Adolf von Krosigk

Gebhard Adolf Friedrich von Krosigk (born February 5, 1799 in Hohenerxleben Castle ; † March 3, 1856 ) was a German landowner and civil servant.

Life

family

Adolf von Krosigk was the son of Gebhard Anton von Krosigk and his wife Auguste Ernestine Elisabeth (1760-1840), daughter of Alexander Jakob von der Schulenburg . His sister was honor guard Friederike Wilhelmine von Krosigk (1781–1849), married to Carl Ludwig August von Hohenthal (1769–1829), Saxon governor and manor owner.

On July 3, 1823, Krosigk married Louise Friederike Ottolie Caroline (called Lisette ) (1800–1863), daughter of Johann Ludwig von Westphalen (1770–1842), Prussian government councilor and father-in-law of Karl Marx in Rondeshagen . Together they had six sons and six daughters. Of these are known by name:

Anna (Anne) Luise Ehrengard (1822–1909)

Albertine Leopoldine Amalie Armgard (* May 23, 1823 in Rathmannsdorf; † Aug 4, 1875 in Hecklingen) ⚭ Otto Baron Digeon von Monteton (1822–1913), Rittmeister a. D. and writer;

Isidore (1824–1885) ⚭ Werner von Veltheim (1817–1855), landowner, their son was the later captain of the castle of Königs Wusterhausen Werner von Veltheim ;

Klara Luise Auguste (1825-1836);

Anton Adolf Ludwig Heinrich (1827–1888), founder of Fideikommiss Hohenerxleben, Anhalt chamberlain and castle captain, sub-director of the Duchy of Anhalt ⚭ Ernestine von Veltheim (1836–1888), a daughter of Friedrich von Veltheim, on Destedt and Cremlingen (1795–1868) , 1824–1829 Brunswick Chamber Councilor , member of the Brunswick State Parliament ;

Wilhelmine Berhardine Hedwig (1828–1862) ⚭ Albrecht von Gadenstedt (1831–1867), ducal Brunswick court stable master ;

Erich Adolf Wilhelm (1829–1917), government trainee in Magdeburg , Anhalt Chamberlain and castle captain of Ballenstedt Castle ⚭ Sidonie von Veltheim (1838–1873), sister of Ernestine von Veltheim, wife of Anton Adolf Ludwig Heinrich von Krosigk on Hohenerxleben;

Adolf Theodor (1832–1906) ⚭ Antonie Klara von Kerssenbrock on Helmsdorf (1834–1858), a daughter of Bernhard Simon von Kerssenbrock , on Mönchshof and Helbra (1800–1872);

Gebhard Friedrich (1835–1904), Prussian general of the cavalry ⚭ Hedwig Helene von Alvensleben (1838–1914), daughter of Ludwig Eduard von Alvensleben (1805–1869);

Helene Elisabeth Walpurgis (1838–1917) ⚭ Friedrich von Trotha (1829–1885), Anhalt Chamberlain;

Friedrich Günther (* 1839), former Imperial Consul. D.

Career

Krosigk was brought up at home until he was 16 and then went to school at Berge Kloster in Magdeburg . In 1818 he began studying at the University of Berlin .

He lived with his family on the Rathmannsdorf manor since 1823 , which his father left to him and became the operator of the manor . Through the death of his father in 1840 he came into possession of the Hohenerxleben estate and has since managed his goods from the property there,

In 1836 he became district administrator and in 1848 was a member of the Anhalt-Dessau-Köthenschen unified state parliament, which was conceded by Duke Alexander Karl von Anhalt-Bernburg in the wake of the March riots and met on May 8, 1848. Because the Duke did not accept the new constitution and the decision to hand over the regency to the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, he dissolved the state parliament on December 14, 1848 and imposed a new constitution, which resulted in a new state parliament being elected in February 1849 to which Gebhard Adolph Friedrich von Krosigk belonged again.

Memberships

In 1827 he became a member of the association for the dissemination of Christian edification writings .
In 1850 he founded the Mission Aid Society in Hohenerxleben , which existed until December 31, 1889 and was chairman until his death.

Foundations

In 1850 he founded an orphanage.

Awards

In 1838 he received the Royal Prussian Order of St. John from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. ; in the restoration of the mastership in 1853 he placed himself directly under the balley ; On June 24, 1855, he received the knighthood of the Order of St. John in the chapel of the Berlin Palace from the hand of Master Carl von Prussia .

literature

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the primeval noble houses. 1908. Ninth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha, 1907, pp. 440–441.

Individual evidence

↑ Berliner Revue, pp. 150–152 . R. Heinicke, 1856 ( google.de [accessed January 7, 2018]).
↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . Perthes, 1859 ( google.de [accessed April 27, 2018]).
↑ Family tree of Adolf von Krosigk. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
↑ BMW bmw 1/7075 Hohenerxleben \ Missions-Hülfsverein zu Hohen-Erxleben concerning, 01.01.1850-1889.12.31 (unit of description). Retrieved April 28, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Krosigk, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Krosigk, Gebhard Adolf Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German landowner and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hohenerxleben Castle
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1856

[1] Berliner Revue, pp. 150–152 . R. Heinicke, 1856 ( google.de [accessed January 7, 2018]).

[2] Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses . Perthes, 1859 ( google.de [accessed April 27, 2018]).

[3] Family tree of Adolf von Krosigk. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .

[4] BMW bmw 1/7075 Hohenerxleben \ Missions-Hülfsverein zu Hohen-Erxleben concerning, 01.01.1850-1889.12.31 (unit of description). Retrieved April 28, 2018 .