Georg Albrecht zu Erbach-Erbach

Franz Georg Albrecht Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Christian Graf zu Erbach-Erbach and von Wartenberg-Roth, Lord zu Breuberg, Wildenstein, Steinbach, Curl and Ostermannshofen (born August 22, 1844 in Erbach (Odenwald) ; † April 19, 1915 in Ober-Mossau ), counted as Georg Albrecht IV. , often just Albrecht , was a member of the noble house of Erbach, a German nobleman , as such a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and, as lord of the Wildenstein office in the Kingdom of Bavaria , also hereditary Reichsrat der Crown of Bavaria .

family

Georg Albrecht zu Erbach-Erbach was the first of six sons of Count Franz Eberhard (XV.) Zu Erbach-Erbach (1818-1884) and Klothilde, born Countess zu Erbach-Fürstenau (1826-1871). Since 1878 he was married to Erika Juliane, née Princess zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1856–1928). The couple had a son Erasmus (1883–1920).

Life

After private tuition by private tutors, Georg Albrecht was initially in Imperial Austrian military service between 1862 and 1868 ; During this time the German War fell in 1866 , in which the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Kingdom of Bavaria with the Empire of Austria were among the losers, and in 1867 the Austro-Hungarian Compromise . Throughout his life he showed an affinity for the Austrian way of life in clothing and posture. Between 1868 and 1870 studies at the universities of Erlangen , Würzburg , Berlin and Bonn followed.

After his return to the residence in Erbach, Georg Albrecht headed the house index and took part in the administration of the Graeflich Erbach-Erbach and Wartenberg-Rothischen Rentkammer in Erbach , led by his brother Arthur . After the death of his father Eberhard XV. in 1884 he joined the government of Standesherrschaft Erbach-Erbach and took over the related mandates in the First Chamber of the Hessian estates (where he had previously represented just his father, and he represented himself by proxy by his brother Arthur between 1905 and 1908. let) and in the Bavarian Reichrat.

In 1902, during his reign, the neo-baroque facade of the Erbach Palace was laid out. From 1908 Georg Albrecht zu Erbach-Erbach was the senior of the entire Erbach house. A memorial stone in the district of Ober-Mossau, which is one of the cultural monuments of the community of Mossautal, reminds of his sudden death during the grouse hunt .

literature

• 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 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 278-279.
• Christian Müller: History of the Count's House of Erbach-Erbach from 1818 to the present. Neustadt an der Aich 1955 (Library of Family History Works 17), pp. 58–70.

Web links

• Erbach-Erbach, Franz Georg Albrecht Graf too. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).