Wichard von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff the Elder

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Wichard Hugo Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (born January 20, 1835 at Gadow Castle ; † February 13, 1905 there ) was a German officer, Fideikommissherr and parliamentarian.

Life

Gadow Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

His parents were Count Hugo Friedrich Erdmann von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (born December 29, 1806 - June 14, 1865) and his wife, Countess Aurora Marie von Wartensleben (born October 11, 1808).

Wichard von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1855 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . He became a major in the Prussian Army and Fideikommissherr on Gadow. From 1865 he designed the landscape park of Schloss Gadow by planting in particular Douglas firs, conifers and rhododendrons into one of the most species-rich landscape gardens in Brandenburg.

From 1868 to 1870 he was a member of the constituency of Potsdam 1 (West and East Prignitz) in the Prussian House of Representatives . He belonged to the faction of the Conservative Party .

He was married to the daughter of State Minister Henning Graf von Bassewitz , Anna Luise Countess von Bassewitz . Fideikommissherr, officer and parliamentarian Wichard von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff the Younger (1871-1916) was his son.

literature

  • Bernhard Mann : Biographical handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 417.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 1871, p.912
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 464
  3. ^ Kaestner & von Urach's Genealogical Database. In: Wichard Graf von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff, on Cumlosen. Kaestner & von Urach, September 22, 2016, accessed on March 6, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Wichard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Wichard Hugo Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, Fideikommissherr and parliamentarian
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Gadow Castle
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1905
Place of death Gadow Castle