Georg Alexander Heinrich Herrmann von Callenberg

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Count Georg Alexander Heinrich Herrmann von Callenberg

Count Georg Alexander Heinrich Herrmann von Callenberg (born February 8, 1744 in Muskau ; † May 4, 1795 in Muskau) was the electoral Saxon Privy Councilor , registrar of the Free Morality of Muskau in Upper Lusatia and President of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences

Origin and family

Facade of the old Muskau Castle
Headquarters of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences in Görlitzer Neißstraße 30

Georg Alexander Henry Herrmann of Callenberg came from the Westphalian dynasty of Callenberg with headquarters calenberg castle in Warburg . His parents were Count Johann Alexander von Callenberg (1697–1776) and his wife Rahel Luisa Henriette born. von Werthern (1726–1753).

On August 24, 1769, he married Marie Henriette Olympe de la Tour du Pin (1746–1771) in Dresden . They had two children, Johann Alexander von Callenberg and Clementine Kunigunde Charlotte Olympia Luise von Callenberg (1770–1850), who married Ludwig Karl Johann Erdmann von Pückler (1754–1811) in 1784/85 . Their son was the landscape designer Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871).

Georg Alexander von Callenberg's second marriage was with Marianne Wilhelmine Eleonore von Oertzen (1746-1809).

Live and act

His father Johann Alexander von Callenberg issued his own church and school regulations in 1745. To promote reading, writing and singing, he founded elementary and country schools for the predominantly Wendish population.

His son Georg Alexander continued these efforts. Under the patronage of the Callenbergs, school books were printed at their own expense, the Wendish poor were supported and money donated to the school institutions through the local pastor. Georg Alexander von Callenberg, after a 40-year break and at the request of the citizens, renewed the Muskau Rifle Guild in 1776 and is considered to be its founder after the revival. In 1780 Callenberg became president of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences . He was also a knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

  • Joachim Bahlcke: History of Upper Lusatia. Dominion, society and culture from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. Leipziger Universitätsverlag GmbH, 2nd edition, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-935693-46-X

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800 , published by Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, second volume, Leipzig 1803, p. 5
  2. ↑ Association for Computer Genealogy - Gedbas
  3. ^ Roskilde history: Callenberg family tree
  4. ^ Lupold von Lehsten: Mitteilungen , Institut für Personengeschichte, Bensheim 2012, section The Spring Conference 2012 of the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences
  5. ↑ Christian Gottlieb Langner: Record-based report of the foundation, construction and inauguration of the Wendish St. Andreas Church in Muskau in Upper Lusatia, together with historical news from the entire rulership of Muskau and the landscape of the same name , published by George Gottlieb Monse, Budissin 1788, p. 8
  6. ↑ Günter Tappert: History of the Muskauer Schützengilde / Part 5: Prince Pückler and Schützen fought in court , Lausitzer Rundschau, Cottbus / Weißwasser 2011, sections 'Similar events' and 'Good relationship'
  7. ↑ Ed. Joachim Bahlcke: History of Upper Lusatia. Dominion, society and culture from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. Leipziger Universitätsverlag GmbH, 2nd edition, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-935693-46-X , p. 28

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personal data
SURNAME Callenberg, Georg Alexander Heinrich Herrmann from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Saxon Privy Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Muskau
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1795
Place of death Muskau