Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf

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Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf 1896

Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf (born May 20, 1837 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † July 11, 1915 in Berlin ) was a large German landowner and administrative lawyer.

Life

He came from the noble von Wedel family . His parents were Busso von Wedell (1804–1974) and Pauline von der Reck (1805–1859). Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf was the brother of Karl von Wedel-Piesdorf .

He first studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1856 he became active in the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg with Carl von Behr , Archibald von Gramatzki , Eduard von Rindfleisch and Ernst Baedeker . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin .

In 1858 he entered the internal administration of the Kingdom of Prussia and became district administrator in the Wolmirstedt district and the Mansfelder Seekreis . He resigned from civil service in 1876 to take over the management of his manor in Piesdorf. As a large landowner, he was a member of the farmers' union .

In 1881 v. Wedel offered the appointment of regional president in the administrative district of Magdeburg . For the Conservative Party (Prussia) he sat in the Prussian House of Representatives from 1879 to 1885 . Since 1884 a free conservative member of the Reichstag (German Empire) , he was elected President of the Reichstag in the same year . As King of Prussia appointed Wilhelm II. Him in the Year of Three Emperors to Minister of the Royal House (Prussia) . In 1885 he became a member of the Prussian manor house at the presentation of the Association of the Pomeranian Castle Seated Sex von Wedel , and in 1912 he became its president. Wilhelm v. Wedel was honorary commander and chancellor of the Order of St. John .

Wedelplatz in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde was named after him from around 1910 and 1937 .

He married Editha Sophie von Kotze on January 10, 1871 (born January 9, 1843, † April 19, 1946). The only daughter Clara Pauline (born February 13, 1872) married Count Johannes von Bismarck-Bohlen (born January 14, 1864 - June 16, 1920), a son of General Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen .

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1901. First year, p.872

See also

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 71 , 503
  2. ↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 406 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
  3. ↑ E. David (Ed.): Handbook for the Prussian manor house . Berlin 1911, p. 371 ( online ).
  4. ^ Message from Wolfgang von der Groeben , great-grandson of Wilhelm v. Wedel-Piesdorf
  5. ↑ Wedelplatz . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
personal data
SURNAME Wedel-Piesdorf, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt (Oder)
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1915
Place of death Berlin