Björn von Finckenstein

Björn Graf Finck von Finckenstein (23 July 1958 – 17 December 2021) was a Namibian politician.[1]

Björn von Finckenstein
Mayor of Windhoek
In office
1995–1998
Preceded byVivienne Graig-McLaren
Succeeded byImmanuel Ngatjizeko
Personal details
Born
Björn Graf Finck von Finckenstein

23 July 1958
Usakos, South West Africa, South Africa
Died17 December 2021(2021-12-17) (aged 63)
Swakopmund, Namibia
NationalityNamibian

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, 22 May 1983).

His paternal grandfather Friedrich Georg Bechthold Graf Finck von Finckenstein (Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany, 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, Prussia, 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, 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 from 1995 to 1998.[2]

Marriage and issue

He married in Windhoek, 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
  1. Ndeyanale, Eliaser (18 December 2021). "Former Windhoek mayor Von Finckenstein dies". The Namibian. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "In drei Jahren bankrott". Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 19 June 2006. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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