Wilhelm von Bismarck-Briest

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Wilhelm von Bismarck-Briest

Wilhelm von Bismarck-Briest (born December 20, 1803 in Potsdam , † March 14, 1877 in Karlsbad ) was a German politician and member of the Reichstag .

origin

He was the son of the Prussian government president Levin Friedrich von Bismarck , landlord of Briest , Welle and Grävenitz in the Altmark , canon of Halberstadt and legal knight of the Order of St. John , and his first wife Charlotte von Rauch .

Live and act

Bismarck attended the Knight Academy in Brandenburg Cathedral and studied law at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . During this time he undertook a trip to the Harz Mountains in 1825 , the diary of which has been preserved. In 1826 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . Bismarck-Briest initially embarked on an administrative career and was finally a government assessor . Eventually he became a manor in Briest and Welle in the Stendal district . Furthermore he was dike captain for the western side of the Elbe from Tangermünde to Kehnert , co-founder of the agricultural association of Stendal and also of the state savings bank of the Altmark. He also stood up for the socially disadvantaged fellow citizens, among other things by founding the Johanniter Hospital in Stendal.

His political career began after he had settled down as a manor owner and moved into the provincial parliament of the province of Brandenburg . In 1840 he was a member of the Landtag of Homage and in 1847 of the United Landtag . He had been a member of the first Prussian Chamber of the Landtag since 1849 and a member of the II. Prussian Chamber from 1849 to 1855 . In 1855 he was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives in the constituency of Magdeburg 3 and remained a member there until 1870. He was a parliamentary group member in the Centrum until 1861 and then counted himself to the conservatives.

Bismarck-Briest was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament in 1850 . He was an elected member of the 3rd electoral district of Saxony (Osterburg, Stendal) and belonged to the Klemme faction . In 1867 Wilhelm von Bismarck-Briest was elected to the Constituent Reichstag and the Reichstag of the North German Confederation . and in the Reichstag from 1871 to 1874 . He was sent there by constituency 2 Magdeburg (Stendal-Osterburg). In the Reichstag he belonged to the conservatives.

family

Bismarck's first marriage on September 24, 1829 in Angern was the widowed Countess Wilhelmine von der Schulenburg (born January 17, 1804 at Gut Angern; † October 3, 1844 at Gut Briest), the daughter of the first Prussian government president of Magdeburg Count Friedrich von der Schulenburg , landlord on Angern, and Henriette Rohtt from and to Holzschwang . In his second marriage, Bismarck married on April 23, 1846 in Stettin Marie von Flotow (* April 23, 1823 in Erfurt , † May 2, 1889 in Bad Oeynhausen ), the daughter of the Prussian Major General Karl Friedrich von Flotow and the Auguste Freiin von Cramm . Bismarck had nine sons and four daughters from both marriages.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 68.
  2. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 71, short biography p. 378–379.
  3. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 93.

literature

  • Georg Hirth (Ed.): German Parliament Almanac. 9th edition, 1871.
  • Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 .
  • Bernd Haunfelder : Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1849–1867 (= manuals on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5181-5 .
  • Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .
  • GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928
  • Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850 , 2000, pp. 83-84.

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personal data
SURNAME Bismarck-Briest, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bismarck-Briest, Wilhelm August Albert Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1877
Place of death Carlsbad