Peter Wolff Metternich to the canal

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Peter Reichsgraf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht , also Levinus Peter Georg Henning Antonius Maria Apollonia Graf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht , (born March 5, 1929 in Göttingen ; † May 26, 2013 at Vinsebeck Castle ) was a German entrepreneur. From 2005 to 2011 he was general governor of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in Rome .

family

Peter Wolff Metternich to the canal came from the Rhineland noble family of the Wolff-Metternich . He was the oldest of three children from the marriage of Wolfgang Graf Wolff-Metternich (1894–1967) and Adelheid von Adelebsen (1898–1987).

He married Marie Christine Altgräfin zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck (January 4, 1932 - December 10, 2010), a daughter of Franz zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck , the last Prince and , on July 18, 1955 at Schloss Alfter near Bonn Former counts of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck with his death, the 900-year-old family of the former counts and later princes of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck became extinct. There are four children from the marriage. The eldest son is Count Simeon Wolff Metternich.

Life

Peter Wolff Metternich entertained numerous castles (ex. Castle Vinsebeck , Castle Alfter ), castles (ex. Burg Adelebsen ) and listed structures, real estate, agriculture and forestry farms belonging to the family as founded in 1947 Stiftung Burg Adelebsen with 300 hectares of forest and 280 Hectares of agriculture. The Count Wolff Metternich head office is based at the castle Adelebsen in the district of Göttingen.

At the beginning of the 1970s, Metternich made it possible for a hippie commune with Peter Wolbrandt, Jan Fride Wolbrandt and Hellmut Hattler to have free housing and employment rights on his Wintrup estate in the Teutoburg Forest ; From this the music group Kraan was formed , a German rock band and the most famous representative of Krautrock .

Together with his wife Marie Christine, who owned Schloss Dyck until 1999, he brought Schloss Dyck , one of the most important moated castles in the Rhineland , into a non-profit foundation at Schloss Dyck with the aim of establishing a center for garden art and landscape culture.

Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

In 1959 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Canali and invested in Cologne Cathedral on December 5, 1959 by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the Order. From 1962 to 1996 he was President of the Order Province of Northern Germany. In 1969 he was also appointed to the office of Grand Master in Rome as Vice Governor.

In 2008, Count Wolff Metternich zu Gracht was appointed general governor of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, based in Rome . In 2011 he handed over the office to Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto . He was a Kollar knight and honorary governor of the order.

Pope John Paul II awarded him the Grand Cross of the Papal Knightly Order of St. Gregory the Great on April 20, 1999 for his many years of service in the Order's Grand Master 's office , which was presented to him by Cardinal Carlo Furno .

He was also Knight of Honor and Knight of Devotion of the Order of Malta . For his work in the Diocese of Hildesheim he was honored with the " Benemerenti " medal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice: Marie Christine Reichsgräfin Wolff Metternich zur Gracht Altgräfin zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the archive.today web archive ), Rheinische Post , published on January 3, 2011
  2. ^ DGGL Culture Prize - Marie Christine Gräfin Wolff Metternich ( memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on August 8, 2012
  3. ↑ Burkhard Battran: New chapter in the Kraan legend , NW News, published on March 15, 2010
  4. ^ Obituary: Marie Christine Countess Wolff Metternich zur Gracht ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Rheinische Post , published on December 18, 2010
  5. ↑ Simon Hopf: rescue package for Schloss Dyck. Things are finally looking up , NGZ, published on February 27, 2009
  6. ^ Riunione del Gran Magistero a Roma (2009) , Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem , accessed August 8, 2012
  7. ↑ AAS 91 (1999), n. 11, p. 1098.
  8. ↑ Investiture in Paderborn from May 14-16, 1999 ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, accessed on August 8, 2012

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predecessor Office successor
Ludovico Carducci Artenisio Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg General Governor of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
2008-2011 		Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
personal data
SURNAME Wolff Metternich to the canal, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, Peter Reichsgraf; Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, Levinus Peter Georg Henning Antonius Maria Apollonia Graf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, general governor of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2013
Place of death Vinsebeck Castle