Valentin von Ballestrem

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Valentin Graf von Ballestrem

Valentin Wolfgang Gustav Alexander Joseph Christian Graf von Ballestrem (born December 21, 1860 in Breslau , province of Silesia ; † May 17, 1920 at Plawniowitz Castle , district of Gleiwitz ) was a German coal and steel industrialist and politician ( center ).

family

He came from the old Catholic Silesian noble family Ballestrem and was the eldest son of the center politician and long-time President of the German Reichstag Franz Graf von Ballestrem (1834-1910) and Hedwig Countess von Saurma (1838-1915). Ballestrem married Agnes Countess zu Stolberg-Stolberg (born May 11, 1874 on Gut Thomaswaldau, district of Bunzlau ; † March 26, 1940 on Gut Ober Gläsersdorf , district of Lüben ) on February 20, 1900 at Gut Brustawe ( Militsch district ). , the daughter of Friedrich Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1836–1904) and Bertha Countess von Falkenhayn (1844–1916). From this marriage the three sons Nikolaus Graf von Ballestrem (1900–1945), Carl Wolfgang Graf von Ballestrem (1903–1994) and Franz Anton Graf von Ballestrem (1912–1982) emerged.

Life

As the heir to the Ballestrem family fortune, he was considered one of the richest men in Germany. He was a co-owner of the most powerful economic empire in the German Empire that the Ballestrems had built up since 1798. The property management was in Ruda . The group included u. a. in the vicinity of Gliwice the VOH-Hütte (later “Hütte des 1. Mai”), the rolling mill of Laband AG, “Consolidation Bergbau” and 50% of the shares in the sand track of Peißkretscham (today Pyskowice ). The Oberschlesische Eisenbahnbedarf AG in Gleiwitz, which now also includes the Huldschinsky works and which controlled the Friedenshütte and Antonienhütte, was part of the family company.

Ballestrem was a hereditary member of the Prussian mansion from 1910 to 1918 after the death of his father . This membership was tied to the property of the Plawniowitz family fideikommiss . In addition, he was majorate in Ober-Gläsersdorf ( Lüben district ) and a member of the supervisory board of the Silesian Bank Corporation . He was also a member ("membership record") in the Imperial Automobile Club (1914) and obedience knight in the Catholic Order of Malta .

As a student of law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , he was a member of the Catholic student association AV Guestfalia Tübingen in the CV . During his studies in Breslau he became a member of the KDStV Winfridia Breslau in the CV in 1881 .

Publications

  • Groß-Strehlitz - district town with an eventful church history . In: Heimatbrief d. Catholics
  • Diary of a Maltese on the Hungarian border . In: Revue de l'Ordre Souverain Militaire de Malte 2, New Series Volume XVI, 1958, page 67f.

Web links

Commons : Valentin von Ballestrem  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Matthias , Rudolf Morsey : The End of the Parties, 1933 , 1960, p. 327.
  2. ^ Ballestrems in Gleiwitz
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume I, page 197, Volume 53 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1972.
  4. ↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 91.
personal data
SURNAME Ballestrem, Valentin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ballestrem-Plawniowitz, Valentin Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German noblemen, industrialists and politicians (center)
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1920
Place of death Plawniowitz Castle , Gleiwitz district