Ulrich von Bassewitz (officer)

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Ulrich Carl Adolph von Bassewitz (born March 27, 1781 in West Bruges , † December 1, 1866 in Schimm ) completed an officer career in the Swedish military service from 1795 to 1807, most recently in the rank of lieutenant colonel , Herr auf Schimm and Tarzow, in 1861 an honorary citizen of the Hanseatic city of Wismar .

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Ulrich von Bassewitz was the third son of Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Carl von Bassewitz and Sophie Elisabeth Henriette, nee. Born by Barner. He still had eight brothers and six sisters, including Friedrich Magnus and Adolf .

In 1795, Bassewitz joined a garrisoned German-Swedish regiment in Stralsund as an ensign. In 1796 he went to Stockholm as a lieutenant. In 1797 he studied in Uppsala / Sweden. In 1801 he was captain and staff adjutant and in 1805 major and senior adjutant of the last Swedish king adH Wasa. 1806-1807 he was used militarily in Germany. After the armistice, Ulrich Carl Adolph von Bassewitz was awarded the Swedish Order of the Sword and removed as a lieutenant colonel.

He married Juliane von Pavels. With her he had two sons, August Gneomar and Friedrich Magnus.

In 1809 Bassewitz took over the Schimm and Tarzow estates . On July 15, 1841, he donated a Fideikommiss over these two estates, confirmed on July 19, 1841 by the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Paul Friedrich and the President of the Privy Council, Ludwig von Lützow . He expanded the Schimm estate along with the park.

Bassewitz carried out intensive genealogical research and produced, among other things, extracts from documents from the 14th-16th centuries in the Rostock archives. Century on. On Schimm, he set up a comprehensive family archive, which contained various contracts, letters, seals, stamps, coats of arms, pedigree tables and the like. In particular, the archive kept the memories of the von Bassewitz family's ties with Sweden alive.

On January 25, 1861, the citizens' committee of the city of Wismar approved the application for honorary citizenship for Lieutenant Colonel a. D. von Bassewitz .

The two charitable foundations that he established in Wismar were decisive for the award to be given . For example, the foundation approved by the council on September 18, 1860 should benefit eye patients. The interest on his dedicated capital of 600 thalers was used for the treatment of Wismar patients in the Rostock eye clinic. A second foundation, which von Bassewitz had endowed with a capital of 1,500 thalers on November 10, 1860, was dedicated to the poor in the city. The poorest residents of the city were to receive payments in kind of the interest every year before Christmas. On February 13, 1861, the Wismar Council followed the motion of the Citizens' Committee and confirmed the granting of honorary citizenship to Ulrich Carl Adolph von Bassewitz as the second honorary citizen of the city of Wismar . The original of the honorary citizenship letter is in the archive of the Hanseatic City of Wismar.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Giese: Citizens and honorary citizens. In: Wismarer contributions - series of publications of the archive of the Hanseatic city of Wismar. Issue 18. Wismar 2012. pp. 5–23. - Other sources give the Gut Schönhof a different place of birth.
  2. ↑ cf. also: Mecklenburg Schwerin State Calendar, Schwerin 1837, p. 217 books.google
  3. ^ Archives Hanseatic City of Wismar, Dept. III. Rep, 2nd E 10
  4. ^ Gerd Giese: Wismar contributions. The honorary citizens of the city of Wismar. Wismar 2012, p. 12.
  5. ↑ Archive Hanseatic City of Wismar, Council files 3555.
  6. ↑ Honorary Citizen. Retrieved March 27, 2010 .

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SURNAME Bassewitz, Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bassewitz, Ulrich Carl Adolph von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swedish officer, honorary citizen of the city of Wismar (1861)
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH West Bruges
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1866
Place of death Schimm