Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen

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Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen
Wocklum Castle
Luisenhütte Wocklum

Count Johann Ignaz Franz von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen , until 1840 imperial baron (* December 2, 1788, probably in Münster ; † September 19, 1863, probably at Burg Gemen , district of Borken , Münsterland ) from the noble family of the Lords of Landsberg was an entrepreneur in of the chemical industry , Westphalian and Prussian politicians and ruler of the Gemen rule .

Life

He was the son of Baron Paul Joseph von Landsberg-Velen (1760–1800) in Münster and Theresia Countess von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1765–1805) from Bonn . Landsberg-Velen married Louise Friederike Countess von Westerholt and Gysenberg on April 21, 1813 in Velen ( Borken district ) . One brother was Engelbert von Landsberg-Velen and Steinfurt . His son and successor as the landlord of Gemen was Count Friedrich von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen .

As an entrepreneur, he founded the Luisenhütte , which he named after his wife, near his Wocklum Castle in 1812 . Ten years later he took a majority stake in the establishment of the chemical factory " F. Herold & Comp. " In Wocklum and, after Ferdinand Herold's departure in 1836, continued as " Freyherrliche von Landsberg Velensche Chemische Fabrick ".

In 1826 he became a member of the Westphalian provincial parliament , was deputy state marshal from 1830 to 1832 and from 1832 to 1858 state marshal. In this function he stood between the government and the MPs and acted in a balancing act on the issue of the Cologne turmoil . The same was true in 1830 when calls for state representation arose in the assembly. Landsberg-Velen succeeded in ensuring that the provincial parliament would forego a request addressed directly to the king and instead address this to the crown prince. In 1843 he announced that he would oppose "ex officio" any motion that would reveal a distrust of the king. Landsberg-Velen therefore prevented further demands for an imperial class constitution in 1833, 1841 and 1843. However, he pushed for an expansion of competencies as far as possible. At the beginning of the 1830s, for example, he demanded that the government be obliged to give “lectures” to the state parliament.

On October 15, 1840, he and his family were raised to the Prussian count , primogenitur from a noble marriage and tied to the possession of the class rule Gemen with the rule Velen and Raesfeld , all in the district of Borken (Münsterland).

In 1847 he became a member of the United State Parliament and in 1854 a hereditary member of the Prussian mansion , although he never took this seat. In 1857 he was appointed Royal Prussian Real Privy Councilor.

Orders and decorations

literature

  • Gitta Böth: Johann Ignaz Franz Maria von Landsberg-Velen (1788–1863). A noble entrepreneur in the bourgeois age / Münster, 2009. (Contributions to popular culture in Northwest Germany; Vol. 112). ISBN 978-3-8309-2207-0 Contents - Review
  • Manfred Wolf:  Landsberg-Velen and Gemen, Ignaz Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 510 ( digitized version ).
  • Manfred Wolf: Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen , in: "Westfälische Lebensbilder", Volume 11, Münster 1975
  • Heinrich Glasmeier: Letters from Count Johann-Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen to his wife Ludovika Countess and Castle Countess of Westerholt and Gysenberg . In: "Vierteljahresschrift für den Landsberg'schen Familienverband", Volume 1, 1924, pp. 12–36; Quarterly Bulletin Volume 2, 1924, pp. 37-68; Vierteljahresschrift Volume 4, 1924, pp. 85-107; Quarterly Bulletin 1926/1929, pp. 86-103.
  • Heinrich Glasmeier: Johann Ignaz Reichsfreiherr von Landsberg-Velen as a student at high schools . In: "Vierteljahresschrift des Familienverband Landsberg", Volume 1, 1923, pp. 6-11
  • Kl. Sluka: Nobility obliged. Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen and the chemical factory Wocklum , in: "Westfalenspiegel" issue 6/2004, Ardey-Verlag, Münster 2004
  • Frank-Lothar Hinz: The history of the Wocklumer Eisenhütte 1758–1864 as an example of Westphalian noble entrepreneurship. A technical, social and economic historical investigation . Altena, 1977
  • Herbert Obenaus: Beginnings of parliamentarism in Prussia until 1848. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1984 ISBN 3-7700-5116-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obenaus, p. 322, p. 331f., P. 334f.
  2. ↑ Diploma of June 1, 1860, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VII, page 150, Volume 97 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 .
  3. ↑ Acta Borussica, New Series, Volume 4 / II, page 602.
personal data
SURNAME Landsberg-Velen and Gemen, Ignaz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Landsberg-Velen and Gemen, Ignaz Reichsfreiherr von; Landsberg-Velen and Gemen, Ignaz Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician and entrepreneur, free class lord
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1863
Place of death Gemen Castle , Borken district , Münsterland