Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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Philipp Gottfried Alexander Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born January 20, 1970 in Crailsheim ) is a German entrepreneur and has been the head of Hohenlohe-Langenburg since 2004 . As such, he has since been known in public as Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg .

Surname

According to his own information, the name Philipp Gottfried Alexander Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg is entered in Philipp's identity card. But he calls himself a prince because he runs a princely business and is in the tradition of earlier family businesses.

family

Philipp Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born as the first son of Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Charlotte Alexandra Princess von Croÿ . His father was the eldest son of Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Margarita of Greece , the eldest sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. His father was thus a cousin of the British heir to the throne Prince Charles as well by Anne Mountbatten-Windsor, the British Princess Royal and their siblings Andrew and Edward. Anne is one of Philip's godmothers. Philipp is next to Maximilian Andreas von Baden the closest relative of the British royal family in Germany and was the only German invited to the wedding of William and Kate in the British royal family in 2011 . As a descendant of Queen Victoria , Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was ranked 192 in the British line of succession in 2001; before the birth of George of Cambridge he was ranked 162nd, in 2013 he was ranked 189 in the list of around 5000 people living which his father still took 74th place in 1961. Mutual visits by the Windsor and Hohenlohe-Langenburg families are frequent. Elisabeth II was once at Langenburg Castle on her first state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, her husband Prince Philip was there several times with his older sister and her children and grandchildren, and Prince Charles also visited his relatives several times. In return, Elizabeth II invites Philip's family to the horse race from Ascot to Windsor in May and to the hunt at Sandringham House in Norfolk in winter .

Philipp married the investment banker Saskia Li Binder (born January 15, 1973 in Munich ), daughter of the former director of the Deutsche Bank branch in Munich, Hans Peter Binder, on September 6, 2003 in Langenburg and church on September 13, 2003 in Dießen at the Ammersee . The couple have two sons and a daughter.

life and work

He did an apprenticeship as a banker and then studied business administration before he took over the Langenburg property, which also includes around 2,700 hectares of forest around Langenburg and Weikersheim, at the age of 34 after the death of his father. This property, which is managed by the “Fürstliche Forstverwaltung Hohenlohe-Langenburg” and is the main source of income for the house, makes Philipp one of the largest forest owners in Germany. He also succeeded his father as first chairman of the German Automobile Museum, which he founded with Richard von Frankenberg and opened in 1970 at Langenburg Castle. It is the oldest independent car museum in Germany.

Philipp is a proponent of wind power, and he promotes its expansion. In April 2012, together with the lawyer and owner of Götzenburg Jagsthausen Götz Freiherr von Berlichingen (* 1967), Roman Herzog's step son, he signed a contract with EnBW to develop one of the largest closed wind power development portfolios in Baden-Württemberg. In the Brüchlinger Wald, which belongs to the Prince and which is part of the Langenburg district, the energy company plans to build 18, later 24 wind turbines with a height of around 200 meters (up to the rotor tip) on an area of ​​around 540 hectares. This commitment of the prince is not without controversy and causes great protests in the population. Philipp, on the other hand, sees wind power as an opportunity to end the one-sided dependence on forestry, which is extremely vulnerable due to natural influences. According to his own statements, he wants to create another source of income in order to be able to counter-finance the renovation and maintenance costs for Langenburg Castle. This always requires considerable expenditure. The renovation of the castle bridge alone cost around 250,000 euros in 2014. Philipp financed part of the sum by auctioning 100 weapons from the possession of the Langenburg dynasty in a London auction house. According to his own statements, the Prince of Hohenlohen-Langenburg incurs 100,000 to 200,000 euros annually for renovation costs at the culturally and historically valuable Langenburg Castle. Langenburg Castle has 5 hectares of walls, 4 hectares of roofs and over 1 km of heating pipes. Philipp zu Hohenlohe tries through events such as B. the Princely Garden Days , weddings and events as well as the forest climbing park Hohenlohe on the Schlossberg to develop new sources of income to finance the maintenance of his castle. Together with the castle café, in addition to the renovation of the castle bridge, as much as 380,000 euros had to be spent in 2014.

Together with his wife, Philipp zu Hohenlohe created the motto “Langenburg Castle - Hohenlohe Experience” in order to promote the revitalization of Langenburg Castle and its museums. In 2004 he initiated the annual Princely Garden Days at Langenburg Castle, which are considered the largest private garden fair in Baden-Württemberg with more than 25,000 visitors annually. In 2011 Philipp was the managing director of the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg , Michael Hörrmann, initiator of the association “Castles and Gardens of Baden-Wuerttemberg” (SBGBW), to which municipal sponsors such as the “State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Wuerttemberg” joined “As well as private lords and castle owners who together bring almost 100 monuments together. Philip and Hörrmann, you are the chairmen of the association residing in Schloss Bruchsal. In 2016, Philipp founded the Hohenlohe garden network, which legally still belongs to the association “Schlösser Burgen Gärten Baden-Württemberg”. On May 9, 2016, the members presented the network, to which the Association of Palaces, Castles, Gardens Baden-Württemberg, the Touristikgemeinschaft Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall Tourism in Schwäbisch Hall, and the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg belong, at the State Horticultural Show Öhringen presented to the public.

On June 24, 2007 he was appointed Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John .

Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg is a member of the Langenburg municipal council . In 2010 the 169th meeting of the Bremen Tobacco Collegium took place at Langenburg Castle, to which Federal President Roman Herzog also attended .

As chairman of the Hohenlohe Society , Hohenlohe-Langenburg is actively committed to promoting sustainable agriculture and traditional, high-quality agricultural products in the Hohenlohe region and throughout Germany. For several years he has been working closely with his cousin's Prince Charles' International Sustainability Unit in this regard .

Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg is the initiator and, together with Joschka Fischer & Company, founded in 2009 by the former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer , sponsor of the Langenburg Forum for Sustainability . Their work is supported by Prince Charles' International Sustainability Unit . In 2011, 2013 and also in 2015, a two-day forum organized by the Langenburg Forum for Sustainability took place at Langenburg Castle; the 2011 forum was about sustainable agriculture in an international comparison, that of 2013 had sustainable regional agricultural and food systems, and that of 2015 had sustainable Mobility and logistics on the topic, which was discussed by around 100 decision-makers from politics, civil society and business. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave a keynote speech in 2015 at Langenburg Castle . Other guests were Klaus Töpfer , ex-environment minister, BMW board member Peter Schwarzenbauer and Günther Oettinger , EU commissioner for digital economy, ex-federal foreign minister Joschka Fischer as well as prime minister Winfried Kretschmann and justice minister Heiko Maas . Prince Charles, who was still there in person in 2013, was connected via video. In 2017, the former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan , attended the forum.

ancestors

Pedigree of Philipp Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Great-great-grandparents

Prince
Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(1832–1913)
⚭ 1862
Princess
Leopoldine of Baden
(1837–1903)

Duke
Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(1844–1900)
⚭ 1874
Grand Duchess
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
(1853–1920)

King
George I of Greece
(1845–1913)
⚭ 1867
Grand Duchess
Olga Konstantinovna of Russia
(1851–1926)

Prince
Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg
(1854–1921)
⚭ 1884
Princess
Viktoria of Hesse-Darmstadt
(1863–1950)

Prince
Alexander von Croÿ
(1828–1887)
⚭ 1863
Countess
Elisabeth Maria von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg
(1834–1910)

Count
Georg von Stockau (1837–1922)
⚭ 1872
Eveline Baltazzi (1854–1901)

Archibald Campbell, 6th Master of Glendaruel
(† 1875)
⚭
Christina MacLaren
(† 1890)

Reverend
Robert Lang (1840–1908)
⚭ 1866
Adine Louisa Tayler
(1839–1911)
Great grandparents

Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(1863–1950)
⚭ 1896
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(1878–1942)

Prince Andreas of Greece
(1882–1944)
⚭ 1903
Princess Alice von Battenberg (1885–1969)

Prince Alexander von Croÿ
(1873–1937)
⚭ 1908
Countess Mathilde von Stockau (1881–1949)

William MacLaren Campbell (1864–1924)
⚭ 1914
Dorothy Clotilda Lang
(1879–1968)

Grandparents

Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1960)
⚭ 1931
Princess Margarita of Greece (1905–1981)

Alexander Prince of Croÿ (1912–2002)
⚭ 1938
Anne Campbell (1917–1986)
parents

Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935–2004)
⚭ 1965
Princess Charlotte von Croÿ (* 1938)

Philipp Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (* 1970)

TV and radio coverage

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Landesschau Baden-Württemberg from April 28, 2016: Philipp Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The corresponding statements begin at the minute 01:05. Retrieved July 28, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ardmediathek.de
  2. ^ The wedding guest from the Jagst - Frankfurter Allgemeine from April 28, 2011
  3. ↑ William Addams Reitwiesner, succession to the British throne in 2001 . Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Schwäbisches Tagblatt on December 7, 2012 (tagblatt.de): Worse throne chances for the German nobility, birth in the Windsor house will change the ranking ( memento of the original from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 3, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tagblatt.de
  5. ↑ ServusTV: Where counts sleep. Langenburg Castle - "The dear relatives" ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austria 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.servustv.com
  6. ↑ Die Welt on May 1, 2011, The Last of the Succession . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ William Addams Reitwiesner, succession to the British throne in 1961 . Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  8. ^ A b Tanja Kurz: Langenburg and the English relatives . In the Stuttgarter Zeitung on May 26, 2013. Retrieved on July 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of May 27, 2013: Prince Charles visits relatives at Langenburg Castle . Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ Welt.de of May 22, 2013: Organic farmer Prince Charles visits relatives . Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ http://schloss-langenburg.de/ Schlossherren ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 30, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / schloss-langenburg.de
  12. ↑ SWR2 Tandem Manuscript Service: The Green Castle - The Hohenlohe noble family between tradition and modernity ( PDF ) (accessed on July 30, 2016)
  13. ^ The Bremer Tabak-Collegium, 169th meeting on June 2, 2010 at Langenburg Castle (Hohenlohe), guest list . Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  14. ^ The Bremer Tabak-Collegium, 169th meeting on June 2, 2010 at Langenburg Castle (Hohenlohe), 2nd table speech - SD Prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenberg . Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  15. ↑ a b Andrea Koch-Widmann: A fairy tale castle needs marketing ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In the Stuttgarter Zeitung of September 2, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  16. ↑ Uschi Dämmrich von Luttitz: Blue blood and green thumb . Broadcast on BR TV on June 17, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  17. ↑ Wald-Prinz.de: Forest owner: Who owns the forest? . Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  18. ↑ swp.de: Expert for technical subtleties . Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  19. ↑ Die Welt on November 23, 2013: Table talk, Götz von Berlichingen has two good hands (accessed on July 30, 2016)
  20. ↑ Hans Georg Frank: Blue blood pumping . In: Haller Tagblatt from May 3, 2012. Accessed July 28, 2016.
  21. ↑ Harald Zigan: In SWP of February 6, 2014. Accessed on July 28, 2016  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.swp.de  
  22. ↑ Harald Zigan: Langenburg and Billingsbach: Citizens take action against wind farms with a lawyer . In SWP of February 1, 2014. Accessed July 28, 2016.
  23. ↑ Tanja Kurz: Numerous protests against plans for wind turbines . In the Stuttgarter Zeitung of July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  24. ^ Anna Berger: Collection from Langenburg Castle auctioned off in London auction house . In: SWP of December 6, 2014. Accessed July 28, 2016.
  25. ↑ a b Stuttgarter Nachrichten on July 14, 2013: Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, occupation of the castle lord is no picnic (accessed on July 30, 2016)
  26. ^ The Bremer Tabak-Collegium, 169th meeting on June 2, 2010 at Langenburg Castle (Hohenlohe), 2nd table speech - SD Prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenberg (accessed April 30, 2016)
  27. ↑ Top magazine Heilbronn 02/2016: Castles in Baden-Württemberg . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  28. ^ SBGBW: Board of Directors . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  29. ↑ SBGBW: Under the wing of the SBGBW: stately gardens . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  30. ↑ Henry Doll: Marketing Blooming Hohenlohe better . In Heilbronn's voice on May 10, 2016. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.
  31. ↑ CDU city councilor for the third time king of votes - Lena causes landslide in Langenburg at swp.de, May 27, 2014.
  32. ↑ Bremer Tabak-Collegium: 169th meeting on June 2, 2010 at Langenburg Castle (Hohenlohe) . Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  33. ^ Website Die Hohenlohe Gesellschaft eV ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 30, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.die-hohenlohe-gesellschaft.de
  34. ↑ a b c d Langenburg Forum 2013 on sustainable regional agricultural and food systems at Langenburg Castle on Monday, May 27, 2013 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet Checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) (accessed on July 30, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / schloss-langenburg.de
  35. ↑ Weblink of the Langenburg Forum for Sustainability
  36. ^ Prince Charles attacks food production methods at the German symposium The Guardian, May 27, 2013.
  37. ^ Press review Langenburg Forum "Sustainable Mobility and Logistics" on June 18 and 19, 2015 in Langenburg Castle
  38. ↑ Political celebrities, PS and dolls . In: Swp of March 28, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  39. ↑ Manfred Mühlenstedt: In search of strategy in Langenburg Castle . In: Südwest-Presse from June 18, 2015.
  40. ↑ Kofi Annan and Joschka Fischer in Langenburg - STIMME.de. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
force Head of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg house
since 2004 		-
personal data
SURNAME Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Philipp zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Philipp Prinz zu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German head of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Crailsheim