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Balthasar Alexander Ludwig Odert von Poll (born February 28, 1869 in Arensburg , † June 6, 1935 in Carmel on Ösel ) was a German-Baltic nobleman and Baltic district administrator .

Life

Career

Balthasar Alexander received his first education in a private school in Adjamünde . After graduating from high school , he began training at a teaching estate and at an agricultural school in Germany , which he then completed at the “Livonian Adelsgüter Kreditsozietät” in Riga. He then worked temporarily as a farmer and traveled to Germany, France , Sweden , Austria and Italy . Since 1891 he was in possession of the Medel and Wexholm estates. He was the estate manager of Carmel and worked as a progressive farmer, so he was involved in a dairy , cheese factory and cattle breeding . He was a co-founder of the steamship company "Osilia". Other tasks followed, so he was, among other things, parish chairman , treasury deputy and convent deputy .

In 1917 he was sent by the Öselschen Knighthood and the Estonian Governor General Adolf von Seckendorff as envoy to the German Chancellor Count Georg von Hertling to present the wish to incorporate the Estonian island of Ösel (Estonian Saaremaa ) into the German Empire . In 1918 he was elected to the Oesel district administrator and was also the curator of the Marienstift in Arensburg. In 1920 he was arrested a few times, but then lived on in Arensburg and was deputy president of the Öselschen non-profit association, he was the initiator of the publication of the genealogical handbook of the Öselschen knighthood.

Origin and family

Balthasar Alexander von Poll came from the noble family von Poll , his father was the district administrator and judge Balthasar Adolf Gotthilf von Poll (1815-1891), who was married to Theone Emilie von Güldenstubbe (1842-1873) in his second marriage . Balthasar Alexander married Freiin Bertha von Stackelberg (* 1872) in 1894 . Her descendants were:

  • Marie Hedwig von Poll (1895–1907)
  • Bertha Theonore Elisabeth von Poll (1896–1973)
  • Hans Balthasar Gustav Odert von Poll (* 1898)
  • Irene Dorothea Hedwig von Poll (1899–1975)
  • Gotthard Andreas Friedrich Odert von Poll (1902–1983)
  • Renata Hertha Filicitas von Poll (* 1908)
  • Alexander Christian Andreas von Poll (* 1910)

literature

  • Georg von Krusenstjern : The land marshals and district administrators of the Livonian and the Öselschen knighthood in portraits. Hamburg 1963. p. 220 (portrait).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The "Livonian Noble Goods Loan Society", commonly known as the "Loan System", was founded in 1803 to provide financial support to manorial estate owners through mortgage bond loans. [1]
  2. ↑ Võhksa / Wexholm, Wexholm in the parish Wolde, Oesel. On: Estonian manors [2]
  3. ^ Actie 100 rubles steamship company "Osilia" from January 1, 1873 in Arensburg [3]
  4. ↑ The Treasury Deputy in Livonia was a knightly electoral officer elected for three years and an assistant to the Land Marshal in the administration of the Knight's Treasury. With him, the cash deputies had to ensure that the cash desk was not burdened with unnecessary expenses. In: Baltic Legal Dictionary [4]
personal data
SURNAME Poll, or from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poll, Balthasar Alexander Ludwig Odert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic aristocrat and Baltic district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Arensburg
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1935
Place of death Carmel on Ösel