Wilhelm Heinrich Masser
Wilhelm Heinrich Masser also Billy Masser (born June 30, 1824 in Sorau , † January 19, 1907 in Delbrück ) was a Prussian servant , employee and contributor to the princely family around Hermann von Pückler-Muskau .
Live and act
Masser spent his childhood and youth in Naumburg in Silesia, not far from Christianstadt an der Bober . In 1841, the seventeen-year-old, stepped diminutive Heinrich Masser in the service of Princess Lucie von Pückler-Muskau . It enabled him to receive a further education and initially entrusted him with the tasks of entertainer and secretary. Around 1849 he accompanied the royal family to the Upper Austrian Salzkammergut ; he visited the Wolfgangsee , the Mondsee , Bad Ischl . On the way back they stopped in Vienna and Prague . In 1855 he traveled alone to Hardenberg Castle in Krenkerup on Lolland in Denmark to visit a niece, Ida Augusta Christiansdatter Countess Hardenberg-Reventlow (1799–1867) of the princess. Further trips took him to Danzig , Königsberg , Potsdam and Berlin , Dresden , Frankfurt an der Oder and Frankfurt am Main , Cologne and Hanover . Often the trips to the princely relatives were combined with invitations to hunt . Masser was a passionate hunter. He often visited the first daughter of Lucie Adelheid von Carolath-Beuthen and her husband Heinrich zu Carolath-Beuthen and was also a guest on the hunting trips in the Heinrichslust hunting lodge near Carolath.
He later became the secret secretary , librarian and steward in the estates, the castles Muskau and Branitz . After the princesses' death on May 8, 1854, Billy stayed with Prince Pückler in Branitz, where he continued to work as a secretary. But he was also present as a table companion at his regular meals. After Pückler's death in 1871, Masser had to leave Branitz Castle with a pension from the princely couple. His further paths led him to Dresden , where he married Klara Schrader from Berlin. The couple moved to Kahla in Thuringia and from there to Lipperland in Westphalia . The connection resulted in two daughters and several grandchildren.
literature
- Liersch: From the last days of Prince Pückler-Muskau's life . In: The Gazebo . Volume 42, 1874, pp. 678-680 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Caricature, drawing of the "dwarf" Billy, the manager and confidante of Prince Pückler.
- Estate Masser, Billy (1824–1907). pueckler-digital.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Billy Masser . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , January 19, 2007
- ↑ a b Billy Masser - the dwarf of Prince Pückler. fuerstpueckler.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Masser, Wilhelm Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Masser, Billy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Secretary; Confidante and employee of Princess Lucie von Pückler-Muskau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sorau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1907 |
| Place of death | Delbruck |