Franz von Veltheim
Franz Wilhelm Werner von Veltheim (born November 10, 1785 in Rothenburg (Saale) , † December 31, 1839 on Schönfließ (Oberhavel) ) was a German geologist and mining captain in the Kingdom of Prussia .
Life
Veltheim's father was the miner Carl Christian Septimus von Veltheim (1751–1796).
Veltheim married Countess Marianne von Veltheim on February 26, 1812 at Destedt Castle (* February 26, 1794 in Braunschweig; † May 10, 1844 at Gut Schönfließ), the daughter of Count August Ferdinand von Veltheim on Harbke and Ottonie von Arnim . His eldest son was Werner von Veltheim , captain of the Königs Wusterhausen castle .
Veltheim was a landlord on Ostrau (Petersberg) , Kösseln and Groß-Wartenberg ( Anhalt ). In 1833 he was a member of the provincial parliament of the province of Saxony for the status of knighthood in the Wittenbergsch constituency .
He was a member of the Natural Research Society (Halle) . From 1824 to 1839 he was President of the Thuringian-Saxon History Association .
As director of the Eisleben Mining Authority , during the wars of liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte, he called for the formation of a battalion of volunteer miners and smelters in the Mansfelder Land , which was founded on December 25, 1813 as a pioneer unit . With this he went down in Prussian military history .
Honors
- Member of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists
- Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class with star and oak leaves
- Iron cross on a white ribbon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ostrau.de ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses A volume I, page 394, volume 5 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1953, ISSN 0435-2408
- Rudolf Mirsch: On the importance of the Royal Prussian Mansfeld Pioneer Battalion , Mansfeld Echo, No. 1/2004
Web links
- biography
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Count and Countess of Veltheim (ostrau.de)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veltheim, Franz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Veltheim, Franz Wilhelm Werner von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landowner and chief miner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1839 |
| Place of death | Gut Schönfließ , Oberhavel district , Brandenburg |