Wilhelm von Wintzingerode-Knorr

Wilhelm Carl August Emil Freiherr von Wintzingerode-Knorr (until 1830: von Wintzingerode ) (born February 16, 1806 in Hersfeld , † November 5, 1876 in Wehnde ) was a German district administrator and politician from the Wintzingerode family .

family

Wilhelm von Wintzingerode-Knorr was the son of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Chamberlain and Chief Forester Wilhelm Carl August von Wintzingerode . The mother was Marie Sophie Agnes Philippine Auguste nee Freiin von Haynau (born September 11, 1785, † April 21, 1865). She was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Elector Wilhelm I and his second mistress , Rosa Dorothea Ritter . Wilhelm von Wintzigerode-Knorr, who was a Protestant denomination, was married three times:

1. He married on September 12, 1827 in Adelsborn Antoinette Caroline Sophie von Wintzingerode (born December 1, 1809 in Adelsborn, † January 8, 1835 in Wehnde), the daughter of the captain and gentleman on Adelsborn, Ernst von Wintzingerode.
2. He married on May 16, 1837 in Sollstadt Clara Josephine von Knorr (born November 11, 1810 in Sollstadt, † September 15, 1850 in Mühlhausen), the daughter of Sittig von Knorr . With Sittig von Knorr, the Thuringian noble family Knorr died out in its original homeland and this name variant in the male line. Sittig von Knorr was Herr auf Sollstedt and Breitenbich, in 1837 administrator of the district office in Mühlhausen and in 1839 a member of the provincial parliament of the province of Saxony .
3. He married on June 3, 1852 in Unterstein Maria Cäcilie Natalie Caroline Freiin von Hanstein (born September 20, 1821 in Marburg an der Lahn; † February 4, 1908 in Wehnde), the daughter of Carl Philipp Emil von Hanstein .

The Prussian baron status confirmation is dated August 22, 1830. Since Sittig von Knorr had remained without male descendants, his two daughters inherited. For the sons-in-law August von Hanstein-Knorr and Wilhelm von Wintzingerode-Knorr, the Prussian name and coat of arms association to -Knorr took place on September 24, 1836.

Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr and Sittig von Wintzingeroda-Knorr are sons from their first marriage.

Life

Wintzingerode-Knorr was the master of Adelsborn , Wehnde , Ober-Wildungen , Worbis and Breitenbich districts . In 1838 he was appointed district administrator for the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. Elected. He was appointed as district administrator, but failed the district examination (written and oral "unsatisfactory"). In 1841 the examination commission carried out a new examination with the result that he was "not capable" for the district office. Nevertheless, in 1841 he was definitively appointed by the Ministry of the Interior as district administrator "in consideration of the moments and circumstances that otherwise speak in his favor, partly his personality and partly the office". He was district administrator until 1856.

He was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Saxony (until 1854) and was a member of the United State Parliament in 1847 . In 1850 he was a member of the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament . From 1852 to 1854 he was a member of the Second Prussian Chamber . From 1854/55 to 1876 he belonged to the Prussian mansion on presentation for the property in the Eichsfeld-Hohenstein district .

On November 15, 1856 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order 3rd class with the ribbon.

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , pp. 339-340.