Björn Graf Finck von Finckenstein (23 July 1958 – 17 December 2021) was a Namibian politician.
Family
Only child and son of Günther Georg Wilhelm Graf Finck von Finckenstein (Farm Tjirundu-South, 17 June 1934 - Windhoek, 15 September 1990) and wife (
Otjiwarongo, 8 March 1958) Anka-Margit von Goldammer (
Karibib, 26 August 1936 -
Usakos
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, 22 May 1983).
His paternal grandfather Friedrich Georg Bechthold Graf Finck von Finckenstein (
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...
,
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, 2 September 1901 - Otjiwarongo, 23 December 1965) went to
German South West Africa, where he married (
Omaruru, 2 July 1932) his paternal grandmother Dorothea Freiin von Puttkamer (
Ornassau,
West Prussia
The Province of West Prussia (german: Provinz Westpreußen; csb, Zôpadné Prësë; pl, Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1920. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 177 ...
,
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
, Germany, 13 February 1907 - Omaruru, 6 November 1977), who also went to live in the German South West Africa. They also had four daughters there:
* Hertha Luise Hedwig Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (Omaruru, 27 April 1933), married (Omaruru, 1 May 1954) to Wilhelm Karl Dörgeloh (
Swakopmund, 24 January 1927)
* Freda-Marie Ruth Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (Swakopmund, 21 April 1936), married (Omaruru, 14 February 1959) to Egon Alfeld (
Gobabis
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, settlement_type = City
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, 18 January 1934)
* Barbara Roswitha Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (Omaruru, 8 November 1939), married (Otjiwarongo, 20 May 1961) to Lutz Hecht (Swakopmund, 23 October 1933)
* Anna-Monika Dorothea Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (Omaruru, 9 January 1948), married (Otjiwarongo, civ. 1, rel. 2 March 1968) to Johan Janse van Rensburg (
De Aaar, 1 April 1941)
Career
He served as
Mayor of Windhoek
The city of Windhoek, capital of South West Africa, then Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the ''Schutztruppe'', to serve as capital of German South West A ...
from 1995 to 1998.
Marriage and issue
He married in
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...
, Namibia, on 6 November 1992 Christine Kendzia, born in Windhoek, South West Africa, South Africa, on 29 September 1971, and had one daughter and one son:
* Anièlle Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (Windhoek, 6 March 1993)
* Dominic Günther Graf Finck von Finckenstein (Windhoek, 1 October 1996)
References
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1958 births
2021 deaths
Members of SWAPO
Mayors of Windhoek
People from Usakos
White Namibian people
Namibian people of German descent