Hubertus of Garnier
Hubertus Karl Konstantin Adalbert Graf von Garnier (born November 25, 1874 in Turawa ; † October 6, 1952 in Unterwössen ) was a German landowner and politician ( DNVP ).
Life
Hubertus von Garnier was born as the eldest son of the landowner Karl von Garnier (1847–1898) and Hedwig von Blumenthal (* December 19, 1847; † May 26, 1922). He attended grammar school in Turawa and began studying law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in 1892 , but dropped out prematurely a year later. After the death of his father he inherited the castle and estate of Turawa as majorate . In the following years he devoted himself, among other things with financial help from his father-in-law, to the renovation of the castle and the reconstruction of the adjacent agricultural and forestry goods. A flood in 1903, in which large parts of the property were destroyed, threw him back in his plans. Garnier participated as a soldier in the Prussian army in the First World War in part and was in battles at Klobutzko , in France and in Bessarabia involved, most recently as Major .
As a passionate hunter, he had contact with the higher aristocratic society and thus also with the imperial family. His hunting parties included Kaiser Wilhelm II and, after the war, the last King of Saxony, Friedrich August III.
Garnier was the state elder and mayor of Turawa. In the referendum in Upper Silesia in 1919, he campaigned for the voting areas to remain with the German Reich. As a member of the German National People's Party (DNVP) he was elected to the Prussian state parliament in December 1924 , to which he belonged until 1932. In parliament he represented constituency 9 (Opole).
After the National Socialists came to power , Garnier withdrew from political life. He did not join the NSDAP even when Adolf Hitler tried to convince him to do so at a personal meeting.
On January 18, 1945, he and his family left the Turawa estate due to the approaching Red Army , which was conquered and completely devastated by them four days later. One of the largest libraries in Silesia fell victim to the pillage. The family fled to West Germany as expellees and settled in Unterwössen in Upper Bavaria , where Garnier died in 1952 at the age of 77 and was buried. The urn was transferred to Turawa in November 2012, where he finally found his final resting place.
Hubertus von Garnier married Annemarie von Kulmiz zu Saarau in 1900. The marriage, which was divorced in 1913, had three sons and a daughter. In his second marriage he married his distant cousin Helene Countess von Bethusy-Huc (1889–1962) in 1919. This connection resulted in a son and a daughter. Two of his sons, one from a first and one from a second marriage, died in World War II .
literature
- Ernst Kienast (edit.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag. Edition for the 3rd electoral term. R. v. Decker's Verlag (G. Schenck), Berlin 1928. P. 520.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses to the year 1874, p.289 father
Individual evidence
- ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1905, sixth year, p.89
- ^ Count of Garnier. (PDF; 586 KB) In: Heimat. October 31, 2012, pp. 2–3 , accessed May 4, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Garnier, Hubertus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garnier, Hubertus Karl Konstantin Adalbert Graf von (full name); Garnier-Turawa, Hubertus von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landowners and politicians (DNVP), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turawa |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1952 |
| Place of death | Underweave |