Moritz von Hohenthal

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Karl Friedrich Moritz Graf von Hohenthal (born April 17, 1840 in Dresden ; † April 25, 1927 Hohenprießnitz ) was a German manor owner and member of parliament.

Life

Moritz von Hohenthal was born as the son of Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Hohenthal (1803-1852), grand-ducal-Saxon governor and fideikommissherr on Püchau and Emilie born. Countess Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1809–1855), daughter of Field Marshal August Neidhardt von Gneisenau . His sisters were Walburga honor guard Helena, later Lady Paget (1839–1928) and Angelica Adelheid Valeria (1841–1870), Carl Ludwig August von Hohenthal (1769–1826) was his grandfather.

Orphaned at an early age, von Hohenthal was sent to the school in Pforten in 1855 . He then completed a law degree in Berlin and Bonn . In 1862 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . Here he also served in the Prussian army. Switching to the civil service, he left after a short time as a court assessor.

In the wars of unification of the empire von Hohenthal took part in the Prussian 10th resp. Guard Hussar Regiment. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. After the peace agreement, he took his leave as Rittmeister . After that he repeatedly administered the Delitzsch district office and from 1888 he was a committed member of the Prussian mansion . In this context, von Hohenthal published much noticed articles in the national press ( Kreuzzeitung ). By working for the Chancellor Prince Bismarck, he incurred the emperor's disfavor and bitterly withdrew to his Hohenprießnitz manor. This, like the neighboring estates of Gruna , Pristäblich and Niederglaucha , was inherited from Hohenthal by his father.

He was married to Rosa Margarethe Guillemette Mathilde Auguste Countess of Pourtalès (1855–1920) since 1875 . This marriage resulted in the sons Lothar (1876-1909) and Georg (1877-1970) and the daughters Emilie (1879-1909), Gerda (1883-1934) and Anna (1881-1966). His forced withdrawal from politics, an unhappy marriage and, in particular, a scandal about his sister Valerie, for whose sake he dueled in 1870, ultimately led to complete bitterness and a very difficult human behavior on the part of Moritz Graf von Hohenthal.

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Devens: Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf 1902, p. 159.
  • GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 152.
  • Esther Countess von Schwerin: Kormorane, Blackberry Tendrils - Memories of East Prussia, Frankfurt / M.-Berlin 1993, pp. 15-21, ISBN 3-548-22107-6 .
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Hohenthal, Carl Friedrich Moritz Graf von", in: Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide, AMF - No. 237, 2012, pp. 44–45.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19, 396
  2. ↑ Hildegard von Spitzemberg , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): The diary of the Baroness Spitzemberg, born. Freiin v. Varnbüler: Notes from the court society of the Hohenzollern Empire , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, p. 87: entry from January 7, 1870
personal data
SURNAME Hohenthal, Moritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenthal, Karl Friedrich Moritz Count of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owners and parliamentarians
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenprießnitz
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1927
Place of death Hohenprießnitz