Julius Hüniken (1878–1975)

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Julius Hüniken , also Hüniken-Kaarz (* April 17, 1878 in Doberan ; † April 29, 1975 in Wohltorf ; full name: Wilhelm Julius Hüniken ) was the owner of the Mecklenburg forest and castle Kaarz and, as a manor, was a member of the old Mecklenburg Landtag .

Life

From 1894 to 1896 Hüniken attended the Friderico-Francisceum ; However, one does not find him among the high school graduates either there or anywhere else in Mecklenburg. After the death of Julius Hüniken (the Elder) in October 1891 came foundation according to a drawing of lots among his heirs on the management of goods Familienfideikommiss where the family estate Kaarz the younger Julius Hüniken (at that time still a minor and represented by his guardians ) fell. In July 1902 he was able to independently take over the administration of Kaarz. He had conversions carried out in Kaarz Castle and transformed the park into an English landscape park. Under him, two thirds of the 1000 hectare estate consisted of forest and one third of arable land. In 1905, Hüniken founded the Brüel-Sternberg Deer Association, which was dedicated to the herding of red deer in Mecklenburg. During the First World War, Hüniken was an officer of the 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 16 .

During the Second World War, Hüniken took in family members from Hamburg to protect against bomb attacks in Kaarz Castle. During the occupation by the Red Army in April 1945, in contrast to his family members, he initially remained in Kaarz, but fled to the West in September of that year after being banned from the house, arrested in prison and further humiliated.

He was married to Hedwig, born before 1908. von dem Knesebeck (* 1881 in Schwerin).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 205.
  2. ^ Franz Schubert: High school graduates from Mecklenburg schools in the 19th century. Delivery 1 and 2. Göttingen, 1992/1994.
  3. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Official supplement. No. 25 (1892), p. 130.
  4. ↑ a b Short History on schlosskaarz.de
  5. ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradeligen houses 9 (1908), p. 408.
personal data
SURNAME Hüniken, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hüniken, Wilhelm Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forester, landowner
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Doberan
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1975
Place of death Wohltorf