Wolfgang von Stetten

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Wolfgang Hermann Freiherr von Stetten (born January 22, 1941 in Niederwartha ) is a German entrepreneur, farmer and lawyer . He was a member of the Bundestag for the CDU .

Life

education and profession

Wolfgang von Stetten was born on January 22nd, 1941 in Niederwartha as the fourth child of the married couple Kurt von Stetten and his wife Hedwig, nee. Kemmer, born. He has two older sisters and one twin sister. The father died as a pilot on May 20, 1941 at the Battle of Crete .

Stetten attended the elementary school in Kocherstetten , the Minden old-language grammar school , the Künzelsau castle grammar school and the Petershagen grammar school. He passed his Abitur in Münster in 1961 . This was followed by a degree in economics at the University of Cologne . From 1964 on, Stetten built up a farm that specialized in the rearing, slaughtering and marketing of turkeys. Under the Schloß Stettener Turkey Specialties brand , Germany's largest turkey processing company was initially set up in Stetten Castle and later in Rot am See .

The study of law at the University of Würzburg in 1968 followed trainee activities in the district of Würzburg , the district court Würzburg and the City of Wuerzburg and two semesters of study at the College of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. Stetten was promoted to Dr. jur. utriusque is doing her doctorate with a dissertation on the legal status of the free and immediate imperial knighthood, their mediatization and their position in the new lands with "magna cum laude". In 1974 he passed the second state examination in law in Munich. From 1974 to 1984 he was a judge at the district and regional courts of Ellwangen , Langenburg , Crailsheim and Bad Mergentheim , and from 1984 to 1991 professor for commercial and business law at the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences .

Public offices

Von Stetten was from 1968 to 1971 councilor of Kocherstetten and then from 1971 to 1994 councilor of Künzelsau. He was a member of the Kocherstetten local council from 1971 to 1980 and has been a member again since 2004. In 1974 he became the youngest member of the district council of the newly created Hohenlohe district , which he was for a total of 15 years.

In 1990 he succeeded Philipp Jenninger as a direct candidate in the Schwäbisch Hall-Hohenlohe constituency, and remained so until 2002. His successor in the Schwäbisch Hall-Hohenlohe constituency was his son Christian von Stetten .

In the Bundestag von Stetten was for a long time chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the legal committee, a full member of the constitutional commission and deputy chairman of the committee for election review , immunity and rules of procedure .

Other engagement

Von Stetten is a member of the following associations and foundations:

  • Hedwig Foundation Künzelsau-Schloss Stetten, chairman of the board
  • Künzelsauer Burgfestspiele GmbH Künzelsau, Managing Director
  • Senior meeting Künzelsau, chairman of the board
  • Stauder Foundation Künzelsau-Schloss Stetten, chairman of the board
  • Baron-Wolfgang-Stetten-Stiftung Künzelsau-Schloss Stetten, chairman of the board
  • Anne Schmidt Bridge Foundation Künzelsau Castle Stetten, Chairman
  • Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Paris, Baillage National d'Allemagne, President until 2011, Honorary Chairman since 2011
  • Member of the order government of the Order of St. John as order master craftsman until 2011
  • Member of the Presidium of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e. V. until 2012
  • Member of the Presidential Council of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e. V. since 2012
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Johanniter-Schwesternschaft e. V. until 2012

Since 2004 von Stetten has been the Lithuanian honorary consul for Baden-Württemberg, since 2005 the state chairman of the CDU's senior citizens 'union in Baden-Württemberg and since 2010 deputy federal chairman of the senior citizens' union in Germany.

In 1997 von Stetten succeeded the former Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Hans Filbinger , as President of the Study Center Weikersheim and ensured the distancing of some extremely national members. Critics regard the institute as a network of the new right . He describes himself as a national-liberal-conservative politician. As early as 1997 he called for the retention of German culture in a united Europe and for common resistance against militant Islam.

Stetten Castle

Since 1983 von Stetten has been building retirement homes in Stetten Castle , Künzelsau and Bad Mergentheim. He currently employs around 160 people there. The castle complex is owned by the Baron Wolfgang Stetten Foundation. Stetten Castle houses a retirement home in 18 different houses in which over 250 people live. Wolfgang von Stetten is CEO of Stetten Holding AG and managing director of various companies.

Wolfgang von Stetten was chairman of the German-Baltic parliamentary group, which he founded in 1991 - initially as a circle of friends - and remained chairman until 2002. Her goal was to participate in the independence efforts of the Baltic states and the recognition of the states by Germany, the visa-free regime for Germany, their entry into NATO and membership in the EU . Wolfgang von Stetten took care of humanitarian aid for the survivors of the Holocaust in Lithuania and Latvia and was able to distribute more than 600,000 DM to around 350 Jewish survivors through appeals for donations and personal help  , until the Federal Republic of Germany granted everyone a small pension.

The events of Vilnius Bloody Sunday in January 1991 resulted in 14 deaths and many injured. Here, too, the German-Baltic Circle of Friends and the German-Baltic Parliamentary Group were able to provide assistance in the order of 200,000 DM until the Lithuanian state provided assistance to the victims of the Soviet military's attempted coup.

Von Stetten determined that the main task would be material and non-material help for the " wolf children " in Lithuania. These were around 300 of the many thousands who had lost their parents in 1945 through war events in East Prussia or the Baltic States. By adopting Lithuanian citizenship in 1991, they lost their German citizenship, which was still in force until then, and bureaucratic hurdles had to be overcome before they were naturalized in Germany again. With personal expenses and with the help of Rotary clubs in Germany and the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs , around 400,000 DM were raised. Forty of these wolf children were invited to Germany three times by Wolfgang von Stetten, the last time in September 2011, and a reception by Federal President Christian Wulff in Berlin. Since 2007, his campaign 100 Litas Rente für die Wolfskinder (wolf children) has led to a monthly donation of the equivalent of 35 euros for the wolf children, who are now between the ages of 75 and 85. The campaign was increased to 100 euros = 350 litas per month through donations and endowments in 2012, for the currently 76 living.

Private

Von Stetten has been married to a Swiss woman since 1969 and the couple has three children. The eldest son Christian has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002.

Positions

Internal party dispute 2012

In August 2012, Josef Schlarmann , the federal chairman of the CDU's SME and Business Association , massively criticized the leadership style, the party-internal centralized personnel policy, the programmatic setting of topics by Chancellor Merkel and doubted that she could win the federal elections in 2013. Thereupon von Stetten demanded Schlarmann's resignation. Von Stetten declared: "Anyone who railed so unqualifiedly about the chancellor, who was recognized all over the world, disqualified themselves." Schlarmann has become intolerable as chairman of the SME association.

Rape in marriage

In the debate about the criminal liability for rape in marriage, von Stetten stated: “Marriage is a sex community and fundamentally requires marital intercourse. The refusal from the beginning may be a reason for annulment, the later refusal a reason for divorce. Married life also includes overcoming the partner's displeasure. The husband is not out to commit a crime - some men are just more rabid. "

Awards

Honors

literature

  • Wolfgang Bok: The black baron Wolfgang von Stetten. A life for politics and the castle , Künzelsau: Swiridoff 2018, ISBN 978-3-89929-365-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralf Garmatter: Is the member of the Bundestag Christian von Stetten (CDU) aristocratic at all? - Entries in the aristocratic handbook give strong doubts . Hohenlohe-ungefiltert.de, July 31, 2009
  2. ↑ Heiko Fritze: Double family honor . In: Hohenloher Zeitung . January 25, 2010 ( Stimme.de [accessed on August 18, 2012]).
  3. ↑ Everything completely harmless? In: Die Zeit , No. 49/1995
  4. ↑ CDU politician Schlarmann accounts with the "Merkel system" . Spiegel Online , August 15, 2012
  5. ↑ Criticism from the Mittelstands-Union: Josef Schlarmann rumbles against the Merkel system  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. LVZ Online, August 15, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lvz-online.de  
  6. ^ "Berliner Kreis" - CDU conservatives cancel manifesto . handelsblatt.com, August 16, 2011; Retrieved August 22, 2012
  7. ↑ Fundamental Rights Report. Pp. 60-64, February 22, 1998; accessed on January 11, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Stetten, Wolfgang von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stetten, Wolfgang Hermann Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederwartha