August von Haxthausen
![August von Haxthausen in armour with a [[Maltese cross]]. Painting by Hugo Denz, 1860.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Haxthausen%2C_August_von.jpg)
August Franz Ludwig Maria, Baron von Haxthausen-Abbenburg (February 3, 1792, in Bökendorf, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – December 31, 1866, in Hanover) was a German agricultural scientist, economist, lawyer, writer, and collector of folk songs, best known for his account of conditions in Russia as revealed by his 1843 visit.
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