Moritz-Casimir to Bentheim-Tecklenburg

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Moritz-Casimir Widukind Gumprecht Prinz zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (* 12. October 1923 in Rheda , † 21st March 2014 in Herzebrock ) was a German diploma - forestry and entrepreneurs . 1967–2014 head of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg family .

family

Rheda Castle in winter

Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was born in 1923 at Rheda Castle . His parents were Prince Adolf zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1889-1967) and Princess Amélie von Schönburg - Droy says (1902-1995). He had three younger siblings Nicolaus (1925-2020), Gustava ⚭ Countess von Hohenthal-Püchau (* 1929) and Heinrich Karl (* 1940).

In 1958 he married the ambassador's daughter Huberta (called Sissi) Elisabeth-Maria Henriette Countess von Hardenberg (* 1932) in Rheda . Their sons were Carl-Gustav (* 1960), Philipp (* 1964), Christoph (1966–1987) and Maximilian (* 1969). The family lived for many years in the small moated castle Haus Bosfeld near Rheda-Wiedenbrück , and in 1987 they moved to the old headquarters of Schloss Rheda .

His youngest son and successor Maximilian now lives in the residential palace in Rheda .

Life

Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg first attended schools in Rheda and Gütersloh , later switched to the boarding schools at Schloss Neubeuen and Bad Godesberg . After finishing school, he reported to the 15th Cavalry Regiment in Paderborn , which was disbanded and added to the Grenadier Regiment 3 Upper Rhine and received an order to operate on the Eastern Front . In the fighting near Leningrad Moritz-Casimir saved a gunshot wound from certain destruction with his regiment . In recognition of his brave efforts, he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. His mother took him to the West from an East Prussian hospital . There he was captured after his recovery by Australian soldiers who subjected him to a traumatic mock shooting. He found peace only in the English captivity in Rotherham , where he made contact with a Baptist family while attending a church service . That was the beginning of a lifelong friendship.

In 1958 Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg founded a family. Together with his wife Sissi, he restored the castles Bosfeld and Rheda, for which the couple was awarded the prize of the German Foundation for Monument Protection . The family had a close friendship with Gustav Leonhardt , with whose support they organized concerts with world-famous artists such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Christoph Eschenbach , Jordi Savall and Reinhard Goebel until recently . As part of the NRW - Landesgartenschau 1988 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück Theater Museum created next to the reconstructed castle garden Comedy House and the Carriage Museum in the Royal Stables .

In business, Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was mainly involved in the construction and development of real estate . He was a member of the advisory board of Dresdner Bank and co-owner of COR Sitzmöbel, which his father helped to establish after the war . Since 1977 he has been a corresponding member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . For decades he was chairman of the United Westphalian Aristocratic Archives . He negotiated a contract with the city of Hagen to maintain the Hohenlimburg local history museum at Hohenlimburg Castle . The old Palas he put the castle Hohenlimburger the trade union of the cold rolling mills to the founding of the German cold rolling museum available. He allowed the Heimatverein Herzebrock to set up a history exhibition in the Herzebrock Monastery . Furthermore, he was patron of the Princely Trumpeter Corps Rheda (FTCR) since 1969 .

In addition, Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg edited the Rheda archives, wrote writings on the history of the Princely House, accompanied research projects and thus laid the foundation for research on the House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . As early as 1975 he opened the private family holdings in the Princely Archive of Rheda for the research work of Prof. Georg H. Kleine about the Nazi guilt of Prince Adolf zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg .

Ev. Reformed Hofkirche Hohenlimburg

Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg maintained very close contact with his twelve Westphalian patronage communities , but especially with the Ev . Reformed parish of the old court church of Hohenlimburg .

In 2014, the passionate nature lover and hunter Moritz-Casimir Prince zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg died at the age of 90 in his retirement home, Kloster Herzebrock .

Fonts (selection)

Movie

  • Dynasties in NRW - The princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . WDR - report by Jobst Knigge (45 min.), Broadcast January 3, 2010.

literature

  • Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook a . a. (Ed.): Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Volume 50. Princely houses IX, Limburg 1971, p. 126.
  • Hans-Joachim Böckenholt: Castle and Lordship of Rheda. Rhode Druck und Verlag, Harsewinkel / Marienfeld 1979, ISBN 3-921961-02-8 .
  • Franz Mühlen: Castle and Residence Rheda. (= Westfälische Kunststätten. Issue 6). Westfälischer Heimatbund , Münster 1979, DNB 800711343
  • Hartmut Platte: Rheda, Hohenlimburg, Tecklenburg. Past and present of the princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. German Princely Houses, No. 2. Werl 2000.

Web links

→ Obituary: His Highness Moritz-Casimir, Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg, has died .

Remarks

  1. ↑ In 1979, Sissi Fürstin zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was the first woman to be awarded the DNK Monument Protection Prize Silver Hemisphere . The bell .online: Monument protector Sissi with a vision
  2. ↑ Prince Christoph zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg died through no fault of his own in a traffic accident near Plön . The high school graduate was on his way to taking up service in the armed forces .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Botho Graf von Hohenthal-Püchau , obituary notice 2011.
  2. ^ Genealogical manual of the nobility , Fürstl. Houses. Volume XIX, 2011.
  3. ^ Historical Commission for Westphalia → Moritz-Casimir Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
  4. ↑ United Westphalian Aristocratic Archives
  5. ↑ Heimatverein Herzebrock
  6. ↑ Fürstliches Trompetercops Rheda eV
  7. ^ Rheda, Princely Archives
  8. ^ Prince Moritz-Casimir zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg is dead. Official obituary of the Princely House. On: www.lokalkompass.de/hagen (edition: March 24, 2014)
  9. ^ Dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia - The princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . Tagesschau24 , accessed December 3, 2019.
predecessor Office successor
Adolf Head of the House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1967-2014 		Maximilian
personal data
SURNAME Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Moritz-Casimir to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Moritz-Casimir Widukind Gumprecht Prinz zu (full name at birth); Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Moritz-Casimir Fürst zu (full name from 1967)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forester and entrepreneur, head of the House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheda
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2014
Place of death Herzebrock-Clarholz