Julius Caesar Karl Oskar Erdmann von Wartensleben-Carow

Count Julius Caesar Karl Oskar Erdmann von Wartensleben-Carow (born July 17, 1872 in Starnberg , † February 2, 1930 in Dresden ) was a German sports official.

origin

His parents were Gustav Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold Bernhard Theodor von Wartensleben (born January 29, 1843; † April 14, 1920) and his wife Klara Marie Vallerie von Mannlich-Lehmann (born March 11, 1847; † May 27, 1877).

Life

After studying law in Munich and Erlangen , he received his doctorate in Erlangen in 1895 on the sale of the home of the high nobility . At the suggestion of Pierre de Coubertin , he was co-opted into the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1902 , of which he was a member until 1913. He was a member of the board of the German Motor Yacht Association from 1907 to 1913. After the death of Asseburgs in 1909, he took over the organization of the meetings of the International Olympic Committee in Berlin at short notice and achieved that the Olympic Games in 1916 were awarded to Berlin . After the Olympic Games in 1912, he resigned because he was critical of the increased state influence on sports funding.

literature

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 1905, p.948

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Mevert : 100 years ago in Berlin. The IOC meets for its 10th session in the German capital. DOSB-Presse No. 22–23 / May 26, 2009. http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/sport/ffekten/sfges135.html
↑ Arnd Krüger : 'Buying Victories is Positively Degrading'. European Origins of Government Pursuit of National Prestige through Sport. In: JA Mangan (Ed.): Tribal Identities. Nationalism, Europe, Sport . Frank Cass, London 1996, ISBN 0-7146-4666-0 , pp. 183-201.

personal data
SURNAME	Wartensleben-Carow, Julius Caesar Karl Oskar Erdmann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wartensleben-Carow, Count Julius Caesar Karl Oskar Erdmann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports official
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Starnberg
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 1930
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Friedrich Mevert : 100 years ago in Berlin. The IOC meets for its 10th session in the German capital. DOSB-Presse No. 22–23 / May 26, 2009. http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/sport/ffekten/sfges135.html

[2] Arnd Krüger : 'Buying Victories is Positively Degrading'. European Origins of Government Pursuit of National Prestige through Sport. In: JA Mangan (Ed.): Tribal Identities. Nationalism, Europe, Sport . Frank Cass, London 1996, ISBN 0-7146-4666-0 , pp. 183-201.