Ernst von Zitzewitz (politician, 1873)
Ernst Augustin Wilhelm Otto von Zitzewitz (born August 28, 1873 in Zezenow , † March 16, 1945 in Klein Lüblow , district of Lauenburg i. Pom. ) Was a Prussian landowner and politician.
Life
Ernst von Zitzewitz was the fourth son of Wilhelm von Zitzewitz (1838–1925, from 1909 Count von Zitzewitz) from his first marriage to Marie von Krockow (1845–1891). At the grammar school in Stolp he passed the final examination in 1893. Then he studied law and political science at the University of Heidelberg . In Heidelberg he joined the Corps Saxo-Borussia in 1893 . He completed his studies in Berlin , where he passed the legal traineeship exam in the spring of 1896. He did his military service in 1896/1897 with the Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 in Pasewalk .
He then worked at the local courts in Belgard and Pasewalk, at the Stettin regional court and at the public prosecutor's office in Stolp. With the government in Frankfurt (Oder) he was accepted into the civil service in 1899 as a government trainee. In the spring of 1902 he became a government assessor and was transferred to the district office in Aachen until 1904 , before joining the government in Stettin .
In 1905 in Aachen he married Elisabeth von Hammacher (1884–1945), daughter of the Aachen police chief Karl von Hammacher . The marriage resulted in the son Ernst-Günther (1907–1973) and four daughters. From 1916 Zitzewitz was the master of Klein Lüblow. His father left him the Pottack and Karlswalde estates in the Rummelsburg district in 1917 .
Ernst von Zitzewitz was district administrator of the Naugard district from 1905 to 1925 and was a member of the provincial parliament of the province of Pomerania . In 1918 and 1919 he headed the intelligence agencies of the War Food Office. In 1925 he became governor of the Provincial Association of Pomerania , replacing Governor Johannes Sarnow, who died in 1924 . Zitzewitz held this office until his forced retirement in April 1934. He was the last elected governor.
After his retirement he lived in Berlin . During the Second World War he managed the estate of his son, who was drafted for military service, in Western Pomerania . On March 16, 1945, Zitzewitz and his wife were murdered when the Red Army marched in.
In 1925 the city of Naugard granted him honorary citizenship for his services as district administrator. In 1927 he was appointed legal knight of the Order of St. John . The awards he received included the Iron Cross 2nd Class , the Red Eagle Order 4th Class , the Red Cross Medal 3rd Class and the Cross of Merit for War Aid .
literature
- Manfred Schulze-Plotzius: An overview of the activities of the provincial administration of Pomerania in the years 1933 to 1945 . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series vol. 49, von der Ropp, Hamburg 1962, p. 71 ( digitized version ).
- Theodor Wengler : The Pomeranian Provincial Association. Directory of the members of the provincial assembly. (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 44.) Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8 .
- Georg von Zitzewitz: History of the first and second line of the family von Zitzewitz (1313-1926). Herrcke & Ebeling, Stettin 1927, pp. 471–472.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zitzewitz, Ernst von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian landowner and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zezenow |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1945 |
| Place of death | Klein Lüblow , district of Lauenburg i. Pom. |