Paul von Hedemann-Heespen

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Paul von Hedemann-Heespen , complete: Paul Christian Georg Carl von Hedemann, called von Heespen (* February 8, 1869 in German Nienhof , today part of Westensee ; † February 22, 1937 ibid) was a German administrative lawyer , landowner and regional historian .

Live and act

Paul von Hedemann-Heespen comes from that branch of the Schleswig-Holstein noble family von Hedemann who, after the death of Friedrich Christian von Heespen († 1776), the last of his line, benefited from the family entourage of Deutsch Nienhof donated by him Took the name of Hedemann, called von Heespen or Hedemann-Heespen for short . He was the son of Friedrich von Hedemann-Heespen (1827–1905) and his wife (since 1860) Anna, geb. Countess Reventlow at Kaltenhof (1841–1927).

After attending high school in Kiel and graduating from high school in 1886, he studied law at the universities of Marburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Leipzig and Berlin until 1889. In 1890 he did his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 16 Hussar Regiment and entered the Prussian civil service as a trainee lawyer. Interrupted by two years of training in agriculture from 1897 to 1899 he worked as assessor and Councilor in Magdeburg , Mülheim an der Ruhr , Marburg, Gdansk, Hildesheim and Kiel.

With the death of his father in 1905, he became entertainer in German Nienhof and Pohlsee (now part of Langwedel ). In order to be able to devote himself entirely to the management of the estate, in 1907 he retired from civil service as a member of the government. D. and Lieutenant of the Reserve. From 1907 to 1909 he had the interior of the manor house redesigned by Deutsch Nienhof according to his ideas. The entrance hall was converted into two-storey and spacious rooms in the geometric Art Nouveau style.

Hedemann-Heespen made a name for himself primarily as a regional historian. For his historical research he was able to fall back on the extensive archive in Deutsch Nienhof, which went back to Christoph Gensch von Breitenau and his work for the Danish king.

In 1906 he published a three-volume manor history by Deutsch Nienhof and Pohlsee. From 1917 to 1919 he published Hedemann's family history in three volumes, and in 1926 his main work, The Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein and the Modern Era, appeared . There were also a number of essays and articles on historical topics and questions of the time in magazines and newspapers. For a time he managed the state library in Kiel.

The “idiosyncratic and spiritually original aristocrat”, the “idiosyncratic but also witty historian” represented his independent, sometimes idiosyncratic positions as a cultural functionary. In 1908 he was the first chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Association for Homeland Security , was one of the founders of the Nordelbingen magazine and emphasized the cultural independence of Schleswig-Holstein , especially against Prussia.

As the first German since 1864, the Royal Danish Society for Patriotic Society and Language awarded him full membership in 1927. 1932 awarded him the Law and Political Science Faculty of the University of Wuerzburg her honorary doctorate , also in 1933 the philosophical faculty of the University of Erlangen .

Publications

  • History of the noble estates Deutsch-Nienhof and Pohlsee in Holstein. 3 volumes. Bergas, Schleswig 1906.
  • (under the pseudonym Omnino Sepultus :) From a dead man's songbook. Walter B. Mühlau, Richard Hermes, Kiel / Hamburg 1914.
  • From records and letters from three centuries of Schleswig-Holstein history. H. Haessel, Leipzig 1915.
  • History of the von Hedemann family. 3 volumes. Augustin, Glückstadt 1917–1919.
  • (with Jürgen Kleen; Georg Reimer ): Heimatbuch des Kreis Rendsburg. Head teacher Jürgen Kleen, Westerrönfeld near Rendsburg 1922
  • The duchies of Schleswig-Holstein and the modern age. WG Mühlau, Kiel 1926.
  • The life of the Privy Councilor Christoph Gensch von Breitenau. In: Nordelbingen 10, 1934, pp. 1–161.

literature

  • Harry Schmidt , Fritz Fuglsang : Paul von Hedemann-Heespen. In: Nordelbingen 10, 1934, pp. IX-XIII.
  • Wilhelm Klüver : Hedemann-Heespen, Paul Christian Georg Carl / von. In: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon , 1974, pp. 143-144.
  • Bernd Kreklau: Paul von Hedemann-Heespens public criticism of Prussia. Dissertation Kiel 1986.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After his entry in Who is it? 6 (1912), p. 610
  2. ^ Gut Deutsch Nienhof , German Foundation for Monument Protection
  3. ↑ See archives in German-speaking countries. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1974, ISBN 978-3-11-001955-1 , p. 196 f.
  4. ↑ See the entries in the GVK .
  5. ^ Otto Brandt , Wilhelm Klüver: History of Schleswig-Holstein. 6th edition. Mühlau, Kiel 1966, p. 274
  6. ^ Alfred Kamphausen : Schleswig-Holstein, Land of the Coast: Landscape, History, Culture, Art . 1968, p. 221
personal data
SURNAME Hedemann-Heespen, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hedemann called von Heespen, Paul Christian Georg Carl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, landowner and regional historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH German Nienhof, today part of Westensee
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1937
Place of death German Nienhof, today part of Westensee