Karl Weiprecht Reinhard von Gemmingen

Karl Weiprecht Reinhard von Gemmingen (1797–1882)

Portrait of the first wife Emma von Uttenhofen († 1846)

Karl Weiprecht Reinhard von Gemmingen (born September 16, 1797 in Stuttgart , † February 11, 1882 in Bonfeld ) was Saxony-Meiningen regional chief hunter and lord of the castle in Bonfeld's upper castle .

Life

Tomb in Bonfeld for Karl Weiprecht Reinhard von Gemmingen and his second wife Hippolyte von Gemmingen

He was the eldest son of the manor owner Karl Philipp von Gemmingen (1771-1831) from his first marriage to Sophie Auguste Louise von Degenfeld-Neuhaus (1767-1802). After the early death of his mother, he first grew up in the rectory in Güglingen , and from the age of ten he was educated in the institute of Bernhard Rebouillet in Strasbourg . As a page he came to the court of King Friedrich I of Württemberg and later joined a Württemberg hunter regiment for a short time before studying in Heidelberg . During his studies he made the acquaintance of the later Duke Bernhard II of Saxony-Meiningen , in whose service he entered and with whom he had a lifelong friendship. As an intern, he first attended the Drei 30acker Academy of Forestry , then became a forester in Meiningen and finally rose to become Land-Oberjägermeister with the title of a real secret council and the title of excellence . He made a great contribution to forestry in Saxony-Meiningen and accompanied the Duke on several trips to France and England. After his brother Eduard Friedrich Ludwig and his first wife died in 1846 and he remarried in 1847, the revolutionary events of 1848 gave the reason to quit Saxony-Meiningen's service and in 1849 to move to the estate previously worked by his deceased brother To draw Bonfeld. There his sons were taught not only by a court master but also by the graduates of a temporary teachers' college. In 1852 he moved with his family to Karlsruhe , where the sons were able to complete their training. When the sons were away, he maintained a scientific correspondence with them, which he wrote in the form of lectures and which contained his immense knowledge of politics and history. Poems have also come down to us from his pen. In 1865 he moved back to Bonfeld. He was considered gullible, which was often exploited by others. The tomb for him and his second wife has been preserved in the Bonfeld cemetery .

family

In 1824 he married Emma von Uttenhofen (1804–1846). After nine years of childless marriage, there were ultimately seven children from this marriage, none of whom were of legal age when their mother died. In order to ensure the upbringing of the children, he married Hippolythe von Zeppelin (1821–1882) in 1847 , whereby the son Hyppolyt emerged from this connection. All sons remained without male offspring.

Progeny:

• Reinhard Karl Traugott (1833–1835)
• Bernhard (1837–1871), district judge in Lahr
• Otto (1838-1892), Lieutenant Field Marshal and Wing Adjutant Franz Joseph I.
• Sophie Emma Auguste (1839–1907) ∞ Karl Freiherr von Racknitz zu Heinsheim (1827–1905)
• Dietrich (1840–1881) ∞ Johanna von Kiderlen-Waechter (1854–1943), captain in Stuttgart
• Wilhelm August (1843–1887) ∞ Hildegard Freiin von Holtz (1855–1932), major in Stuttgart
• Fanny Pauline (1845–1924) ∞ Edzard Graf zu Innhausen and Knyphausen (1835–1887)
• Hyppolyt (1856–1924) ∞ Josefa Teixeira de Vasconcellos (1857–1943), Major General of Württemberg

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  Wilhelm August

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  Hypolyte

literature

• Rudolf Petzold: Bonfeld and the barons of Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1476-1806). In: Heimatbuch Bonfeld , City of Bad Rappenau 2000
• Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, pp. 124–126.