Maximilian Friedrich von Vittinghoff

Maximilian Friedrich Freiherr von Vittinghoff called von Schell (born February 21, 1779 in Münster , † November 19, 1835 in ( Essen -) Rellinghausen ) was a Prussian chamberlain and major as well as a politician .

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Maximilian Friedrich Freiherr von Vittinghoff called von Schell was the son of Clemens August Vittinghoff and married Elisabeth Auguste Countess von Spee Heltorf.

He was the landowner and entails owner of the Schellenberg estate, which was eligible for parliament. In 1804 he acquired the Roland house in Rath near Düsseldorf . In 1806 he was chamberlain of the Duchy of Berg and major in the Prussian Landwehr . On behalf of Joachim, Duke of Cleve and Berg , he signed the Rhine Federation Act .

As the successor to Albert Friedrich Bach he was 1811-1813 Maire the mayoralty Steele . After the Prussian ownership name, the office was given the German name of mayor, which he was until 1822. In 1812 and 1813 he was also mayor of the Altenessen mayor and, from 1817, mayor of the Rellinghausen mayor. He was also chairman of the Steeler orphanage, the Fürstin-Franziska-Christine-Stiftung .

At the hereditary homage to the king in Aachen on May 15, 1815, he was deputy of the knighthood in the Principality of Essen and in the Veste Recklinghausen .

Maximilian Friedrich Freiherr von Vittinghoff called von Schell died in 1835 at Schellenberg Castle .

literature

• Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .

Web links

• Maximilian Friedrich Freiherr von Vittinghoff called von Schell ; In: Historisches Portal Essen

predecessor	Office	successor
Albert Friedrich Bach	Mayor of Steele 1811 - 1822	Christian Noot