Wilderich Graf von und zu Bodman

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Johann Wilderich Maria Othmar Hubertus Graf von und zu Bodman (born December 12, 1936 in Möggingen ) is a German entrepreneur and local politician ( CDU ). Since 1976 he is the noble house Bodman as chief ago.

Life

Wilderich was born in 1936 at Möggingen moated castle as the eldest of three brothers from the Freiherr family Nikolaus (1903–1988) and Baroness Monika von und zu Bodman (1907–1992), née Countess von Spee. After his uncle, Johannes Graf von und zu Bodman (1899–1976), the older brother of his father Nikolaus, remained childless and thus without a successor, Wilderich was adopted by him.

He first studied agriculture with a focus on fruit growing and then business administration in Bonn and Hohenheim. He then completed a year of practical experience in the USA. He has been working for the family business since 1968, initially at the side of his uncle, and after his death in 1976 as head of the noble house. Under him, the indebted family business with almost entirely leased land has developed into a lucrative forestry and agricultural business with fruit growing, distillery and winery. The surpluses generated flowed mainly into the administration and maintenance of the listed Bodman property. Several properties that were too expensive to maintain, unprofitable to use or difficult to renovate due to monument protection were sold. In 2006 he handed over the management to his son, Freiherr Johannes von und zu Bodman , the eldest of four siblings.

Von Bodman is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany . In 1971 he was elected to the district council of the Stockach district. After its dissolution during the district reform in 1973 , the district councils of the newly created Stockach administrative community were transferred to the district council of the district of Constance . He was also a member of the municipal council in Bodman-Ludwigshafen from 1975 to 1994.

After von Bodman was President of the Hegau History Association from 1992 to 2018 , he was appointed honorary president of the association on January 25, 2018. He is a board member of the Association of the Nobility in Baden, honorary chairman of the Bodman sailing club and the Stockach yacht club, but is also involved in other local associations.

Honors

Wilderich Graf Bodman received, among other things, the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985 , the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Holy Pope Silvester , the Grand Officer's Cross for Services to the Sovereign Order of Malta, in 2008 the German Prize for Monument Protection the Silver Hemisphere and was honored with the ring of honor of the district of Constance and in 2010 Honorary citizen of his home town Bodman-Ludwigshafen .

progeny

In 1968 he married Maria-Claudia, Freiin von Stotzingen. From this marriage there were four children:

  • Johannes, Freiherr von und zu Bodman (born March 18, 1969 in Singen (Hohentwiel) ; ∞ Marie-Caroline, Countess of Ledebur-Wicheln)
  • Margerita, Freiin von Bodman (born March 26, 1971 in Singen (Hohentwiel); ∞ Maximilian, Count von Oppersdorff)
  • Nicola Maria Katharina, Freiin von und zu Bodman (born April 24, 1973 in Singen (Hohentwiel))
  • Johann Georg Wolfgang Maria, Freiherr von und zu Bodman (born July 7, 1976 in Singen (Hohentwiel))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bodman . In: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume 139 of the complete series, Starke Verlag, 2006, p. 50ff., Here p. 52.
  2. ↑ Strub: Bodman's popular anniversary boy. Bodman - There is a festive mood in the Count's Palace today . In: Südkurier of December 12, 2011
  3. ^ Gerhard Waldherr: Freiherr Johannes von und zu Bodman. We have always been there . In: brand eins , edition 09/2011.
  4. ^ Friedrich W. Strub: Count Bodman says goodbye to the district council . In: Südkurier from June 6, 2009
  5. ↑ a b Senger: Wilderich Graf Bodman is an honorary citizen . In: Südkurier of October 22, 2010
  6. ^ Wilderich Graf von und zu Bodman on the website of the German National Committee for Monument Protection ; Retrieved May 5, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Bodman, Wilderich Graf von und zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bodman, Johann Wilderich Maria Othmar Hubertus Graf von und zu (full name); Bodman, Wilderich from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and local politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Möggingen