Hans Heinrich XI. from Hochberg

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Prince Hans Heinrich XI. from Pless

Hans Heinrich XI., Count of Hochberg, Prince of Pless, Baron von Fürstenstein (born September 10, 1833 in Berlin , † August 14, 1907 at Albrechtsberg Castle , Dresden ) was a freelance civil servant , mining industrialist and cavalry general of the Prussian Army . From 1905 he was also Duke of Pless .

Life

As the son of Count Hans Heinrich X. von Hochberg, he was the second prince of the Principality of Pless . In 1905 he was made Duke of Pless for himself by Kaiser Wilhelm II . He was known as "the old man" or "the old duke".

Hans Heinrich attended the Pforta State School and on October 1, 1850, joined the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps of the Prussian Army . There he was promoted to second lieutenant on December 14, 1852 , and in 1855, after the death of his father, he was given leave of absence from the regiment à la suite . Then he took over the management of the family estates and the family's mine holdings. He set up welfare institutions for the miners of his coal mines in the Waldenburg mining district and their families. These were - for its time - so progressive that they were presented at the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis as workers welfare on the Fürstensteiner Gruben Sr. Highness of the Prince of Pless, Waldenburg in Silesia / Institutions for promoting the welfare of the workmen on the Fürstenstein mines of His Serene Highness the Prince of Pless, Waldenburg, Silesia, Germany were presented.

He was Oberstjägermeister under the emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II. The hunting horn is also known as the Fürst-Pless-Horn because of his services to hunting . From 1863 he was a member of the Prussian manor house . From 1867 to 1884, as a member of the Reich and Free Conservative Party, he was also a member of the Reichstag . In 1890 he became a member of the Prussian State Council .

Hans Heinrich XI. von Pless, 1870

From 1873 to 1875 he had a French architect build a small palace complex in the historicizing style in Berlin-Mitte , Wilhelmstrasse  78 to Vossstrasse  2, right next to Otto von Bismarck's Reich Chancellery , which was clearly modeled on the Louvre and the Loire castles (like Amboise ). Shortly after the Franco-Prussian War, this caused a great sensation and incomprehension in Berlin . Because of the numerous chimneys on the roof, the Berliners called it the "Chimney Sweep Academy". In a contemporary publication in 1876, the Prince Pleß Palace is included as a sight.

Hans Heinrich XI. raised bison . For example, pure-blooded lowland bisons, which can be traced back to a bull and four cows, were brought to the Pless forests in 1865 as a gift for Prince von Pless from the Białowieża jungle . They were bred here in isolation for a few decades. The bull Plisch with the stud book number 229, which was brought back to Białowieża from Pleß in 1936, is of great importance in today's conservation breeding. Almost all of the bison of the lowland line currently living in the Białowieża jungle are descended from him .

He was made Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle by Kaiser Wilhelm II on December 24, 1889 . From December 23, 1896 until his death he was chancellor of the order .

family

Memorial plaque on the mausoleum in the park Schloss Fürstenstein
Palais in Wilhelmstrasse (Berlin-Mitte)

Hans Heinrich married Marie von Kleist on January 15, 1857 (October 1, 1828 - January 17, 1883). The couple had the following children:

⚭ December 8, 1891 (divorced 1922) Mary-Theresa (Daisy) Cornwallis-West (born June 28, 1873 - † June 29, 1943 )
⚭ January 25, 1925 (canceled 1934) Clotilde de Silva y Gonzalez de Candamo (* July 19, 1898, † December 12, 1978)
  • Ida Luise (born July 29, 1863 - † May 7, 1938)
⚭ September 10, 1881 Friedrich II. Zu Solms-Baruth (* June 24, 1853; † December 31, 1920)
  • Konrad Eduard (March 21, 1867 - August 17, 1934)
  • Friedrich Maximilian (born May 3, 1868 - † September 16, 1921)
⚭ January 24, 1905 Hon. Elizabeth Caroline Burke-Roche (* October 17, 1857 - † November 8, 1940)
  • Wilhelm Bolko Emanuel (December 15, 1886 - May 24, 1934)
⚭ June 21, 1909 Anna Marie von Arnim (* October 6, 1886; † November 1, 1984)
  • Anne (February 24, 1888 - November 13, 1966)
⚭ March 29, 1913 Hermann Graf zu Solms-Baruth (* October 11, 1888; † May 7, 1961)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. John Koch: Daisy von Pless. A discovery . John Koch Publishing, Edmonton Canada 2006, ISBN 0-9731579-3-3 , pp. 109 and 168.
  2. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 72.
  3. ↑ Sights . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1876, part 4, p. 194. “3. Prince Pless's Palace ”.
personal data
SURNAME Hochberg, Hans Heinrich XI. from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hochberg, Hans Heinrich XI. Imperial Count of; Pless, Hans Heinrich XI. Prince of; Pless, Hans Heinrich XI. Duke of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian prince, general and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1907
Place of death Albrechtsberg Castle , Dresden