Wittekind to Waldeck and Pyrmont

Wittekind Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born March 9, 1936 in Arolsen ) has been head of the former Princely House of Waldeck-Pyrmont since 1967 .

Wittekind Adolf Heinrich Georg-Wilhelm Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (full baptismal name ) has been "boss" of the Waldeck family since 1967 in accordance with the guidelines of the German Nobility Law Committee . As such he is known under the name Wittekind Fürst zu Waldeck and Pyrmont , although since the abolition of the privileges of the nobility in 1919 only the title "Prince" (/ "Princess" ), but not the first-born title "Prince" , which was previously granted in Primogenitur , is part of it of the real name is.

Life

Wittekind is the only son, and the fourth of five children, of Josias zu Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Altburg Duchess of Oldenburg ; his godparents were Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler .

He studied business administration in Frankfurt am Main and Cologne and gained experience through various internships in various companies.

In 1967, with the death of his father, Wittekind zu Waldeck became head of the former royal house of Waldeck and Pyrmont and inherited the Schaumburg Castle near Diez an der Lahn, which he sold to private investors in 1983 for 15 million DM . He lives with his family in the Arolsen residence .

Today he is particularly dedicated to the preservation of the historical and architectural values ​​of the region as well as the preservation of the forest as an economic and recreational area. He is also involved in nature conservation.

On August 9, 2001 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . On May 27, 2011, he was honored with the Georg Ludwig Hartig Prize for his more than two decades of activity as the former chairman of the Hessian Forest Owners Association and his services to the implementation of forest sustainability .

family

Wittekind zu Waldeck and Pyrmont has been married to Cecílie Countess von Goëß-Saurau (born August 23, 1956) since 1988 . Their children together are:

• Carl-Anton Christian Gustav Clemens Alexander (born December 25, 1991)
• Josias Christian Alexander (born July 7, 1993)
• Johannes Eberhard Wittekind (born July 7, 1993)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Ludwig Hartig Foundation: Wittekind Fürst zu Waldeck and Pyrmont receives Georg Ludwig Hartig Prize , accessed on October 25, 2011
2. ↑ www.genealogy.euweb.cz

Web links

• waldecker-muenzen.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Josias	Head of the Waldeck-Pyrmont company since 1967	Carl-Anton