Joseph-Ernst Fugger from Glött
Joseph Ernst Hermann Theodor Carl Maria Graf , since 1940: Prince Fugger von Glött (born October 26, 1895 in Kirchheim in Swabia ; † May 13, 1981 in Miesbach ) was a German CSU politician . The common form of the name is Joseph-Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött .
Life
Joseph-Ernst Graf Fugger von Glött was the youngest of three children of Prince Carl Ernst Fugger von Glött (1859-1940) and Countess Elisabeth von Quadt zu Wykradt and Isny (1862-1940).
He did his Abitur at the Stella Matutina (Jesuit College) in Feldkirch . During the First World War he served as a lieutenant in a Royal Bavarian Cavalry Regiment. After the war he finished his studies in agriculture at the University of Hohenheim .
His first marriage was between 1920 and 1943 with Stephanie Princess von Hohenzollern (1895–1975). In 1975 he married Angela von Kienlin (* 1935), 40 years his junior.
Fugger von Glött had been the head of the former princely house of Fugger von Glött , a branch of the Fugger von der Lilie , since 1940 and has therefore called himself "Prince Fugger von Glött" since then . From 1939 he was a member of the Wehrmacht. After he was dismissed due to the Prince's Decree , he joined the Kreisau Circle and was a member of the resistance group around the former Bavarian envoy in Berlin, Franz Sperr (Sperr-Kreis). In the event of a successful overthrow, he agreed to take over the office of state administrator for Bavaria. After the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944 , he was sentenced by the People's Court under Roland Freisler to a three-year prison term in the Berlin-Tegel and Bayreuth penitentiaries , but released in May 1945 by soldiers of the US Army .
After the war he was one of the founders of the CSU in Mindelheim . He belonged to the German Bundestag in its first legislative period (1949-1953) as a member of the constituency of Memmingen directly elected. 1953 to 1956 he was chairman of the Interparliamentary Working Group (IPA). From 1954 to 1962 he was a member of the Bavarian state parliament , from 1946 to 1948 district councilor in Mindelheim, from 1950 to 1953 a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and from 1954 to 1959 deputy chairman of the CSU parliamentary group. In 1948 he was the initiator of the establishment of the Working Group of German Foundations . From 1940 to 1981 he was senior chairman of the Fugger foundations. He was chairman of the Swabian University Board of Trustees in 1966 and also a co-initiator of the University of Augsburg .
Fugger von Glött was childless and adopted his nephew Albert (* 1932), son of his older sister Maria (1894–1935) and Ferdinand Graf von Arco -Zinnebergs (1882–1940).
Honors
- 1956: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1961: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1965: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- June 12, 1980: Gold medal of the Working Group of German Foundations : Medal for services to the foundation system , presented by Federal President Prof. Dr. Karl Carstens
- 1981: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Joseph-Ernst Fugger von Glött in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
- Bosl, Karl (ed.): Bosl's Bavarian biography: 8000 personalities from 15 centuries. Regensburg 1983; Supplementary volume 1988.
Individual evidence
- ^ The members of the German Bundestag . German Bundestag. February 28, 1998. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ FUGGER ( English ) German Bundestag. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ Since 1919, nobility designations have only been part of the name. In the case of the Fugger von Glött family, the regular family name is in principle Graf or Countess Fugger von Glött . It is not known whether Joseph Ernst Fugger von Glött legitimized himself as head of the house under civil status law or only called Prince by historical convention . In any case, it appears in all publications under the form of name given above.
- ^ Aretin, Der bayerische Adel, p. 564
- ↑ Benz / Pehle, Lexicon of German Resistance, pp. 256-257
- ↑ IfZ, Microfiche Edition Resistance as High Treason #, Fiche 481, Az. 1 L 439/44, 1 L 397/44
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugger von Glött, Joseph-Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fugger von Glött, Joseph Ernst; Glött, Joseph Ernst Fugger from; Fugger-Glött, Joseph Ernst; Glött, Joseph-Ernst Fugger-; Fugger, Joseph Ernst; Fugger von Glött, Joseph-Ernst Graf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), MdL, MdB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchheim in Swabia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1981 |
| Place of death | Miesbach |