Christoph Friedrich von Derschau
Christoph Friedrich von Derschau (born January 12, 1714 in Königsberg ; † December 14, 1799 near Aurich ) was a German poet and from 1751 to 1785 the first Prussian district president of East Friesland in Aurich.
Life
origin
Christoph Friedrich came from the Prussian - Courland noble family von Derschau and is the son of Albrecht Friedrich von Derschau (1664–1742) Vice-President of the Royal Court in Königsberg and heir to Sansgarten, Tolkheim and Suplitten. His mother was Luisa Christine von Negelein (1692–1736), the daughter of the Lord Mayor of Königsberg Christoph Aegidius von Negelein (1668–1746).
Career
Derschau studied philosophy and mathematics at the University of Königsberg and went to Berlin after an eight-year stay. In the years 1735 and 1736 he traveled to Holland, among others. After his return he was made ensign in Berlin after a personal meeting with King Friedrich Wilhelm . He took part in the first campaigns of the Silesian War . In 1742 he left the army as a lieutenant and became consistorial counselor and assessor of the regional government in Glogau . In 1749 he became a secret councilor in Kleve and in 1751 the Prussian government president of East Friesland in Aurich . In 1785 he was dismissed from service on request and retired to his Wilhelminenholz estate near Aurich, where he died in 1799.
He became known through several poems. King Friedrich II. Counted him in his work On German Literature of 1780 because of his poem about the trading company established in Emden , one of the most excellent poets of his time.
family
Christoph Friedrich von Derschau was together with Juliane Sophie von Wedel (1734–1774) daughter of Count Anton Franz von Wedel (1707–1788) since 1759 . The marriage remained childless. His sister Marie Charlotte was married to Major General Christoph Ehrenreich von der Trenck and was the mother of the well-known adventurer Friedrich von der Trenck .
Works (selection)
- Orestes and Pylades, a tragedy, 1757.
- Lutheriade, 1769.
- Poetic memory of my friends, 1772.
- An old man's reflections on religion, 1785.
- Small theological essays by a layperson, 1792.
literature
- Ernst Kelchner : Derschau, Christoph Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 67.
- Günther Möhlmann : Derschau, Christoph Friedrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 610 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Tyroff : Gender and coat of arms descriptions for the Tyroffischen new aristocratic coat of arms , Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 322 digitized
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Derschau, Christoph Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian District President of East Friesland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1799 |
| Place of death | at Aurich |