About Konrad, Ernst, Kraft & Philipp

*20.01.1970 in Crailsheim

Philipp Gottfried Alexander Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg trained as a banker and studied business administration in Munich, London and Madrid. He is on the board of the German Car Museum Association, the Baden-Württemberg Castles, Palaces and Gardens Association and on the board of the German Palaces, Castles and Gardens Association. He is committed to sustainable Hohenlohe food, is an honorary knight of the Order of St John and co-founded the Langenburg Forum for Sustainability. He sits on both the municipal council of the town of Langenburg and the local parish council.

* 25.06.1935 in Schwäbisch Hall

† 16.03.2004 in Schwäbisch Hall

Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg trained as a forester and banker and took over the family estate at the age of 25 after the sudden death of his father. After the castle fire, he managed the reconstruction from 1963 to 1966 and founded the German Car Museum in 1970. Fürst Kraft was a member of the Protestant state synod of Württemberg and the district council, a member of the board of the DRK district association, president of the Allgemeiner Schnauferlclub (ASC) and president of the FIVA, the world association for classic cars.

* 24.03.1897 in Langenburg

† 11.05.1960 in Langenburg

Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor volunteered for military service in 1915, studied economics for two semesters at the University of Heidelberg in 1919 and then completed a commercial apprenticeship. From 1935, he worked in the Princely Administration, which at the time included Langenburg Castle and Weikersheim Castle.

After the Second World War, he was appointed provisional district administrator in Crailsheim by the American military government. Prince Gottfried was heavily involved in voluntary work, including with the Württemberg-Badische Genossenschaft des Johanniterordens, the Vereinigung des Adels in Württemberg, the Automobilclub Deutschland and the Evangelical Church.

* 13.09.1863 in Langenburg

† 11.12.1950 in Langenburg

Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Maximilian studied law in Paris, Bonn, Tübingen and Leipzig. After his military service, he entered the diplomatic service and was embassy secretary in St Petersburg and London. From 1900 to 1905, he took over the regency of the Duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha for Leopold, his wife’s underage nephew.

He was also head of the Colonial Department at the Foreign Office, a member and vice president of the Reichstag and special ambassador to Constantinople. Prince Ernst II devoted himself to numerous honorary posts.

* 31.08.1832 in Langenburg

† 09.03.1913 in Langenburg

Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard was the second son of Prince Ernst I and his wife Princess Feodora. He studied law in Berlin and then joined the military. As his elder brother did not succeed him as sovereign due to his marriage to a commoner, Prince Hermann succeeded his father as 6th Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1860.

He was a member of the Reichstag, initiator of the founding of the German Colonial Association, Vice President of the First Chamber of the Württemberg Estates, co-founder of the Schwäbisch Hall social welfare organisation and Governor of Alsace-Lorraine in Strasbourg from 1894 to 1907.

* 07.07.1794 in Langenburg

† 12.04.1860 in Baden-Baden

Ernst Christian Carl zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg studied law at the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg and joined the Württemberg military service. He represented his father in the Württemberg Assembly of Estates from 1819 until his death in 1825, after which he succeeded him.

In 1833 he became President of the Committee of the Estates, and from 1835 to 1858 he was President of the Chamber of Estates (First Chamber) of the Württemberg State Parliament.