Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg

Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (born June 5, 1928 in Würzburg ; † December 2, 2015 near Leutkirch im Allgäu ) was a German entrepreneur and head of the Zeil line of the former Princely House of Waldburg . Born with the official family name of Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg , the entrepreneur called himself Prince Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg since the death of his father .

family

Zeil Castle

Georg Graf von Waldburg-Zeil was the son of Prince Erich von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1899–1953) and Princess Monika zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1905–1992). He had six younger siblings, including the CDU member of the Bundestag Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil , who has already died as well as the sister Josefine Princess von Lobkowicz (1929–1999) and the brother Eberhard Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1940– 2013).

Georg von Waldburg-Zeil was married to Marie Gabrielle Princess of Bavaria (* 1931), a daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria , who was the son of the last Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht , since 1957 . The marriage resulted in five daughters and the son Erich (* 1962), who succeeded his father as head of the house after his death and has been married to a daughter of Carl Duke von Württemberg since 1988.

He lived at Zeil Castle near Leutkirch in the Allgäu.

Life

Georg von Waldburg-Zeil attended the St. Blasien boarding school until it was closed by the National Socialists in 1939 . After the end of the war, he made up his Abitur and studied at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , where he passed the state examination in 1951 as a graduate economist .

When his father Erich August von Waldburg-Zeil died in a car accident on May 24, 1953, he took over all his father's businesses, two thirds of which consisted of agriculture and forestry in the Allgäu and one third of industry in southern Germany. He also succeeded his father as head of the former Princely House of Waldburg.

In the 1950s, he was one of the most important donors of the then controversial right-wing conservative group of the Occident Action , deputy chairman of the Occidental Academy and publisher of its magazine Neues Abendland ( the uncompromising Christian monthly for politics, culture and history ). Also in the 1950s, Georg von Waldburg-Zeil, like his brother Alois, was a member of the conservative European Documentation and Information Center (CEDI).

In the course of the post-war land reform of the state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern initiated by the Allied occupying powers from 1949, the Waldburg family was one of the three longest-resisting opponents. The reform was delayed until a compromise was reached with the newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg in 1969 (under Prime Minister Hans Filbinger ), as a result of which Georg von Waldburg-Zeil received an amount of 750,000 instead of the previously requested 2.88 million DM DM received; In return, the country waived the surrender of 138 hectares of land on the condition that this would be leased to farmers for twelve years.

Entrepreneurial activities

The entrepreneurial activities of Georg von Waldburg-Zeil and his family are broadly diversified. The family owns a good 10,000 hectares of land, mainly used for forestry and agriculture. This makes it one of the largest private landowners in Germany.

Georg von Waldburg-Zeil was the publisher of the Schwäbische Zeitung via Medienhaus Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG and was involved in the private broadcasters Radio 7 , Radio Seefunk , three regional television broadcasters and numerous other subsidiaries. Since the 1960s he was co-editor of the Allgäuer Zeitung and the Memminger Zeitung .

The von Waldburg-Zeil family also operates the regional airfield Leutkirch-Unterzeil , the Holzhof Zeil and several casinos , the Hochgratbahn and, since 1958, a chain of rehabilitation clinics and spa centers ( Waldburg-Zeil Kliniken , with more than 3000 employees).

South of the Argentine noble winter sports resort San Martín de Los Andes , he owned the Estancia "San Jorge" with several thousand hectares of coniferous wood plantation since the late 1970s , of which 2000 hectares were reserved for deer hunting . Neighboring estates of similar size are the German industrialists Ruprecht von Haniel and Wolf von Buchholtz (together they own over 15,000 hectares of land), with whom he cooperated, among other things, for forest fire prevention; for example, he had an existing runway expanded for fire-fighting aircraft.

The family also formerly owned (together with the Feldmühle Group ) the Baienfurt paper mill near Ravensburg, which was sold to Stora Enso in 1990 and closed at the end of 2008.

Georg von Waldburg-Zeil was temporarily a member of the advisory boards of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) as well as Deutsche Bank and president of the German Aero Club .

Ownership and participation relationships

The KEK publishes the shares in media companies annually.

Private

Funeral conduit 2015

He was the bearer of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a patron of numerous social and cultural organizations as well as the Catholic Church and patron of many events in the regional area.

Through his economic activities, Georg von Waldburg-Zeil increased his family's private wealth, which was originally concentrated on agriculture and forestry. The Manager magazine listed the family in 2002 with at that time an estimated 2.5 billion euros to rank 39 of the list of the richest Germans , in 2005 with 0.35 billion euros still ranked 213th

ancestors

Pedigree of Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg
Great-great-grandparents	Prince Konstantin von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1807–1862) ⚭ 1833 Countess Maximiliane von Quadt zu Wykradt and Isny (1813–1874)	Prince Friedrich Karl Joseph von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee (1808–1871) ⚭ 1832 Countess Elisabeth Johanna Baptista zu Königsegg-Aulendorf (1812–1886)	Prince Hugo zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1803–1888) ⚭ 1830 Former Countess Leopoldine zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (1805–1878)	Don Ignacio Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox, Count of Sclafani (1812–1878) ⚭ 1841 Donna Teresa Álvarez de Toledo y Silva (1824–1883)	Hereditary Prince Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802–1838) ⚭ 1829 Princess Maria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804–1835)	Prince Alois II von und zu Liechtenstein (1796–1858) ⚭ 1831 Countess Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1813–1881)	Count Joseph Erwin Sidonius Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1806–1862) ⚭ 1828 Countess Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1806–1872)	Count Alphons von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810–1894) ⚭ 1843 Countess Therese von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1823–1856)
Great grandparents	Prince Wilhelm von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1835–1906) ⚭ 1865 Countess Maria Josepha von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee (1840–1885)		Former Count Erich zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1836–1884) ⚭ 1865 Donna María del Pilar Álvarez de Toledo (1843–1893)		Prince Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1834–1921) ⚭ 1859 Princess Sophie von und zu Liechtenstein (1837–1899)		Count Friedrich Karl Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1843–1899) ⚭ 1864 Countess Sophie von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1845–1909)
Grandparents	Prince Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1867–1918) ⚭ 1897 Former Countess Marie Therese zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (1869–1930)				Prince Aloys zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1871–1952) ⚭ 1898 Countess Josephine Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1874–1946)
parents	Prince Erich August von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1899–1953) ⚭ 1926 Princess Monika zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1905–1992)
Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg (1928–2015)

honors and awards

Grand Crusader of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory (1964)

Gran Cruz del Orden de Isabel la Católica (1965)

Honorary Senator of Ulm University (1977)

Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1978)

Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998)

Staufer Medal in Gold (2008)

Honorary citizen of the city of Leutkirch im Allgäu (2008), Isny im Allgäu, Bad Wurzach

Knight of Honor of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Knight of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece

Bavarian Order of Merit

Gran Cruz del Orden del Mérito Civil

burial

The funeral service took place on December 12, 2015 in the parish church of St. Verena in Bad Wurzach. The Requiem was celebrated by Bishop Gebhard Fürst . The burial took place in the family cemetery near Schloss Zeil.

Funeral ceremony for Prince Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg in Bad Wurzach
The carriage with the coffin of the deceased
Mourners gathered around Georg's son and successor Erich Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg
Prince George's grave

literature

Zeiler aspects. Contributions to the 50th birthday of Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg on June 5, 1978. Allgäuer Zeitungshaus, Kempten 1980.
Andreas Dornhei: Nobility in the bourgeois industrialized society: a sociological-historical case study about the Waldburg-Zeil family. Dissertation. University of Tübingen 1991. Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-631-44859-7 (Europäische Hochschulschriften, 218).
Bernt Engelmann : The black chief to Zeil: Georg von Waldburg to Zeil and Trauchburg. In: Bernt Engelmann, Günter Wallraff : You up there, we down there. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-462-00937-0 . New edition: 1994, ISBN 3-462-02376-4 .

Web links

Commons : Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Georg von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg in the catalog of the German National Library
Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Karsten Langer, Christian Keun: The Ländle Dynasty , portrait of the von Waldburg zu Zeil family, manager-magazin.de , August 12, 2004.
Media participation by Georg von Waldburg-Zeil , website of the Commission for the Determination of Concentration in the Media Sector (KEK)
Website of the Waldburg-Zeil Clinics
Werner René Schwab: Princely business in the quiet forest , Ossietzky , 15/2002
Every second tree . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1968 ( online ).

References and comments

↑ His birth name was Georg Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg . Since the death of his father Erich August 1953, he appeared in public under the name Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg . It is not yet known whether this name, which goes back to the no longer existing and inheritable primogeniture nobility, is linked to a name change under civil status law. A request to the city of Leutkirch, according to § 32 Abs. 1 Meldegesetz, was answered in June 2010 with the following name excerpt: Maria Georg Konstantin Ignatius Antonius Felix Augustinus Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg , first name Georg .
Traditional name according to Online-Gotha also: Maria Georg Konstantin Ignatius Antonius Felix Augustinus Wunibald Kilian Bonifacius Reichserbtruchsess Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg
↑ Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg died , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 3, 2015.
^ Obituary in the Allgäuer Zeitung Online
^ Contribution to death at the SWR Landesschau
^ Acknowledgments / sympathy Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), In: Augsburger Allgemeine , December 19, 2015.
↑ Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution (WRV) of August 11, 1919 stipulated that the public-law privileges of birth or status were to be abolished and that titles of nobility could no longer be awarded. At the same time, the previous nobility names became part of the civil family name. In the case of the House of Waldburg-Zeil , all non-privileged members as of 1919 have had the civil surname Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg or Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg .
↑ Axel Schildt: Between Occident and America: Studies on the West German Idea Landscape of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 23, footnote 6, and p. 61.
↑ Der Spiegel , August 10, 1955.
↑ Axel Schildt: Between Occident and America: Studies on the West German Idea Landscape of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 56.
It was brought into being in 1946 by Johann Wilhelm Naumann , who in 1948 also founded the daily mail .
^ Rudolf Uertz: Eichstätt and the Bonn Republic . In: Die Tagespost , August 6, 2005, ISSN 1615-8415 .
^ Since April 1951, the New West has been published by the newly founded publishing house Neues Abendland, the owner was initially Georg von Waldburg-Zeil's father Erich zu Waldburg-Zeil († 1953), then Georg himself, the publisher was Gerhard Kroll (Axel Schildt: Zwischen Abendland und Amerika : Studies on the West German landscape of ideas of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 47).
^ Karin Graf: The land reform in Württemberg-Hohenzollern after the Second World War. Tectum Verlag, Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-8288-8568-3 , p. 249.
↑ Until the end of 1999 he was a general partner of Schwäbischer Verlag KG Drexler, Gessler in Leutkirch. Since its conversion to Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler in 2000, he appointed the chairman or deputy chairman of the advisory board as a partner. BDZV internal, 12/2003 v. June 23, 2003, ZDB ID 628688-4
↑ manager-magazin.de, August 12, 2004 (see web links).
↑ From 1967 until the cooperation with the Augsburger Allgemeine in 1968 he was sole editor for a short time; today's stake 50%.
^ Website of the Leutkirch-Unterzeil airfield
^ Andreas Lautz: Between hopelessness and optimism: Argentina's arduous way out of the crisis . (PDF; 334 kB) In: Heinz Kühn Foundation (ed.), 18th year book, pp. 356–359.
^ E.g. according to Deutsche Bank's 1977 annual report, p. 136.
↑ Media database - the media authorities. In: www.kek-online.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
↑ quoted from Werner René Schwab: Princely business in the quiet forest , Ossietzky, 15/2002
↑ Quoted here from manager-magazin special 2005: The 300 richest Germans
↑ SWR state show from December 12, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Waldburg-Zeil, Georg von; Waldburg-Zeil, Reichserbtruchsess and seventh Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg; Maria Georg Konstantin Ignatius Antonius Felix Augustinus Wunibald Kilian Bonifacius Georg von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publisher and large landowner, head of the Waldburg family
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH	2nd December 2015
Place of death	Leutkirch in the Allgäu

[1] His birth name was Georg Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg . Since the death of his father Erich August 1953, he appeared in public under the name Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg . It is not yet known whether this name, which goes back to the no longer existing and inheritable primogeniture nobility, is linked to a name change under civil status law. A request to the city of Leutkirch, according to § 32 Abs. 1 Meldegesetz, was answered in June 2010 with the following name excerpt: Maria Georg Konstantin Ignatius Antonius Felix Augustinus Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg , first name Georg .
Traditional name according to Online-Gotha also: Maria Georg Konstantin Ignatius Antonius Felix Augustinus Wunibald Kilian Bonifacius Reichserbtruchsess Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg

[2] Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg died , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 3, 2015.

[3] Obituary in the Allgäuer Zeitung Online

[4] Contribution to death at the SWR Landesschau

[5] Acknowledgments / sympathy Georg Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), In: Augsburger Allgemeine , December 19, 2015.

[Fürst-6] Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution (WRV) of August 11, 1919 stipulated that the public-law privileges of birth or status were to be abolished and that titles of nobility could no longer be awarded. At the same time, the previous nobility names became part of the civil family name. In the case of the House of Waldburg-Zeil , all non-privileged members as of 1919 have had the civil surname Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg or Countess von Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg .

[7] Axel Schildt: Between Occident and America: Studies on the West German Idea Landscape of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 23, footnote 6, and p. 61.

[8] Der Spiegel , August 10, 1955.

[9] Axel Schildt: Between Occident and America: Studies on the West German Idea Landscape of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 56.
It was brought into being in 1946 by Johann Wilhelm Naumann , who in 1948 also founded the daily mail .

[10] Rudolf Uertz: Eichstätt and the Bonn Republic . In: Die Tagespost , August 6, 2005, ISSN 1615-8415 .

[11] Since April 1951, the New West has been published by the newly founded publishing house Neues Abendland, the owner was initially Georg von Waldburg-Zeil's father Erich zu Waldburg-Zeil († 1953), then Georg himself, the publisher was Gerhard Kroll (Axel Schildt: Zwischen Abendland und Amerika : Studies on the West German landscape of ideas of the 1950s , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1999, ISBN 3-486-56344-0 , p. 47).

[12] Karin Graf: The land reform in Württemberg-Hohenzollern after the Second World War. Tectum Verlag, Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-8288-8568-3 , p. 249.

[13] Until the end of 1999 he was a general partner of Schwäbischer Verlag KG Drexler, Gessler in Leutkirch. Since its conversion to Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler in 2000, he appointed the chairman or deputy chairman of the advisory board as a partner. BDZV internal, 12/2003 v. June 23, 2003, ZDB ID 628688-4

[14] r-magazin.de, August 12, 2004 (see web links).

[15] From 1967 until the cooperation with the Augsburger Allgemeine in 1968 he was sole editor for a short time; today's stake 50%.

[16] Website of the Leutkirch-Unterzeil airfield

[17] Andreas Lautz: Between hopelessness and optimism: Argentina's arduous way out of the crisis . (PDF; 334 kB) In: Heinz Kühn Foundation (ed.), 18th year book, pp. 356–359.

[18] E.g. according to Deutsche Bank's 1977 annual report, p. 136.

[19] Media database - the media authorities. In: www.kek-online.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .

[20] quoted from Werner René Schwab: Princely business in the quiet forest , Ossietzky, 15/2002

[21] Quoted here from manager-magazin special 2005: The 300 richest Germans

[22] SWR state show from December 12, 2015.