Otto von Rechberg

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Count Otto Ulrich Aloys Bernhard von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg (born August 23, 1833 at Donzdorf Castle ; † March 30, 1918 there ) was a registrar of the kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg and from 1899 to 1910 President of the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries . He came from the old Swabian noble family of the Counts of Rechberg .

Live and act

Otto was the son of Count Albert von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen (* 1803; † 1885) and Countess Walpurga (* 1809; † 1903) and had six sisters. Otto studied law from 1853 to 1857 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and later moved to the universities in Bonn and Göttingen . In 1856 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . From 1857 to 1858 he worked as a legal intern at the Immenstadt Regional Court . This was followed by studies of agriculture and forestry at the academy in Hohenheim from 1858 to 1860 . He traveled to England, France and Austria before helping his father manage the family property. From 1865 to 1866 and from 1871 he appeared as his father's deputy in the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries. After his death, from 1885 until his own death in 1918, he was a hereditary member of this first chamber of the Württemberg states. From 1899 to 1910 he was President of the First Chamber. From 1865 to 1918 Count Otto was also a member of the Chamber of Imperial Councils of the Crown of Bavaria. Count Otto was one of the politically most active noble members of the First Chamber. He thought and acted great German and was an early supporter of the center . His candidacies for the Customs Parliament in 1868 and the Reichstag in 1871 failed. In 1906, contrary to the attitude of the center, he advocated an understanding on matters relating to the Württemberg constitutional reform.

In addition to his political work, Count Otto was active in associations, such as a member of the Agriculture Council in Berlin and a founding and board member of the German Agricultural Society. From 1895 to 1907 he was a founding member and president of the Württemberg horse breeding association.

Count Otto belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and was a permanent member of the General Assembly of German Catholics. In October 1890 he was president of the Katholikentag in Ulm and in September 1892 of the Katholikentag in Gmünd . In 1891 Count Otto was President of the German Catholic Congress in Danzig .

His niece was the writer and monastery founder Julie von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny (1859–1925).

honors and awards

Marriage and offspring

Count Otto was married twice. On April 19, 1865 he married his first wife Amalie Princess von Thurn und Taxis in Regensburg (* May 12, 1844 in Donaustauf; † February 12, 1867 in Montreux). This marriage remained childless. On August 2, 1870 Otto led his second wife Therese Princess zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (* July 6, 1851 in Kupferzell † October 12, 1923 in Göppingen) to the altar in Kupferzell. He lived with his family in Weissenstein Castle until his father's death, and in Donzdorf Castle since 1885.

Otto's second marriage (to Therese) had 11 children:

  • Marie Therese Walpurga Friederike Amalie (born December 19, 1872 in Stuttgart; † May 25, 1957 in Kellenried)
  • Therese (born June 4, 1874 in Weißenstein; † February 14, 1895)
  • Katharina Marie Pauline (born August 16, 1875 in Weißenstein, † June 23, 1955 in Achstetten); married since 1904 to Count Karl Pius Reuttner von Weyl (* 1872, † 1959)
  • Elisabeth (born January 29, 1877 in Weißenstein; died after 10 days)
  • Elisabeth (born August 7, 1878 in Weißenstein; † November 5, 1892 in Riedenburg)
  • Franziska (born April 2, 1880 in Donzdorf; † October 12, 1970 ibid); married since 1905 to Baron Max von Fürstenberg (* 1866; † 1925)
  • Gabriele Sarah Ernestine Marie (born November 14, 1883 in Weißenstein; † October 2, 1966 in Munich)
  • Joseph Bernhard Nikolaus Albert (born October 22, 1885 in Weißenstein; † May 30, 1967 in Donzdorf)
  • Albert Adolf Karl Josef Bernhard (born April 3, 1887 in Donzdorf, † October 28, 1983 in Munich); since 1910 married to Baron Theresia von Schorlemer
  • Walburga Maria Margarete (born December 20, 1888 in Donzdorf, † April 26, 1973 in Allmendingen); since 1910 married to Baron Hans Christoph von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen (* 1874; † 1930)
  • Otto Ernst Bernhard (born August 16, 1892 in Donzdorf; † July 5, 1971 in Lausanne)

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 698-700 .
  • Walther Killy (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 8. Verlag KG Saur and DTV, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-59053-X , p. 172

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 358
personal data
SURNAME Rechberg, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rechberg and Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg, Otto Ulrich Aloys Bernhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and President of the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Donzdorf Castle
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1918
Place of death Donzdorf Castle