Graf (Count) Hans Ludwig David Paul Yorck von Wartenburg was a German lawyer, writer, and philosopher.
Occupation
writer, philosopher, politician
Position held
member of the Prussian House of Lords
Citizenship
German Reich, Kingdom of Prussia
Born
March 1, 1835
Died
September 12, 1897
Overview
Hans Ludwig David Paul, Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (1 April 1835 – 12 September 1897) was a German lawyer, writer, and philosopher.
Life
Graf (Count) Yorck was descended from the Prussian general Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. His father Hans David Ludwig (1805-1865) and his mother Bertha von Brause (1809-1845) were both related to Prussian military families. They lived in Klein Öls Castle, now part of the Oława district in Poland. His nephew was the jurist Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, who opposed Hitler.
After graduating from high school in 1854 in Breslau, Yorck enrolled at the University of Bonn, where he studied law and philosophy. In 1855 he moved to Breslau to continue his studies. In 1857 he traveled with his father Louis to Italy, starting an Italian diary of his own, which he continued on subsequent trips.
In Berlin he married, on 3 October 1860, Luise von Wildenbruch (1838-1918), niece of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and the older sister of the writer Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845-1909).
