John of Saldern

Johannes von Saldern (born August 9, 1839 in Potsdam , † June 11, 1907 in Arolsen ) was a German administrative lawyer and manor owner.

Life

Meffersdorf

Johannes von Saldern, landlord on Ober- and Nieder-Schwerta , was a son of Theodor Gustav von Saldern (1810–1876), on Meffersdorf (since 1945 Unięcice ) in the Lauban district , and the Thusnelda Countess von Seherr-Thoss (1812–1875 ). He attended the Friedrichswerder Gymnasium in Berlin, where he received his school-leaving certificate in autumn 1859. Then he began to study law and camera science at the Ruprecht-Karls-University . In 1860 he became active in the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . In autumn 1862 he became an auscultator at the Supreme Court . In the summer of 1863 he moved to the district court in Liegnitz and in the autumn of 1864 he became a trainee lawyer with the government in Liegnitz . During the German War he was an officer in the Cuirassier Regiment "Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg" (West Prussian) No. 5 . In 1868 he became district administrator of the Lauban district in the province of Silesia . From 1886 until his death he was the successor of his late younger brother Ernst von Saldern (1843–1886) Country Director of Waldeck-Pyrmont . For Prince Georg Viktor von Waldeck-Pyrmont , he signed the extension contract in 1887 for the administration of the principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont by the Kingdom of Prussia . He was the authorized representative for Waldeck-Pyrmont to the Federal Council .

Elisabeth von Saldern was a daughter from her marriage to Margarete Countess von Hohenthal (1846–1934).

Deutsches Zeitgenossenlexikon: biographical manual of contemporary German men and women / editor: Franz Neubert. Leipzig 1905, column 1226.

personal data
SURNAME	Saldern, Johannes von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Saldern, Count Ernst Friedrich Johannes von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative lawyer, authorized representative to the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1907
Place of death	Arolsen