Ludolf von Wedel-Parlow

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Ludolf von Wedel-Parlow (born January 17, 1890 in Kassel , † December 13, 1970 in Heiligkreuzsteinach ) was a German literary scholar.

Life

Ludolf von Wedel- Parlow was a son of the administrative officer Moritz von Wedel-Parlow and Ottonie Malcolm, a granddaughter of the naval officer Charles Malcolm . He attended an elementary school in Köslin and the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Kassel until he graduated from high school in 1911 . After completing an agricultural apprenticeship, he joined the Dragoon Regiment No. 5 in Hofgeismar as a one-year volunteer in 1913 , with whom he took part in the World War, most recently as a first lieutenant. He finished his German studies in Munich in 1924 with a doctorate in 1927 . In 1928 he received his habilitation for modern German literary history at the University of Würzburg , where he then taught as a private lecturer at the philosophy faculty. During the Second World War , he did military service again as a cavalry master until his UK position in 1942.

Since 1934 he was the owner of the Polßen manor in the Uckermark and in 1941, as heir of his brother Christian-Otto, he also took over the Neuperstein manor in Bohemia . He had been a private scholar since the expropriations in 1945 and lived in Heiligkreuzsteinach, as he did after the First World War.

In his 1915 marriage to Maria Freiin Stockhorner von Starein, a granddaughter of the theater director Alfred von Wolhaben , he had four children. Since 1930 he was married to Afra Freiin von Dungern, a daughter of the hunting writer Otto von Dungern-Oberau . One of three sons from this marriage is the economist and author Wolf Christian von Wedel Parlow .

Publications

  • "The Jewess of Toledo" and "Emperor Karl's hostage". A comparison of styles. [Diss.]. Hahn, Heidelberg 1927.
  • Grillparzer's early works. [Habil.]. Metzler, Stuttgart 1928.
  • Grillparzer. E. Bechstein, Wertheim am Main 1932.
  • And I can always only announce your praise. Poems. Scherpe, Krefeld 1946.
  • The fronds in eight centuries. From the story of an ancient race. University printing house H. Stürtz, Würzburg 1951. Reprinted in: Dietrich v. Wedel (Ed.), The Wedel. A little family story. Poppen & Ortmann, Freiburg im Breisgau 2013.
  • (Ed.) Wedel houses in the east. CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1961.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wedel-Parlow, Ludolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and landowner
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1970
Place of death Heiligkreuzsteinach