Wladislaw Bentkowski

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Wladislaw Bentkowski (born September 24, 1817 in Warsaw , † October 2, 1887 in Poznan ) was a Polish publicist and member of the Prussian House of Representatives , landowner of Grojec and involved in several armed uprisings.

Life

origin

His parents were Professor Felix Bentkowski (* May 27, 1781 - August 28, 1852) and Emilia Zejdlerów (Zeydler) , the older brother of Alfred Bentkowski (* June 3, 1813 - February 26, 1850) became a doctor and priest .

Career

When the November uprising broke out in Poland in 1830 , his brother Alfred joined the rebels. Wladislav also wanted to join the army, but was sent back because of his age. After the Battle of Grochów , he ran away from home and fought in the defense of Warsaw near Wola.

After the uprising he graduated from grammar school and enrolled in the University of Königsberg in 1837 . He studied law and history . He even received a gold medal for a work there. But he fell ill and went to Italy in 1840, from there he returned to Poland. In 1842 he took over the Grojec estate , but this did not satisfy him. In 1843 he traveled to Posen and went into Prussian service, where he was accepted into the 5th Artillery Regiment. He attended the artillery school in Berlin and was made a lieutenant in 1845 . In 1848 there were anti-Prussian unrest and Prussian repression against the Poles, Bentkowski then demanded his discharge from the army, which he was granted.

When an uprising broke out in Hungary in 1848 , he joined the Polish Legion to fight on the side of the insurgents. After the suppression of the uprising, he was able to escape via Turkey. In 1850 he was back in Poznan and worked as a columnist for the daily newspaper "Gazeta Polska". From 1852 to 1863 he was a member of the Polish Party in the Prussian House of Representatives, where he campaigned for the Polish cause. He represented the 7th constituency in Poznan as a representative of the Schrimm, Schrode and Wresche districts.

In 1863 he took part in the uprising in Russian Poland , where he became chief of the general staff of General Marian Langiewicz . He escaped with the general to Austria, was extradited to Prussia and remained in custody in Magdeburg until 1866 . In 1868 he became director of the Cegielski works in Posen until he left in 1880. He died unmarried in Posen in 1887 and was also buried there.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also Posen, cf. War of the Austrian Succession to Pomare , Volume 15, p. 741
  2. ↑ Die Grenzboten , 1850, Volume 9, Part 2, p. 38
  3. ^ Rainer Paetau (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 5. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Ed.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann , Hildesheim 2004, ISBN 3-487-11002-4 , p. 339. ( Online ; PDF 2.28 MB).
personal data
SURNAME Bentkowski, Wladislaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish publicist, Member of the Bundestag and insurgent
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1887
Place of death Poses