Hugo Rudolf von Stumm
Hugo Rudolf Christian, Freiherr von Stumm-Ramholz was a German industrialist, landowner, member of the state parliament and Prussian cavalry officer. He commissioned Ramholz Castle, built near Schlüchtern from 1893 to 1896.
Early life
Stumm was born on 23 December 1845 in Neunkircher. He was the youngest son of Marie Louise Böcking and Carl Friedrich Stumm, who killed himself during the economic crisis of the 1840s and who had run the family company as sole owner since the 1835 death of his grandfather, Friedrich Philipp Stumm. His elder brothers were Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg|Carl Ferdinand Stumm] and diplomat Ferdinand Eduard Stumm.His paternal grandparents were Friedrich Philipp Stumm and Maria Elisabeth Geib. His maternal grandparents were Bernhard Richard Böcking and Catherine Friederike Christiane Claus.
Beginning in 1864, he attended secondary school in Trier, graduating with a certificate of maturity.
Career
Stumm came from a family of entrepreneurs who bought the Neunkircher ironworks and shares in other ironworks in Saarland in 1806. While his older brother Carl took over the management of the ironworks, Hugo and Ferdinand benefited from the profits of the family business as silent partners. In 1908, Hugo was one of the 100 richest citizens in the Kingdom of Prussia with an estimated fortune of 14 to 15 million marks and annual income of 1 million marks.Beginning in 1874, Hugo served as a Prussian cavalry officer in the 1st Westphalian [Hussar Regiment, No. 8] and then in the 1st Hessian Hussar Regiment, No. 13. Stumm retired from active military service in 1883 with the rank of Captain.
From 1894 to 1897, Hugo was an elected member of the Kassel Municipal Parliament and the Hesse-Nassau Provincial Parliament.
Schloss Ramholz
In 1883 Stumm acquired the estate of Ramholz, including the ruined Steckelberg Castle, in the hamlet of Ramholz in the Vollmerz district of the town of Schlüchtern, from the Ysenburg-Büdingen family. Between 1893 and 1896, Baron von Stumm had Munich architects, and brothers, Emanuel and Gabriel von Seidl add a new building to the existing castle, as well as a farm yard incorporating buildings from the 18th century and houses for the employees and a power house to power the property. The Ramholz manor encompassed.Personal life
On 29 September 1882, Stumm married Ludovica von Rauch, daughter of the Imperial and Royal Colonel Adalbert von Rauch and his wife Ludovika von Blittersdorff. Ludovica was close to many well-known artists, including impressionist Robert Sterl, portrait painter Philip de László, sculptor Ferdinand Seeboeck, and painter Felix Muche. Together, Hugo and Ludovica were the parents of:- Baroness Margarethe von Stumm-Ramholz, who married Richard von Kühlmann, Minister for [Foreign Affairs (Germany)#State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs (1871–1919)|State Secretary for Foreign Affairs], who was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and the Netherlands, in 1906.
- Baron Hugo von Stumm-Ramholz, who died unmarried in Helwan, Egypt.
- Baroness Helga von Stumm-Ramholz, who married Bavarian treasurer Eberhard von Tattenbach, in 1912.