Ferdinand von Hansemann (1861-1900) was a

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 ...

n landlord and politician, co-founder of the

German Eastern Marches Society German Eastern Marches Society (german: Deutscher Ostmarkenverein, also known in German as ') was a German radical,Geoff Eley, op.cit.p.43/ref> extremely nationalist xenophobic organization founded in 1894. Mainly among Poles, it was sometimes kno ...

Life

Hansemann was born to Adolf von Hansemann, a notable Prussian industrialist and manager of the

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, a large financial holding. Since early youth Hansemann was a member of various German

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...

organizations. As an owner of a large estate of Pempowo (Pępowo) in the Province of Posen, he was interested in Polish affairs. Thanks to his father's connections, in 1894 he entered in contact with Otto von Bismarck, who supported the creation of a new, all-German nationalist organization that would unite all Germans interested in strengthening the German spirit and property in Polish-inhabited areas. As one of its founders, in 1894 Hansemann was elected to the board of the newly established German Eastern Marches Society, a post he held until his death. As one of the closest associates and supporters of

Heinrich von Tiedemann Heinrich von Tiedemann (1840-1922) was a Prussian politician, co-founder of the German Eastern Marches Society (german: Deutscher Ostmarkenverein). Tiedemann was born in Dembogorsch (Dębogórze, Poland), he died in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is ...

, von Hansemann was active in other branches of the organization, notably holding the post of the editor in chief of the ''Die Ostmark'' monthly.

References

Witold Jakóbczyk Witold Jakóbczyk (; 15 January 1909 in Sosnowiec – 3 October 1986 in Poznań) was a Polish historian and professor at Poznań University, specializing in the history of Greater Poland in the 19th century. Publications * * * * Witold Jak� ...

, ''Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914'', ''Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego'', vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989 1861 births 1900 deaths German untitled nobility People from the Province of Posen Prussian politicians German landlords 19th-century landowners Free Conservative Party politicians {{Germany-politician-stub