Friedrich von Thurn and Taxis

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Friedrich Lamoral Joseph Maria Anton Prince of Thurn and Taxis (born December 23, 1871 in Raab , Győr , Hungary ; † May 10, 1945 in Biskupitz ) was a large landowner , K. uk treasurer and lieutenant colonel ret. D.

origin

Friedrich was born on December 23, 1871 in Raab. He was the son of Prince Lamoral Friedrich von Thurn and Taxis (1832-1903), an Austrian k.uk field marshal lieutenant , and Countess Antonie Schaffgotsch , Freiin zu Kynast and Greiffenstein (1850-1942). He belonged to the so-called younger Bohemian line of the House of Thurn and Taxis , whose founder was Prince Maximilian Joseph (1769–1831), the youngest son of Alexander Ferdinand (1704–1773). The members of this line had owned the incolat in the Bohemian gentry since 1832 and were also enrolled as a farmer in Tyrol since 1838 . Friedrich's grandfather Friedrich Hannibal von Thurn und Taxis also received the Hungarian indigenous community in 1842 . Friedrich's younger brother, Hugo (1873–1915), was an officer in the 6th Dragoon Regiment and died in Bukovina during the First World War .

Life

Biskupitz Castle

After the death of his father, he inherited a large estate . He was lord of the Bishop's Castle (today Biskupice), a place south of Olomouc . In addition to the village of Bishop's Castle, he also owned the villages of Vranová, Vranová Lhota, Březinky, Hartinkov, Libštejn, Stará i Nová Roveň, Vysoká and Jaroměřice. The total area of ​​his land ownership was 2,377.93 hectares , most of which was covered by forests. The forestry was the most important entrepreneurial activity in the estate of princes. As a result of the agrarian reform in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, Friedrich was forced to give up part of his land.

Due to the Munich Agreement , the Wehrmacht occupied the Sudetenland in October 1938 . Friedrich von Thurn und Taxis owned land in the Moravia- Trebov region on the demarcation line between Czechoslovakia and the German Empire . Friedrich (membership number: 6.557.197, Gau Sudetenland ) and his three children joined the NSDAP in 1938 . When the borders between the German Empire and Czechoslovakia were to be precisely defined, Thurn and Taxis tried to ensure that Bischofsburg Castle and the estates belonging to it were added to the German Empire. He worked with the Wehrmacht during the occupation on November 24, 1938 . On 15./16. In March 1939 the rest of the Czech Republic was broken up . However, the exact border between the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Sudetenland was the subject of negotiations during the Second World War . As a result, Prince Friedrich was not able to freely dispose of his land in the years 1939–1945. He sued the upper authorities in Berlin , but without success. Adolf Hitler put the problem of defining the definitive boundary aside for an indefinite period of time.

After the end of the Second World War, Friedrich Prince von Thurn und Taxis was murdered on May 10, 1945 by a "Revolutionary Guard".

Marriage and offspring

On November 30, 1907, Friedrich married in Neuville-sous-Huy, Belgium the royal uk palace lady and star cross order lady , Princess Eleonore de Ligne (born January 25, 1877 - August 13, 1959 ), daughter of Prince Edouard de Ligne and the princess Eulalie zu Solms-Braunfels . The couple had the following three children:

  • Eulalia Maria Antonie Eleonore (1908–1993), Lady of the Star Cross
engaged in 1928, disengaged in 1929 Raphael Rainer von Thurn und Taxis (1906–1993)
⚭ 1929 Philipp Ernst von Thurn und Taxis (1908–1964) (both sons of Prince Albert von Thurn and Taxis (1867–1952) and Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria )
  • Georg Lamoral Alexander Anton Joseph Maria (1910–1986)
⚭ 1943 (divorced 1954) Editha Scheer (* 1921)
⚭ 1969 Anneliese Zerbst (1922–2015),
  • Hugo Lamoral Nikolaus (1916–1975), business graduate
⚭ 1940 (divorced 1945) Ingeborg Sponer (* 1921)
⚭ 1953 Beatrice von Bethusy-Huc (1925–1954)
⚭ 1961 Dorothea van der Elst (* 1931).

literature

  • Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 614.
  • Fabian Fiederer: "... hold on to all old traditions". The living environment and self-image of the high nobility using the example of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis in the time of Prince Albert I (1888–1952). In: Thurn und Taxis Studies - New Series No. 5, Publisher: Pustet, F / Pustet, Friedrich GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7917-2795-0 .
  • Jan Suchomel: Krásy baroka v Jevíčku a okolí Barokní zámek v Biskupicích. In: Jevíčský zpravodaj 7/2005, pp. 8–9 ( digital )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GHdA , Princely Houses Volume XV, 1997, p. 483.
  2. ↑ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816–1918 ( Online ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Austrian State Archives, © 2007) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oesta.gv.at
  3. ↑ Zdenek Marecek: Loucen Thurn a Taxisove: Pohledy do doby minule i nedavne. Loucen, Czech Republic: Obec Loucen 1998, pp. 80-81.
  4. ↑ GHdA , Princely Houses, Volume XV, p. 477.
  5. ^ ÖBL, Thurn and Taxis, Friedrich Hannibal Prince von
  6. ^ Text based on the Czech article on the website: www.biskupice-u-jevicka.cz .
  7. ↑ Text based on the Czech article on the website: http://www.biskupice-u-jevicka.cz/117-historie/384-rod-thurn-taxis
  8. ↑ Text based on the Czech article on the website: http://www.biskupice-u-jevicka.cz/117-historie/384-rod-thurn-taxis
  9. ^ Ernst Klee: The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 614.
  10. ↑ Quote: Four members of the Bohemian line of the family joined the party in 1938, another in 1941. Specifically, these were Prince Friedrich with his wife Eleonore and their three children, Princes Georg and Hugo as well as Princess Eulalia, called Illa and wife Prince Raphael Rainer. Since the entries, with the exception of that of the mother, who only became a member on November 1, 1941, all took place on November 1 and December 1, 1938, a connection appears here with the incorporation of the Sudetenland into the German Reich in the course of the Munich Agreement conclusive. In: Fabian Fiederer: "... hold on to all old traditions". The living environment and self-image of the high nobility using the example of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis in the time of Prince Albert I (1888–1952). Publisher: Pustet, F / Pustet, Friedrich GmbH, 2017, p. 173.
  11. ↑ Text based on the Czech article on the website: http://www.biskupice-u-jevicka.cz/117-historie/384-rod-thurn-taxis
  12. ↑ Jan Suchomel: Krásy baroka v Jevíčku a okolí Barokní zámek v Biskupicích. In: Jevíčský zpravodaj 7/2005, pp. 8–9.
  13. ↑ Fabian Fiederer: "... hold on to all old traditions". The living environment and self-image of the high nobility using the example of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis in the time of Prince Albert I (1888–1952). In: Thurn und Taxis Studies - New Series No. 5, Publisher: Pustet, F / Pustet, Friedrich GmbH, 2017, p. 210 ff.
  14. ↑ GHdA , Princely Houses Volume XV, 1997, pp. 471–476.
  15. ↑ geneall.net/de
personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Taxis, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurn and Taxis, Friedrich Lamoral Joseph Maria Anton Prince von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Large landowner, K. u. K. Chamberlain and Lieutenant Colonel ret. D.
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Raab , Győr , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1945
Place of death Biskupitz