Wolfgang von Plotho (District Administrator)

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Wolfgang Edler Herr and Freiherr von Plotho (born February 24, 1849 in Zorien , † September 24, 1926 in Berlin ) was a German manor owner, administrative officer and writer.

origin

His parents were the Freiherr Felix von Plotho (* March 6, 1822, † January 18, 1864) on Zorien and Maria geb. Freiin von Welling (born June 14, 1822), daughter of the Prussian Colonel Karl August von Welling. His sister Elisabeth (1853-1852) was married to the later Prussian Lieutenant General Armand Léon von Ardenne .

Life

After attending the monastery school in Roßleben , he studied law and camera science at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . In 1868 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . He took part in the Franco-German War as a lieutenant in the Hussar Regiment “von Zieten” (Brandenburg) No. 3 . He later became a first lieutenant in the Landwehr.

Von Plotho became the owner of the Pennigsdorf manor near Güsen . In the district of Jerichow II he was district administrator, dike captain , district deputy and member of the district council. From 1901 to 1904 he was District Administrator of the District of Jerichow II . He was a member of the district committee in Magdeburg and patron saint of the churches in Zorien, Reesen and Gütter.

Von Plotho was active as a writer. His writings were historical and dramatic in nature.

family

He married on September 26, 1874 on Briesen Bernadine von Bredow (born April 24, 1851), a daughter of Lieutenant General Adalbert von Bredow . The couple had several children:

  • Gabriele Marie Elly Gertrud (born May 24, 1875)
  • Hans-Gebhard Friedrich Wolfgang Hans Adalberg (born May 21, 1877)
  • Wolfgang (born September 7, 1879; † July 1846), Lieutenant General
  • Gertrud Eva Luise Berhardine (* April 20, 1882)
  • Joachim Siegfried von Plotho (1886–1964) ∞ Frieda Meyer (1891–1967)

Awards

  • Honorary member of the Corps Borussia Bonn

Fonts

  • The estates of the German Empire in the 12th century and their further development up to the end of the Middle Ages, taking into account the works of Baron O. von Dungern , 1900
  • Irmgard von Hammerstein: Historical drama in 5 acts , 1902
  • Were the Ministerials von Rittersart free or unfree, and what birth class did they come from?
  • Family history of the noble lords and barons of Plotho

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf, 1902, pp. 174-175
  • GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 168
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1885, fifth and thirtieth year, p.682f

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1910, 9 , 549
personal data
SURNAME Plotho, Wolfgang von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plotho, Wolfgang Edler Herr and Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owner, administrative officer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Break
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1926
Place of death Berlin