Oskar von Ekesparre

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Oskar von Ekesparre

Oskar von Ekesparre (born July 21, jul. / 2. August  1839 greg. In Kangern on Saaremaa ; † 27. December 1925 in Kuressaare ; Complete name: Oskar Arkadius Otto von Ekesparre-Olbrück ) was a Baltic German officer, railway engineer and Politician.

Life

Oskar von Ekesparre was born as the son of Lieutenant Colonel and Councilor of State Reinhold von Ekesparre, landlord of Kangern on Ösel, and his wife Elisabeth, nee. born of Buxhoeveden .

Career

He completed officer training in the 2nd Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1858 . In the summer of 1858 he became an ensign and later a guard lieutenant in the Semenow Life Guard Infantry Regiment . From the winter semester 1858 to the summer semester 1860 he attended the Nikolai Engineering Academy in Saint Petersburg. From the winter semester 1860 to the winter semester 1863 he studied civil engineering and mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe . He completed his studies in February 1864 as an engineer in mechanical engineering.

He then worked for various railway companies in Russia , from 1864 to 1866 as a section engineer and from 1866 to 1868 as deputy director of the Balta-Elisavetgrad Railway and from 1868 to 1874 as director of the Kharkov-Kremenchuger Railway and from 1872 to 1874 as Chief Engineer of the Znamenka-Nikolayev Railway.

In 1874 he became the owner of the Olbrück estate in Estonia . Olbrück emerged from the Zerell , Pödra and Mento estates . In 1878 he acquired the Brohlbachtal the castle Olbrück .

From 1876 to 1906 Oskar von Ekesparre was Land Marshal von Ösel. In 1909 he was president of the Supreme Railway Commission and from 1920 president of the Öselschen non-profit association.

family

Coat of arms of the Ekesparre

Oskar von Ekesparre-Olbrück came from the long-established Swedish - Baltic noble family von Ekesparre. His grandfather was Reinhold Gustaf Magnus von Ekesparre (1776–1807), adjunct at the regulatory court , who was married to Natalie Elisabeth von Dilmar (1779–1859), followed him:

  • Reinhold Gustaf Magnus von Ekesparre (1807–1876), member of the Russian State Council , married to Charlotta Christina Elisabeth von Buxhoeveden (1811–1891)
    • Arthus Peter Leopold von Ekesparre (1838–1909), married to Lydia Elise von Krüdener (1844–1907)
    • Oskar Arkadi Otto von Ekesparre-Olbrück
    • Leopold Emil Hugo Reinhold von Ekesparre (1840–1856)
    • Ida Julie Natalie von Ekesparre (* 1841), married to Carl Otto Gustaf Albert von Buxhoeveden (* 1833)
    • Adalbert Otto Eduard von Ekesparre (1842–1880), Russian staff captain
    • Aline Marie Emma von Ekesparre (1844–1844)
    • Eugen Georg Alexander von Ekesparre (1845–1917), engineer , member of the Russian State Council, married to Anna Carolina Schilling von Canstatt ( 1845–1918 )
    • Alfred Theodor von Ekesparre (* 1847), engineer and lieutenant , landowner
    • Edgar Peter Joseph von Ekesparre (1849–1898), captain , married to Leontine Wilhelmine Butenop
    • Bruno Armin von Ekesparre (1850–1898), Russian colonel , married to Elisabeth Butenop († 1899)
    • Guido Leopold von Ekesparre (1852-1904), married to Berta Cornelia Schmid (1860-1906)

Since 1878 Oskar was married to Bertha, born von Buxhoeveden , daughter of the district administrator Arthur Baron von Buxhoeveden, landlord of Kuiwast on Ösel . The marriage resulted in a daughter (Elisabeth Adelaine * 1879, married to Otto Reinhold von Stackelberg ) and the son Reinhold Arthur Peter von Ekesparre-Olbrück, who was born in 1880 and died in Russia in 1915 .

Awards

Oskar von Ekesparre has been awarded numerous titles and orders. In detail these were:

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personal data
SURNAME Ekesparre, Oskar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ekesparre-Olbrück, Oskar Arkadius Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic officer, railway engineer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Kangruselja
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1925
Place of death Kuressaare