Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg

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Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg

Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg , also Gustolf (born April 24, 1843 in Sterbfritz ; † October 16, 1909 in Schweinsberg ) was a German diplomat . He came from the Hessian nobility.

origin

His parents were the forester Karl Friedrich Franz Rudolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg (born April 15, 1807, † December 7, 1862) and his first wife Charlotte Elise Mathilde Jungk († May 19, 1853).

Life

During his studies in 1862 he became a member of the Allemannia Heidelberg fraternity . In 1880 he came to Madrid as counselor of the legation and was transferred to Santiago de Chile as Minister-Resident in 1881. 1886–1893 Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg was envoy of the German Empire in Tehran, 1893–1896 in Beijing , 1898–1899 envoy in Tangier ( Morocco ). On these two stations he helped to open the country to European influences.

In 1893 he agreed to work for the AG Vulcan Stettin at Chinese government agencies . In a letter dated November 23, 1894, Schenck suggested to Schweinsberg to acquire Kiautschou .

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 234-235.
  • Günther Franz: Gustav Adolf (Gustolf) Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg (1843–1909), diplomat. In: Schnack, Ingeborg (ed.): Life pictures from Kurhessen and Waldeck 1830–1930 . Volume 4, Marburg 1950, pp. 346-350.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1894, forty- fourth year, p.792

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chunxiao Jing: With barbarians against barbarians. The Chinese self-strengthening movement and the German arms business in the late 19th century. Lit, Münster [ua] 2002, ISBN 3-8258-6514-2 , p. 138 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ Michael Kunzel: German dollars for Tsingtau. Footnote 8
predecessor Office successor
Ernst August of Hanover (1845–1923) Envoy of the German Empire in Tehran
1886–1893 		Nikolaus von Wallwitz
Max von Brandt German envoy in Beijing
1893-1896 		Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking
Christian von Tattenbach Envoy of the German Reich in Tangier
April 29, 1898–1899 		Friedrich von Mentzingen
personal data
SURNAME Schweinsberg, Gustav Adolf Schenck too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seckendorff, Edwin Graf von; Schweinsberg, Gustolf Schenck too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Dying fritz
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1909
Place of death Schweinsberg