Wilhelm von Herder

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Wilhelm Freiherr von Herder (born March 24, 1824 in St. Petersburg , † February 1, 1907 at Rauenstein Castle ) was a German manor owner and politician.

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He was the son of the Petersburg businessman Wilhelm Ludwig Ernst von Herder and a grandson of the poet Johann Gottfried Herder . Wilhelm von Herder studied at the University of Heidelberg around 1842 and became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . On September 1, 1856, Herder acquired the castle and the Rauenstein manor from Wolfgang Freiherr von Herder's widow Therese for 166,000 thalers , where he held the office of justice of the peace.

As a deputy member of the manor owners of the Erzgebirge district , he belonged to the second chamber of the Saxon state parliament in 1863/64 . As the elected manor owner of the Erzgebirge district, he was a member of the I. Landtag Chamber from 1879 to 1902. In 1906 he sold the paper factory he had built in the Flöhatal as well as the Cameroon wood grinder located between Nennigmühle and Blumenau to Günther & Richter.

He was born with Marie Henriette. Splitgerber (1838–1877) married and had at least six children with them, including Gottfried von Herder , who later became a member of the Reichstag . In 1882 Herder acquired the Niederforchheim manor for his underage son Arthur from the heirs of Moritz Heinrich Freiherr von Biedermann.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66 , 235
  2. ↑ Inventory of the Rauenstein estate ( memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Chemnitz State Archives @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiv.sachsen.de
  3. ^ Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 . Dresden 2001, p. 105
  4. ^ Josef Matzerath: Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 . Dresden 2001, p. 43
  5. ↑ New Saxon Church Gallery, Ephorie Marienberg, Sp. 252 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Herder, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herder, Wilhelm Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owner and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1907
Place of death Rauenstein Castle (Ore Mountains)