Erhard von Wedel-Gödens

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Georg Erhard Graf von Wedel-Gödens (born January 2, 1861 in Philippsburg (Leer) , † December 4, 1931 in Evenburg ) was a German administrative officer , manor owner and politician .

Life

Erhard von Wedel was the son of Fideikommissherr Karl Georg Graf Wedel-Gödens and Frieda geb. Baroness of Wangenheim . After visiting the Vitzthum Gymnasium Dresden he studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University , the Georg-August University of Göttingen and the University of Oxford Law . In 1881 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . He was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD. After the court and government traineeship exams, he undertook major trips to India, Japan and America. He became majorate at Gödens Castle . From 1894 to 1899 he was district administrator of the district of Leer and from 1899 to 1904 of the district of Hanover .

Von Wedel was a district deputy, member of the district committee and the district council of Leer, the district council of Wittmund and the provincial committee and the provincial council of Hanover. From 1898 to 1918 he was a member of the Prussian manor house . Wedel was a member of the Hanover regional synod and patron saint of the Evangelical Lutheran churches in Loga, Logabirum and Neustadt-Gödens and the Reformed churches in Dykhausen and Neustadt-Gödens. He was Rittmeister of the Reserve in the Cuirassier Regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 . The marriage with Julia Freiin von dem Bussche-Ippenburg called von Kessel resulted in a daughter and five sons. His brother was the ambassador Botho von Wedel .

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf, 1902, p. 201
  • GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 196
  • Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 382.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 9 , 645
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 550
  3. ^ Rolf Jehke: Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874 - 1945 , May 2014 district Leer

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personal data
SURNAME Wedel-Gödens, Erhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wedel-Gödens, Georg Erhard Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative officer, manor owner and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Philippsburg (Leer)
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1931
Place of death Evenburg