Gustav Gans zu Putlitz

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Gustav Heinrich Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz (born March 20, 1821 on Gut Retzin, Groß Pankow , Prignitz ; † September 5, 1890 there ) was a German landowner, writer, theater director and politician. From 1888 until his death he was a member of the Prussian manor house .

family

Gustav Gans Noble Herr zu Putlitz came from the Brandenburg nobility Gans zu Putlitz in the Prignitz . The family held the honorary office of the Hereditary Marshal of the Kurmark Brandenburg , which entitles them to a hereditary seat in the Prussian manor house .

The six Putlitz children

Gustav zu Putlitz was the second child and eldest son of the landowner and manor house member Eduard Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz (1789–1881) and his wife Caroline, née von Guretzky. His younger brother Eugen also became a member of the manor house.

On May 18, 1853, Gustav zu Putlitz married Elisabeth Countess von Königsmarck (1825–1901), a daughter of Adolf Graf von Königsmarck, member of the Electoral State Parliament, and his wife Josephine, née von Miaskowska. He lived with her in the Königsmarckschen Palais in Berlin, which belonged to his father-in-law. The marriage had six children:

Life

Gustav zu Putlitz studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1842 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . He did his military service with the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot in Berlin before he worked for the provincial government in Magdeburg for some time from 1846. He first wanted to pursue a diplomatic career. In January 1848 he embarked on a long journey to Italy, from which he returned to Retzin in May 1848. During this time he developed a very friendly relationship with Willibald Alexis (1798–1871), which lasted until Alexis' death and had a formative effect on Gustav's own writing ambitions. He went public with his literary works and plays with increasing frequency. In 1850 he published the fairy tale book What the forest tells itself , which was well received by the public. In the end he gave up his civil service career and from 1853 devoted himself to the management of his father's estate in Retzin for 10 years . In 1856 he commissioned Eduard Neide to beautify the manor park.

In 1863, at the suggestion of his friend, the previous Schwerin court theater manager Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883), Gustav zu Putlitz took up the general management position at the grand ducal theater in Schwerin and stayed there until 1867. In 1867 he took over for a year, the special request of the crown prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1831–1888) - later Emperor Friedrich III. - following, the office of court marshal of the royal court in Potsdam. In the 1870s, Gustav zu Putlitz headed the editorial department of the Spenersche Zeitung in Berlin for a long time . In 1873, at the request of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (1826–1907), son-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm I , Putlitz took over the management of the Karlsruhe court theater . In the summer of 1889 he resigned from this position for reasons of age in order to spend his old age in his native Retzin.

From 1888 Gustav zu Putlitz was senior of the family and thereby Hereditary Marshal of the Kurmark Brandenburg, as such also a hereditary member in the Prussian manor house , the first chamber of the state parliament. However, due to age and illness, he did not occupy the manor house. Shortly before his death, he was elected honorary member of the German Stage Association .

Gustav Gans was also president of the German stage association and wrote much-read fairy tale books in the second half of the 19th century as well as his childhood and youth memories in the Prignitz under the title Mein Heim . His now forgotten early fairy tale books such as What the forest tells or forget-me-not saw their 50th edition as early as 1900. The lively correspondence he had with fellow writers such as Paul Heyse and Willibald Alexis was largely destroyed.

Honors

Putlitzstrasse in Karlsruhe has been reminiscent of Gustav Gans zu Putlitz since 1897.

Works

A selection:

  • The pledge of the blue ribbon , 1846
  • What the forest tells itself , 1852 ( digitized version )
  • Arabesques , 1854 Digitized edition (Vol. 1)
  • Testament of the Great Electors , 1858
  • Brandenburg stories, 1862
  • Rolf Berndt , 1879
  • Mein Heim , Berlin 1885 (new edition Berlin 2012)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910 , 112 , 507.
personal data
SURNAME Putlitz, Gustav Gans too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Putlitz, Gustav Heinrich Gans Edler Herr zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landowner, writer, theater manager and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH to Gut Retzin, Groß Pankow , Prignitz
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1890
Place of death to Gut Retzin, Groß Pankow , Prignitz