Ludwig von Redwitz

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Gravestone, old cemetery Speyer (front)
Grave inscription on the back of the tombstone: Ludwig Freiherr von Redwitz auf Schmoelz and Theisenorth was born at Schloß Schmoelz on August 10, 1779, died in Speier on April 18, 1848

Franz Ludwig Veit Karl Joseph Bernhard Freiherr von Redwitz auf Schmölz and Theisenort (born August 10, 1779 at Schmölz Castle , Markt Küps , Upper Franconia ; † April 18, 1848 in Speyer ) was a Bavarian nobleman and civil servant.

Live and act

Ludwig Freiherr von Redwitz came from the formerly imperial Frankish noble family von Redwitz .

He entered the Bavarian civil service, became a lieutenant in the gendarmerie and held the post of prison director at the Lichtenau fortress near Ansbach . Since 1815 married to Maria Anna geb. Miller (1786–1854), the niece of the poet Johann Martin Miller , had his son Oskar von Redwitz born here on June 28, 1823 , who later also became famous as a poet. In 1825 Ludwig von Redwitz moved to Kaiserslautern in the Bavarian Rhine District and became inspector of the local prison.

At his own request, Redwitz was transferred in 1829 as an adjunct to the newly established customs office in Speyer , after 5 years he came to the Bavarian-French border town of Schweigen as a customs inspector, and in 1837 to Zweibrücken in the same capacity . He finally returned here as chief customs inspector and head of the Speyer customs office and died there in 1848.

Freiherr von Redwitz was buried in the Catholic part of the old Speyer cemetery, which today is largely overbuilt by the Bernhardskirche . His qualitative tombstone is currently (2012) on the cathedral chapter cemetery there. It bears a resurrection scene on the front and the personal data and the family crest on the back (albeit difficult to read).

family

Ludwig von Redwitz married Maria Christiana von Miller on November 15, 1815 (* April 2, 1786; † August 25, 1854). The couple had several children:

  • Joseph Heinrich THeodorich Franz (born June 3, 1819; † March 15, 1890) ⚭ 1848 Caroline Schultheis (born October 26, 1826; † April 12, 1898)
  • Petronella (Nelly) (* February 12, 1822 - October 18, 1905) ⚭ 1862 Baron Julius von Freudenberg († March 21, 1864)
  • Oskar (* June 28, 1823; † July 6, 1891) ⚭ 1851 Mathilde Hoscher (* July 23, 1833)

He is the grandfather of the ducal Bavarian lady-in-waiting and writer Marie von Redwitz (1856–1933) and her brother Max von Redwitz (1858–1920), major general and court master in the Wittelsbach royal house .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Lips: "Oskar von Redwitz as a poet of the Amaranth", Schöningh Verlag, 1908, page 7; Excerpt from the source
  2. ↑ Karl Barthel: “The German National Literature of the Modern Age”, Braunschweig, 1862, page 488; Scan from the source
personal data
SURNAME Redwitz, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Redwitz on Schmölz and Theisenort
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian nobleman and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Küps
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1848
Place of death Speyer