Peter von Drachenfels
Peter Philipp Baron von Drachenfels (* 9 February 1795 in bitches in Kurland ; † 10. July 1879 in Grausden in Kurland) was a Courland district marshal .
Life
After Peter von Drachenfels had finished school at the Illustrious Gymnasium in Mitau in 1814, he went to study at Heidelberg University in the same year, where he became a member of the Corps Curonia there. In the following year he left Heidelberg to serve in the Courland Dragoon Regiment. In 1819 he was bid farewell as a lieutenant and became the owner of the Grausden manor. In 1828 he was elected local district marshal in Mitau. He held the office until 1840. During his tenure he was from 1832 to 1833 and from 1836 to 1837 country messenger marshal. From 1840 to 1866 he was elected Resident District Marshal of Hasenpoth. In addition, he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Latvian Teachers' College in Irmlau from 1840 to 1876, from 1846 to 1876 board member of the Courland Credit Association and from 1850 to 1879 curator of the Katharinenstift in Mitau. From 1862 he was a baron.
literature
- Wolfgang Kraus : A Kurland Corps student a hundred years ago in Deutsche Corpszeitung 34 (1917/1918), pp. 327–332 (memories of Peter von Drachenfels on his student days)
- Drachenfels, Peter Philipp Frhr. von, Baron since 1862 in: Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner: Lexicon of German-Language Literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg: From the Middle Ages to the Present , Walter de Gruyter, 2007, p. 371
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Peter von Drachenfels. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 111 , 47
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drachenfels, Peter von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drachenfels, Baron Peter Philipp von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Courland district marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sluts, Kurland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1879 |
| Place of death | Horrors in Courland |