg .

He was buried in the Asseburg inheritance funeral in Meisdorf.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 423.
  2. ^ Relay race Potsdam - Berlin. The time May 14, 1953; http://www.zeit.de/1953/20/staffellauf-potsdam-berlin
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : Neo-Olympism between nationalism and internationalism. In: Horst Ueberhorst (Ed.): History of physical exercises. Volume 3/1, Bartels & Wernitz, Berlin 1980, pp. 522-568.
  4. ↑ Asseburger Urkundenbuch: Documents and Regesta on the history of the Wolfenbüttel-Asseburg family and its possessions / ed. by Egbert Graf von der Asseburg. Th. 1: Up to the year 1300: with family tree and seal images. Osnabrück: Wenner, 1876 (Neudr. D. Edition Hannover: Hahn, 1905); Th. 2: Until the year 1400. Wenner, Osnabrück 1887. (Neudr. D. Edition Hannover: Hahn, 1905); Part 3: Up to 1500. Hahn, Hanover 1905.
personal data
SURNAME Asseburg, Egbert Hoyer from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asseburg, Egbert Hoyer Graf von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general of the cavalry, sports functionary, chairman of the German Olympic Committee, member of the International Olympic Committee
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Meisdorf
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1909
Place of death Berlin