Wilhelm of Biel

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Grave monument for Wilhelm von Biel and his two wives in the village church Proseken

Wilhelm von Biel (born February 18, 1789 in Braunschweig , † May 16, 1876 in Zierow ) was a Mecklenburg landlord and horse breeder.

Life

Zierow mansion

Wilhelm von Biel was the elder of two sons of the ducal Braunschweig's secret councilor and dean of the St. Blasius Monastery Christian Andreas von Biel (1740-1805) on Zierow in Mecklenburg, who was raised to the imperial nobility in 1791 . In 1784/85 the father had acquired the former Negendankschen estates of Zierow, Eggerstorf, Neu-Jassewitz and Weitendorf near Wismar from Adrian Wilhelm Pauli and Magdalena Pauli . At his death they fell to his underage sons Wilhelm and the younger Gottlieb . Zierow, Eggersdorf and Landsdorf came to Wilhelm von Biel as part of the inheritance dispute. In 1806 he joined the Braunschweigische Dragoon Regiment and in 1813 changed to the rank of Premier Lieutenant in the Mecklenburg service, initially as adjutant to the commander of the Voluntary Hunter Regiment on horseback Count Moltke , later he became Ordonnance Officer of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig . After retiring from the military, he began managing his estates. In Zierow he had the manor house rebuilt from 1819 to 1824.

Together with his brother Gottlieb, Count Plessen on Ivenack and Friedrich Graf von Hahn on Basedow , he began breeding English thoroughbreds in Mecklenburg , the successes in breeding brought the brothers from Biel international attention and recognition. He is the founder of the horse races for thoroughbred horses on the Ostseerennbahn in Bad Doberan (1822) and corresponding races in Güstrow , Basedow and in Neubrandenburg . The English rider and equestrian author Charles James Apperley (1777–1843) reports under his pseudonym Nimrod about a visit to the brothers from Biel on their estates and about a visit to the Doberan horse races in 1829.

As a result of a dispute with the editor of the Altonaer Zeitung for horse lovers , Johann Georg Wachenhusen , about the quality of his publication, there was a duel between Biel and Wachenhusen on the Hanoverian coast on December 21, 1833 at the Schluisgrove Vorwerk in the Wilhelmsburg district (today part of the Hamburger Port), where von Wachenhusen found death.

Wilhelm von Biel was married twice. Both wives came from British families. In 1849 he acquired the Kalkhorst estate and left it to his eldest son Thomson von Biel, who had today's castle built. In 1865 he and his family were elevated to the Prussian baron status.

He was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . The family grave is located in the Proseken village church .

Fonts

Editor of the list of thoroughbred horses in Mecklenburg. 3 volumes, 1827–1830.

literature

  • Charles James Apperly: Nimrods German Tour. (1828) (first edition of Nimrods German Tour. In: Sporting Magazine. 1829–1830. Most recently: Godewind Verlag , Wismar 2006.) ISBN 978-3-939198-70-3 .
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 992 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Biel brothers win the race. in. Nordkurier. dated April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Eduard Alberti: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers. volume 2, Kiel 1864, p. 523
personal data
SURNAME Biel, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mecklenburg landlord and horse breeder
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1876
Place of death Zierow