Gustav von Bohlen and Halbach

Gustav von Bohlen and Halbach, wife Sophie

Gustav Georg Friedrich Bohlen-Halbach , from 1871 von Bohlen-Halbach (born April 27, 1831 in Philadelphia , † November 9, 1890 in Karlsruhe ), was court ceremonial master and ministerial resident in the service of the Grand Duke of Baden .

Life

Gustav Bohlen-Halbach was the son of the Prussian consul Arnold Halbach and his wife Karoline Bohlen . He studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and in 1851 became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg . He finished his studies in 1853 with a doctorate.

In 1858 he applied to the Grand Duchy of Baden for free employment in diplomacy. He then served at the Baden embassy at the Prussian court in Berlin . In 1861 he was transferred to Paris as legation secretary and given a salary. In 1862 he was transferred to the Baden embassy in The Hague. In the same year he married Sophie born in The Hague . Bohlen (1837-1915), the daughter of Henry Bohlen, who in turn was a half-brother of Gustav's mother Caroline and died in the American Civil War in 1862 - a few months before his daughter's wedding. They had seven children, including Alwyn (1865–1938), Harry (1866–1919) and Fritz (1868–1941). Bohlen-Halbach was in 1866 promoted to envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague and on 14 August 1871 the name of Bohlen and Halbach ennobled . After the dissolution of the legation, he moved to Karlsruhe in 1878, became court ceremonial master in 1881 and in October 1885 bought Obergrombach Castle and Palace near Bruchsal , which is still owned by the family today. He died in Karlsruhe in 1890 and was buried in Obergrombach . In Obergrombach, Gustav-von-Bohlen-Strasse and Sofienstrasse were named after the couple.

The fifth son Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach married Bertha Krupp . From 1908 to 1943 he was chairman of the supervisory board of Friedrich Krupp AG .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 69 , 488
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Manfred Koch: The Baden roots of the Krupp dynasty , in: Blick in die Geschichte No. 103, June 27, 2014
^ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 21 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bohlen and Halbach, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bohlen-Halbach, Gustav Georg Friedrich von; Bohlen – Halbach, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baden master of ceremonies and ministerial resident
DATE OF BIRTH	April 27, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1890
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[KCL-1] Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 69 , 488

[Koch-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Manfred Koch: The Baden roots of the Krupp dynasty , in: Blick in die Geschichte No. 103, June 27, 2014

[3] Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 21 .