Friedrich von Nordeck to Rabenau

Historic estate in Darmstadt (1888)

Frankfurt am Main; Storming of the barricade at the Konstablerwache by artillery on September 18, 1848

Friedrich Joseph Kilian Freiherr von Nordeck zur Rabenau (born March 20, 1793 in Londorf ; † December 31, 1863 in Darmstadt ) was a Hessian general and politician and former member of the 1st and 2nd chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Friedrich von Nordeck zur Rabenau, born in Londorf, which is now the largest part of the municipality of Rabenau (Gießen district, Hesse), was the son of the Hesse-Kassel officer Hugo Leopold von Nordeck zur Rabenau (1755-1832) and his wife Therese Bassilia, nee Freiin Huldenberghe van den Borsch. Friedrich was from Nordeck to Rabenau, the Catholic denomination, married on October 27, 1829 in Frankfurt am Main his cousin Ernestine Therese Leopoldine born Baroness of Zwierlein the daughter of the Imperial Barons and Hesse-Darmstadt urban Chamberlain Hans Jacob (1810-1871), of Zwierlein to Alten-Buseck and his wife Caroline nee Freiin von Nordeck zur Rabenau. Caroline (born January 8, 1787 in Londorf; † March 3, 1837 in Munich) was the six years older sister of Friedrich von Nordeck zur Rabenau (1793–1863). His brother Wilhelm Nordeck zur Rabenau (1798–1862), who was five years his junior, was also a member of the Hessian state parliament and forester.

His son Ferdinand Nordeck zur Rabenau (1837-1892) became a member of the Hessian state parliament and lieutenant colonel.

Military career

Friedrich von Nordeck zur Rabenau joined the Hesse-Darmstadt military in May 1805 and became second lieutenant in the Guard Fusilier Battalion in September 1807, where he was promoted to premier lieutenant in 1811. In 1814 he became captain 3rd in the same regiment, 2nd class in 1819 and 1st class in 1822. In 1825 he became a major and commander of the 1st Battalion in the 1st Infantry Regiment. In 1943 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1845 to colonel. In 1853 he received the rank of major general and was commander of the. 1st Infantry Brigade. In 1855 he became the deputy of the High Court President. In 1859 he was retired as Lieutenant General à la suite .

politics

In the 1st and 2nd and 7th and 8th electoral periods (1820-1824 and 1835-1841) he was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the estates he represented the landed nobility. In 1856 he was appointed a lifelong member of the first chamber. At the beginning of the 17th state parliament (1862), he left the state parliament at his own request due to illness.

literature

Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , pp. 198–199.
Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 282.
Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29 = Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 673-674.
Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses to the year 1855. Fifth year, p. 404

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personal data
SURNAME	Nordeck zur Rabenau, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nordeck zur Rabenau, Friedrich Joseph Kilian Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Member of the state parliament in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH	Londorf
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1863
Place of death	Darmstadt