Gabriela zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn

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Gabriela zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (born October 16, 1950 in Würzburg ) is a German entrepreneur . She is the managing director and owner of the Garden of the Butterflies Castle Sayn, which she founded in 1987, and is known to the public mainly for her voluntary work.

Gabriela Helene Maria Elisabeth Margarete Therese Fernanda Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid married in 1969 at Schloss Weißenstein (Pommersfelden) Alexander Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn , who gave his father Ludwig in 1962 according to the traditional guidelines of the German Nobility Committee as "boss" of the house Sayn-Wittgenstein -Sayn followed.

Since her wedding, she has been generally known under the name Gabriela Fürstin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn , even if since the abolition of the nobility in 1919 the title "Princess", but not the title "Fürstin" granted in Primogenitur , is part of the civil name.

family

Gabriela is the daughter of Rudolf Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid and Helene Princess von Thurn und Taxis . On July 29, 1969, she married Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn .

The couple have seven children, their daughter Filippa died in a car accident in 2001:

• Heinrich Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1970),
• Alexandra Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1973),
• Casimir Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1976),
• Filippa Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1980-2001),
• Ludwig (Louis) Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1982),
• Sofia Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1986),
• Peter Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (* 1992).

Offices and engagement

Gabriela zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn is known to the public in particular because of her social and community engagement.

She is a member of various foundation bodies and was a member of the city council of Bendorf from 1979 to 1985 .

Their functions include:

• Filippas Engel Foundation, Board of Directors
• Katharina Kasper Foundation, patron
• Christoph Metzelder Foundation, member of the board of trustees
• Don Bosco Foundation, Foundation Advisory Board
• Special Olympics, member of the board of trustees
• SWR-Ehrensache (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012), member of the jury
• Lichtzeichen eV, patron
• Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft 1822 eV, plant ambassador
• UN Decade of Biodiversity , Ambassador
• Mammography Screening Program Middle Rhine, Patron
• Friends of the "Sayner Hut", Deputy. Chairperson
• Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize, patron
• Support group "Abtei Sayn", Deputy. Chairperson

Orders and decorations

• Admission to Académie Cuisinier et Service Gastronomique ( 1987 )
• Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate ( 1988 )
• Rheinland Award, for the reconstruction of Sayn Castle ( 2001 )
• Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2016)