Wilhelm von Wedekind

Wilhelm Georg Rudolf Freiherr von Wedekind (born September 30, 1830 in Darmstadt ; † April 23, 1914 there ) was a Hessian politician ( NLP ) and a former member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

Wilhelm von Wedekind was the son of the forester Georg Wilhelm Freiherr von Wedekind and his wife Wilhelmina Margarethe, née (von) Schubert. His grandfather was the doctor and revolutionary Georg Christian Gottlieb Freiherr von Wedekind , his brother the state parliament member Georg Freiherr von Wedekind . On October 12, 1857 in Darmstadt, he married the daughter of the Hessian scholar and politician Johann Friedrich Knapp , Emma (Gertrude Christiane) (1830–1914). His daughter Magdalena married Elisabetha Wilhelmine August Heidenreich , who later became a member of the state parliament . Wilhelm von Wedekind was Protestant.

Life

Wilhelm von Wedekind was the owner of the Hiltersklingen estate in the Odenwald (today part of Mossautal ). From 1872 to 1887 he was a member of the state parliament for the constituency Starkenburg 1 / Beerfelden-Hirschhorn-Wimpfen .

literature

Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 264.

personal data
SURNAME	Wedekind, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wedekind, Wilhelm Freiherr von; Wedekind, Wilhelm Georg Rudolf Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician, member of the state parliament, Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1914
Place of death	Darmstadt