Gustav Ernst von Kamptz

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Gustav Ernst von Kamptz , actually Gustav von Kamptz (baptized March 12, 1763 in Klein Plasten ; † August 13, 1823 in Mirow ) was a German administrative lawyer, botanist and entomologist.

Life

Gustav Ernst von Kamptz (No. 191 of the gender census ) was the youngest son of the landowner Christoph Albrecht von Kamptz (1712–1765; # 172) and his wife (Sophia) Charlotta (1719–1778), daughter of the lawyer and Swedish tribunal assessor Hermann Albrecht von Schuckmann. Kamptz inherited the Mecklenburg estates of Klein Plasten (until 1785), Rockow and Eickhof (until 1789) from his father.

Kamptz attended the Knight Academy in Lüneburg and studied law at the universities of Leipzig and Kiel before entering the administrative service of the sub-duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . He died in 1823 as the ducal chamberlain of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Landdrost (since 1798) and since 1815 as chief captain of Mirow of dropsy of the breast .

In 1787 he married Sophie (Elenore Elisabeth) von Holstein (1768–1839), daughter of the Danish colonel Carl von Holstein and lady-in-waiting of Princess Christiane von Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The couple had six children. Gustav (Ernst) and his five brothers brought together 55 children and thus ensured the continuation of their sex; his son Georg Eduard Magnus von Kamptz (1791-1854) continued this branch of the von Kamptz family .

Kamptz worked as a natural scientist and entomologist and published some writings on Mecklenburg natural history, including in the useful articles on the New Strelitz advertisements . As an entomologist and botanist, he first described numerous species.

Fonts

Articles in: New Strelitzic Ads / Useful Posts (Neubrandenburg):

  • One more word about the beautiful zodiacal light on December 27th and 28th, 1798. (1799)
  • To weather observers and nature lovers. (1806)
  • Physical description of the ducal Mecklenburg-Strelitz office of Mirow. (1806)
  • Contribution to the natural history of Mecklenburg. (1808)
  • Contribution to the Mecklenburg oryctognosia. (1808)
  • Clarification of two folk legends about the Hasselhorn and the Ant King. (1808)
  • About the eroded stones on the Müritz. (1809)

literature

  • Carl Gustav Immanuel von Kamptz: The family von Kamptz. Bärensprungsche Hofdruckerei, Schwerin 1871, p. 367 ff. ( Digitized version )
  • 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. 4793 .

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Date and place follow the information in the family history of Carl Gustav Immanuel von Kamptz: Die Familie von Kamptz. Bärensprung, Schwerin 1871. p. 367. A date of birth is not mentioned there. In other secondary sources there are numerous deviating information for his birth without further explanations or comments, which cannot be verified: May 9, 1762, May 19, 1762, May 9, 1763. A necrology from 1823 says he died at the age of 61 , which speaks for 1762 as the year of birth.
  2. ↑ The family history knows him as Gustav (Ernst) v. K.
  3. ↑ No. 172 of the Gender Census .
  4. ↑ Carl Gustav Immanuel von Kamptz: The family von Kamptz. Bärensprung, Schwerin 1871, p. 323 ff.


personal data
SURNAME Kamptz, Gustav Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kamptz, Gustav von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, botanist and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH baptized March 12, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Small plastic
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1823
Place of death Mirow