Kuno to Rantzau-Breitenburg
Count Kuno Heinrich Karl zu Rantzau (called Kuno zu Rantzau-Breitenburg , also Cuno ; * April 22, 1805 in Schwartau ; † December 3, 1882 in Rohlstorf ) was a German lawyer, landlord, amateur architect and promoter of emigration to New Zealand .
Life
Kuno zu Rantzau came from the Breitenburg family of the Rantzau family . He was the fifth child and the second son of the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Chamberlain and Canon of Lübeck August Wilhelm Franz Graf zu Rantzau (1768–1849) and his wife Sophie, née. von Bothmer (1771–1846).
In 1831 he married his cousin Amalasuntha Bothmer (1810-1856), a daughter of the third majorate at Bothmer Castle near Klütz , Hans Caspar Julius Victor, Count von Bothmer (1764-1814). In 1832 he passed the legal state examination in Glückstadt .
To enforce the heirship vehemently he represents his wife after Mecklenburg Erbjungfernrecht to the usufruct of bothmer rule Familienfideikommisses he make two legal opinions that confirmed Amalasunthas claim. Thereupon the couple moved to Bothmer Castle and lived there until a settlement in 1852. Also the right of his family to the Rantzauschen Familienfideikommiss (the County of Rantzau and the Gut Drage ), which was granted in 1726 after the murder of Christian Detlev zu Rantzau by the Danish government Had been drafted, he tried several times through publications, but without success.
In the 1840s, Rantzau-Breitenburg was one of the sponsors of a settlement project in New Zealand , from which he expected profits. Initiated by the New Zealand Company , he entered a business with her, which he had to continue at his own risk after the company went bankrupt in 1844. An acquired area near Nelson was used for settlement. He financed a group of emigrants , mainly from the Klützer Winkel , who traveled with the Skjold from Hamburg to New Zealand on April 21, 1844 and founded the towns of Ranzau, Neudorf and Sarau near Nelson . Rantzau-Breitenburg sent three of his authorized representatives, Johann Benoit, Carl Kelling and his brother Johann Friederich Kelling , to monitor and process his project . The latter became a well-known community leader in New Zealand.
In 1846 Rantzau bought Gut Rohlstorf in Holstein from the Arnemann family and built a neo-Gothic manor house there, which was demolished after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century and replaced by a new building.
In the Schleswig-Holstein uprising in 1848, Rantzau was briefly leader of the 2nd Freikorps . A thorn in the side of the regular Schleswig-Holstein army and the Prussian officers , the Freikorps were disbanded in July 1848 after a reorganization.
After Rantzau had to leave Bothmer Castle, in 1857 he acquired a former canon curia at the parade in Lübeck from Lübeck Mayor Christian Nicolaus von Evers , which he converted into a city palace, Rantzau Castle . With the renovation he wanted to contribute to the revival of the Gothic and remind of the knighthood of the Middle Ages.
Rantzau is also responsible for the renovation of Breitenburg Castle , with which the house there was supplemented by the neo-Gothic towers in the second half of the 19th century.
His son Otto zu Rantzau (1835–1910) became the 8th Fideikommisherr in Breitenburg in 1895.
Fonts
- About the recently published writings of Dr. J. Kerner "Some apparitions from the nocturnal realms of nature" and "News of the occurrence of obsession". 1836
- Armin Sage. Heidelberg: Schwan & Götz in Comm., 1839
- Preliminary correction and refutation of some ... false news concerning the County of Rantzau, its property and legal status. Heidelberg: Oßwald, 1840
- in addition : Report concerning the County of Rantzau and the Drage estate in the Duchy of Holstein as shares of the Rantzau-Breitenburg family entails: To supplement the text printed by Oswald in Heidelberg in 1840: "Corrections false news id p." Lübeck: HG Rahtgens, 1865
- The German Empire's unity in head and members. Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe, 1848
- The robbery of the county of Rantzau and other goods belonging to the Rantzau-Breitenburg family entails in Holstein by the kings of Denmark. A public report to save the truth and the violently bent law of the Rantzaus. Hamburg: Perthes, Besser & Mauke, 1865
- The changes necessary for the rural communities to the community order for the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein of August 16, 1869: a memorandum. Kiel 1870
literature
- Klaus J. Groth : World Heritage Lübeck. Listed houses. Schmidt-Römhild Lübeck 1999. ISBN 3795012317
- Eduard Alberti : Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1829 to mid-1866. Kiel: CGLv Maack, 1867, p. 231 ( digitized version )
- Ferdinand Kämmerer and Heinrich Zöpfl : Two legal opinions, concerning the maiden law in the Count of Bothmer's Fideicommisse. Heidelberg: Osswald 1837.
- Hubertus Neuschäffer: Schleswig-Holstein's castles and mansions , Husum 1989, ISBN 3-88042-462-4 .
- Peter Starsy: We are all Germans here ...: Mecklenburg residents from the Klützer Winkel on their way to New Zealand in 1844; a search for clues. In: From Mecklenburg to New Zealand. Neubrandenburg 2002, pp. 30-61.
Web links
- Literature about Kuno zu Rantzau-Breitenburg in the state bibliography MV
- From Mecklenburg to New Zealand - emigration in the 19th century. Ehrhardt Graphic Design, archived from the original on February 21, 2006 ; accessed on January 13, 2016 (original website no longer available).
- The Emigration of the Bennier Family
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1829 to mid-1866. (Lit.), p. 231
- ↑ Max D. Lash : Kelling, Johann Friederich August . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , September 1, 2010, accessed February 1, 2011 .
- ^ Neuschäffer: Schleswig-Holstein's castles and mansions , p. 237
- ^ KJ Groth: Weltkulturerbe Lübeck , p. 364
- ^ Neuschäffer: Schleswig-Holstein's castles and mansions , p. 47
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rantzau-Breitenburg, Kuno too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rantzau, Kuno Heinrich Karl Graf to; Rantzau-Breitenburg, Cuno too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Architect and promoter of emigration to New Zealand |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwartau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1882 |
| Place of death | Rohlstorf |