Sigismund von Treskow

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Johann Carl Sigismund von Treskow (born October 1, 1864 in Friedrichsfelde near Berlin , † May 23, 1945 in Dahlwitz ) was a Prussian politician.

Life

Sigismund von Treskow comes from the noble family Tresckow . His parents were Carl von Treskow (* 1819, † 1882) and Adelheid von Treskow, geb. Countess von Haeseler (* 1833; † 1908).

Von Treskow spent his childhood on the Friedrichsfelde family estate . From 1878 to 1884 he attended the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Berlin. He then studied law in Berlin and Bonn from 1884 to 1887 and became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . On 23 December 1887 he was the legal review, on January 5, 1888, he received his doctorate from the University of Jena to the Dr. jur. and was appointed court trainee on January 21st. He then worked at the Rixdorf District Court and the Köpenick District Court as well as the District Court II of Berlin as well as the lawyer and notary Viebig.

From April 1, 1888 to April 1, 1889 he served in the Guard Cuirassier Regiment , entered the higher administrative service on October 8, 1891, was appointed government trainee on October 15 and took up his duties in the government in Potsdam . From 1894 to 1897 he took a leave of absence from civil service and managed the Grocholin family estate in the province of Poznan . On October 26, 1895, he passed the great state examination and was appointed government assessor. On May 5, 1897, he was released from civil service at his own request.

On March 4, 1898 he took over provisional administration of the Niederbarnim district and was appointed district administrator there on September 12 of the same year . In this role, he built a modern health system with five hospitals and numerous diakonia stations and promoted the construction of sewer systems . He also promoted road and rail construction and reformed the fire extinguishing system. He also supported popular education . Six commercial advanced training schools were built during his tenure.

From 1899 von Treskow was district fire society director and from 1899 to 1919 a member of the Brandenburg-Prussian state parliament . On April 1, 1905, he was dismissed from civil service and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class. From 1907 to 1913 he was a member of the Conservative Party in the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency of Potsdam 9 ( Oberbarnim and Niederbarnim and the urban district of Lichtenberg ). From 1916 to 1940 he was a founding and supporting member of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society . The German Society in 1914 elected him next to u. a. Eugen Diederichs , Matthias Erzberger , Samuel Fischer , Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Harry Graf Kessler , Louis-Ferdinand Ullstein and Max Warburg in their council.

Grocholin manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Sigismund von Treskow owned the manor and castle Friedrichsfelde with Karlshorst, the manor Grocholin near Erxin and shares in the family estate Strzelce near Kutno. In December 1940 he acquired Klaus Castle in Upper Austria from Prince Schaumburg-Lippe .

Treskow remained childless, but in 1925 adopted his great-niece Ursula von Sydow, nee. von Warriors, and in 1930 Hans von Rosen .

Honors

He was honored with a total of eight street names for his services, which included in particular the development of the northern and eastern suburbs of Berlin with trams and railways and the associated commercial boom. The Treskow Bridge was also named in his honor.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 389 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)

literature

  • Hans Hoppe: In memory of Sigismund von Treskow . In: Family history contributions from the Altburgund district (Hrsg.): Altenburgunder Familienarchiv. Sources and descriptions of the Altenburgunder family history . F.3, 1964.
  • Claudia Wilke: The district administrators of the Teltow and Niederbarnim districts in the German Empire . Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-930850-70-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Treskow, Sigismund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Treskow, Johann Carl Sigismund von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichsfelde near Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1945
Place of death Dahlwitz