She was an absolute family man and a strong woman.
Leonie Countess von Hundt zu Lautterbach has now died - only 15 months after the death of her beloved husband Dr.
Hans Graf von Hundt zu Lautterbach.
Unterweikertshofen -
On the feast day of the Holy Family, the Sunday between Christmas and New Year, Leonie Countess von Hundt zu Lautterbach closed her eyes forever at the age of 84 - surrounded by her family.
“Her life was shaped by her deeply rooted sense for her family,” says her son Georg von Hundt.
Leonie von Ondarza was born on October 25, 1936 in Viktring near Klagenfurt as the third of four siblings.
Her parents Bertram and Elisabeth von Ondarza had bought a small farm here.
The family happiness only lasted for a short time in Austria.
Because the father was called up and moved to the barracks in Penzlin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Leonie's father died during the war.
After fleeing from the east, she grew up with her mother, aunts, cousins and cousins during the war in the house of grandparents Ondarza in Gralenstein on the Baltic Sea.
Affectionately known as “the house with yielding walls”, she remembered this time with fondness throughout her life, which was full of privation, but full of warmth and security.
A new phase of life began in Bonn.
Leonie von Ondarza lived there with her mother and sisters until she moved to Munich to train as a medical-technical assistant.
There she met her future husband, Hans Graf von Hundt zu Lautterbach, whom she married in 1962 and remained united in deep love and affection until his death in 2019.
The marriage had four children: Wolf-Dietrich, Desirée, Stefanie and Georg.
The young family lived initially in Pasing, later in Krailling.
Only after the death of their mother-in-law Gerda did the family move to Unterweikertshofen.
With this move to the Dachau district in the 80s, life began on a construction site.
Two locks were technically in pre-war condition.
Roof, heating, sanitary facilities, electricity, water - everything first had to be installed or replaced.
Lautterbach was threatened with collapse at this point.
In the background, Countess Leonie von Hundt and her husband worked with great skill to convert both houses into habitable family centers.
"As a thoroughbred and lion mother and grandmother, she put all her strength, energy and love into her children, children-in-law and the subsequent grandchildren", says Georg von Hundt.
Affectionately known by everyone as "Grandma", she always had an open ear for the needs of family members.
No way was too far and no obstacle too high to beautify or make life easier for their loved ones.
"The family was her greatest happiness, and she created a place of security and warmth for her four children, the children-in-law by marriage and the 15 grandchildren, where everyone felt welcome and looked after at all times."
In addition to her family, she and her husband shared a deep belief in God and the Catholic Church.
A Sunday without going to church, mostly to Odelzhausen or Petersberg, was unthinkable for both of them.
Georg von Hundt: "It was a non-negotiable, unrestricted faith in our Lord, from which she drew strength every day and who helped her to walk the last way on the feast day of the Holy Family in the presence of her children and grandchildren."
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