Rudolf Count von Spreti
Rudolf Eduard Oskar Joseph Graf von Spreti (born February 11, 1883 in Munich ; † November 14, 1955 in Hochschloss Pähl am Ammersee ) was a rider and then head of the Waldfried thoroughbred stud in Frankfurt-Niederrad, founded in 1896 by the Frankfurt brothers Arthur and Carl von Weinberg with a branch in Neuenhagen near Berlin , where he also moved his residence.
The “Waldfried” racing team was based on the large area at Amselsteg in Neuenhagen near Berlin. From 1913 to World War II, horse racing horses were successfully trained here, which celebrated great successes in Hoppegarten and throughout Germany. In 1924 Rudolf Graf von Spreti had his manor house built on the area, which from then on was popularly known as the “Spreti Villa”. The building is still in its original form today. After the war, the villa served as a tuberculosis hospital and from 1981 as a permanent home for mentally handicapped children. Since 1990 the “Spreti-Villa” has been the home of the special school “Am Amselsteg” for mentally handicapped children and young people. The racing team itself was in operation until 1993, albeit under a different name.
In 1944 the stud was destroyed by 83 explosive bombs. After the war Spreti was initially employed as a trustee in Munich-Riem . At the same time he tried to revive the Waldfried Stud near the Pähl Castle with the remaining stock of breeding horses.
family
Rudolf's parents were the Bavarian general Bernhard Karl Paul, Count von Spreti, (born June 25, 1849) and Gabrielle Maria geb. Avigdor (born March 31, 1856 - † March 20, 1932) from a French-Italian-British banking family. They had several children. Rudolf was the oldest. His brother Ludwig (1885–1916) died as a soldier during the Brusilov offensive in Toboly / Ukraine on the Stochid River .
In 1902 he made his Abitur at the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich .
Rudolf was one of the most successful riders among the Bavarian officers and twice won the Riem Prize, one of the most difficult hunting races in the German Empire. In 1911 he married Marie Elisabeth von Weinberg (1892–1969). She was one of two adopted daughters of the Frankfurt industrialist Arthur von Weinberg ( Cassella , Farbwerke Hoechst ) and his wife Willemine Peschel, the biological and widowed mother of the two girls who came from a Dutch family. Marie Elisabeth and her sister Charlotte Frederike (1896–1973) became two of the richest heirloom daughters of the Empire through adoption.
The couple Rudolf Graf von Spreti and Maria had two children. Son Arthur-Ludwig Graf von Spreti (* February 27, 1917 - September 17, 1942) died as a 25-year-old soldier in the Second World War near Kissljakow / Stalingrad as part of the 6th Army . The daughter Alexandra-Beatrix Countess von Spreti (born January 15, 1929) continued the work in 1955 after the death of her father Rudolf at Pähl Castle. She married the horse racing specialist Joachim Ulrich (Uwe) Scherping (1916–1979), who was the successor to his father-in-law in 1961 and was deputy chairman of the directorate for thoroughbred breeding and racing until his death. After his death, the Waldfried Stud became part of the Römerhof Stud in North Rhine-Westphalia 54 years after it was founded . The widow Alexandra-Beatrix married Cesar Juan Gutierrez from Montevideo / Uruguay and moved to South America.
Honors
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Angela von Gans / Monika Groening: The Gans family 1350–1963; Publishing house regional culture; 2006; ISBN 3-89735-486-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1901/02
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spreti, Rudolf Graf von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Count von Spreti, Rudolf Eduard Oskar Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rider and horse breeder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1955 |
| Place of death | Hochschloss Pähl am Ammersee |