Georg von Oertzen
Karl Friedrich Theodor Georg Ludwig von Oertzen , with the addition of the ownership name also von Oertzen-Brunn (born February 2, 1829 in Brunn (Mecklenburg) ; † May 26, 1910 in Kirchhalden near Kenzingen ) was a German diplomat , court official and writer .
Life
Georg von Oertzen was born as the youngest son of the Mecklenburg-Güstrow district administrator Carl von Oertzen (1788–1837) and his wife Wilhelmine, née. von Dewitz (1792–1875). Karl von Oertzen and Heinrich von Oertzen were his brothers.
After attending high school in Wittenberg he studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn , the Georg-August-University of Goettingen and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Berlin law . In 1849 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . From 1852 to 1857 he served as a Prussian officer, including from 1855 as an attaché to the Bundestag envoy Otto von Bismarck . From 1857 to 1864 he was active in the Prussian court service. In the following years he devoted himself exclusively to his writing activities in Tübingen and Heidelberg . As a poet and epigrammatist , he published his works under the pseudonyms Ludwig Robert and Georg Wanderer . He took part in the German War and the Franco-German War as a Johanniter. In 1879 he entered the diplomatic service of the German Empire. From 1881 to 1888 he was Imperial Consul in Marseille and from 1888 to 1892 Imperial German Consul General in Christiania . He then lived alternately in Kirchhalden near Kenzingen, where he died, and in Meran . Von Oertzen was the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Chamberlain .
Karl von Oertzen and Heinrich von Oertzen were his brothers. Georg von Oertzen had an illegitimate son who was born in Marseille in 1885 and grew up under the name Georg Viktor Kunz .
Awards
- Commander of the House Order of the Wendish Crown
- Gold medal of merit
- Order of the Crown II class
- Order of the Red Eagle III. class
- Right knight of the Order of St. John
- Iron Cross (1870) 2nd class
- Knight 1st class of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear
- Commander 2nd class of the Vasa Order
- Knight 1st class of the Order of Saint Olav
- Knight of the Order of Dannebrog
- Mecidiye medal 2nd class with star
- Memorial cross for 1866
- War memorial for the campaigns of 1870–71
Fonts (selection)
- Poems. 3rd edition, 1861.
- From struggles of life. Aphorisms. 1868.
- Satires. 1874.
- German dreams, German victories. 1877.
- Adam versus Eve. 2nd edition, 1878.
- Own ways. 1879.
- On Black Forest trails. 1896.
- Words for moments. 1898.
- Just reach into it: New aphorisms. 1901.
literature
- Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902. Düsseldorf 1902, pp. 132-133. ( Digital )
- Gustav Gotthilf Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928. Aschaffenburg 1928, pp. 120–121.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7188 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ in the literature occasionally Baron von Oertzen or Freiherr von Oertzen
- ↑ According to other sources in Freiburg (Breisgau)
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 283
- ↑ Viktor's head. How to deal with an unjust Nazi judgment, 2016 , at the Fritz Bauer Institute , 2019
- ^ Awards and their order according to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook. 1910, p. 29.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oertzen, Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oertzen, Georg Baron von; Oertzen, Georg Freiherr von; Oertzen, Karl Friedrich Theodor Georg Ludwig von (full name); Robert, Ludwig (pseudonym); Wanderer, Georg (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, court official and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brunn (Mecklenburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1910 |
| Place of death | Kirchhalden near Kenzingen |