Felix von Königsdorff

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Felix Silvius Ferdinand Graf von Königsdorff (born September 24, 1835 in Lohe near Breslau , † February 24, 1924 in Kassel ) was a German administrative officer, landowner and politician. He came from the noble family Königsdorff .

origin

His parents were Count Felix von Königsdorff (* February 8, 1791; † December 1, 1836) and his wife Henriette Luise von Pritzelwitz (* February 2, 1798; † January 18, 1864) a daughter of Major General Karl Ludwig von Pritzelwitz .

biography

Felix von Königsdorff studied law in Breslau, Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1855 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . After graduating, he entered the Prussian civil service. From 1879 to 1888 he was District Administrator of the Rummelsburg i. Pom. From 1888 he was police director and from 1891 until his retirement in 1900 police chief of Kassel.

From 1873 to 1879 Königsdorff was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , where he represented the constituency of Köslin 2 (Rummelsburg - Schlawe). He was a member of the faction of the Free Conservative Party .

family

He married the baroness Paula von Dalwig (born February 10, 1835, † January 26, 1919). The couple had several children:

  • Felix Peter Paul Adam (born June 29, 1861)
  • Rosabella Felice Eva (July 17, 1862 - March 10, 1945)
  • Eberhard Felix Adam (born August 6, 1865 - † February 5, 1934)
∞ Bertha Mathilde Pfund (born December 30, 1878 - † October 4, 1948)
∞ Elsa Maria Hertzka (* February 2, 1873; † 1944)
  • Konstantin Prudens Felix Raab Eckehard Adam (* May 21, 1880) ∞ Hanna Elisabeth Schoen (* March 21, 1878)

Well Jastrzemb

The Kurhaus in Königsdorff-Jastrzemb around 1872, woodcut by B. Manefeld

In March 1861, Königsdorff bought the Jastrzemb estate in Jastrzębie Dolne, which was in the Rybnik district of the Prussian government district of Opole , and sent samples of the water containing iodine and bromine from the spring there to Wroclaw and Berlin . The positive analysis gave hope for a lucrative business, and so in April 1861 Königsdorff set up the first “Swiss” bathroom .

The luxurious ambience soon attracted more guests than planned, 108 in the first season.Sure of his success, the count therefore left two spa houses between 1861 and 1862 , a drinking hall with a direct supply line from the spring and other bathing facilities (some with golden taps ) for the treatment of rheumatism , scrofula , gout , rickets and liver diseases. Further spas and villas for the spa guests were built. Restaurants, medical practices, dance halls, libraries, music rooms and a post office followed. In 1862 the Kurhaus could accommodate 500 people.

He changed the not very sonorous name Nieder Jastrzemb to Bad Königsdorff-Jastrzemb. Among the guests were rich nobility from Congress Poland , Russians, Austrians, German aristocrats from Berlin and East Prussia, not least because of the low prices. The number of rooms grew to 300 in 1865. In addition to rheumatism, gynecological, skin, paralysis and tuberculosis were treated there.

Count Königsdorff later sold the Jastrzemb estate and the spa to a Breslau stock corporation. Despite the newly built open-air theater, the health resort had lost its heyday.

literature

  • Bernhard Mann : Biographical handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 .
  • Dr. Karl Deutsch, Silesia mineral springs and health resorts , 1873, p.143ff Königsdorff-Jastrzemb

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 475
  2. ↑ Rummelsburg i. Pom. Administrative history and district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
  3. ↑ Stadtkreis Hannover administrative history, district chiefs, city directors / mayors, and police presidents on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke)
  4. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 224 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 255-257.
personal data
SURNAME Königsdorff, Felix von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Königsdorff, Felix Silvius Ferdinand Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative officer, landowner and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Lohe near Breslau
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1924
Place of death kassel