Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco
Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco, civil Ottomar Berbig, ( born October 10, 1940 in Berlin, † 17 November, 2007 King Wusterhausen ) was a descendant of the legendary 1987 's adopted Romanian noble family Dracula, Member of District Assembly and tourism promoters.
Life
After the baker's apprentice, he opened an antique shop in Berlin- Schöneberg. In 1986 he met the 96 -year-old childless Princess Ekaterina Olympic Caradja, born Kretzulesco to know who was a sister of the last blood relative of the legendary Prince Dracula from Transylvania. These adopted him in 1987 in Bucharest, in order to secure the continued existence of the noble family. Later Kretzulesco said that she adopted him because he looked " romanian enough."
In 1995 he bought the 16,000 m² area with the castle Schenkendorfstraße with 46 rooms. Here he organized knight festival and classical concerts and other events. With the German Red Cross, he organized " Blood Donation Parties " to supplement the Blood Bank inventory of Brandenburg clinics. A small museum. In 2006 he had to leave for financial reasons and in 2009 it was foreclosed the castle. Kretzulesco moved with his wife Janett (* 1981) and his son who was born on 11 December 2006 by King Ottomar Wusterhausen. Add a name dispute because of " Dracula drinks " and " Castle of Dracula", he was subject to Essen beverage company. In the appeared in 2000 album " Mille Anni Passi Sunt " of the Middle Ages band Corvus Corax also appeared as a guest vocalist on Prince Kretzulesco.
Initiated by Jörg Schönbohm municipal reform was clear to him too far, and he called 2002 the " Principality of Dracula" from. Because according to reform Schenkendorfstraße should be incorporated into the city center forest. Then came a run through the media war of words between Schönbohm and Kretzulesco. The reform was completed a year later. In 2003, he joined the FDP and won in the local elections a seat on the council of the district of Dahme -Spreewald.
Successor as Prince Kretzulescu and " Dracula" heir is his son Ottomar junior called " Otti ".