Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen
Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen (born April 16, 1819 - April 1, 1883 ) was the landlord in Treschklingen . He has made a great contribution to growing sugar beets in the Kraichgau .
Life
He was a son of Sigmund Johann Nepomuk von Gemmingen (1777–1843) and Charlotte von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1785–1842). He attended the Lyceum in Mannheim , entered the engineering academy in Vienna in 1832, became a lieutenant in the engineering corps in 1838 and fought in Venice and Zara. In 1841 he was promoted to first lieutenant and worked on the planning of military buildings in Effeg, Brno and Trieste. In 1844 he retired from military service.
The property of the father, who died in 1843, was divided among the four brothers Franz Karl (1806–1867), Gustav (1813–1894), Sigmund Reinhard (1819–1883) and Adolph (1822–1902). Franz Karl received Rappenau , Gustav received Bürg , Sigmund Reinhard received Treschklingen and Ittlingen and Adolph received Fränkisch-Crumbach . Gustav and Adolph each founded their own branches of the von Gemmingen family. Franz Karl and Sigmund Reinhard, however, remained without male descendants.
Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen moved to Treschklingen Castle in 1844 . Starting from there Schlossgut he promoted in 1851 the cultivation of sugar beet and negotiated with the sugar factory in Waghäusel and the landlords and farmers of the surrounding villages for the delivery of an annual 100,000 quintals of sugar beets, which should move the sugar factory, a dry house around Rappenau to erect. Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen's commitment to growing sugar beet has made a huge difference in the Kraichgau. The sugar factory built ten dry houses that were used up until the 1870s in other places, but not near Rappenau. It was only after his death that a cooperation came about, when the sugar factory (later Südzucker ) leased his estate in Treschklingen a few years after Sigmund Reinhard's death.
On his 60th birthday in 1879, the Treschklinger Gesangverein Frauenlob serenaded him, for which Sigmund von Gemmingen returned the favor with a generous donation for the purchase of a club flag. Since the consecration of this flag in 1880, the coat of arms of the barons of Gemmingen has also been the emblem of the association that still exists today.
Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen died in 1883 without male descendants, so that his property fell to his brother Adolph von Gemmingen, who was well off in Franconian Crumbach. He was buried in the crypt chapel of the Barons von Gemmingen , for whom he had acquired the altarpiece in 1869.
family
In 1844 he married Emilie Freiin von Handel (1815–1869). The marriage had three daughters:
- Luise (* 1846)
- Karoline (1848–1855)
- Gabriele (* 1852) ⚭ Emmerich Raitz von Frentz
literature
- Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family chronicle of the barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 292. Digitized
- Anne and Helmut Schüßler: Treschklingen - From the knightly Kraichgaudorf to the district of Bad Rappenau. City of Bad Rappenau, Bad Rappenau 2004, ISBN 3-936866-02-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gemmingen, Sigmund Reinhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landlord in Treschklingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1819 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1883 |