Adam Friedrich von Wreech

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Portrait of Adam Friedrich von Wreech as Prussian major general, painting by Bescheky, Molsdorf Castle

Adam Friedrich von Wreech (born May 28, 1689 in Freienwalde an der Oder , † August 27, 1746 in Schönebeck ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general . He was chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 3 and knight of the Black Eagle Order and the Order of St. John . He was also the governor of Himmelstedt and Kartzig .

Life

His parents were General Joachim Friedrich von Wreech and Katharine Amalie von Weyher. He was well trained and after his cavalier tour he was first chamberlain . From there he switched to the Prussian army and fought in 1708 in the Leibdragoner Regiment in the battle of Oudenaarde . During the war, General von Natzmer was an adjutant general . In 1713 he became captain and in 1714 he took over the governorship of Himmelstedt and Kartzig with royal approval from his father. In the same year he took part in the Pomeranian campaign against the Swedes in 1715/1716 . As early as 1717 he became a major and on October 18, 1719, a lieutenant colonel in the regiment on horseback Lottum , shortly afterwards he was colonel in the regiment of the crown prince.

On August 16, 1731, the Order of St. John at Sonnenburg accepted him into its circle. In 1736 he became chief of the body cuirassier regiment . In 1741 he was appointed major general and was assigned to the Gentin camp under Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau . In January 1744 he was made a Knight of the Black Eagle Order. In the Second Silesian War he was able to distinguish himself in the battle of Kesselsdorf . 1746 his request for dismissal were granted. He died on the day of delivery in Schönebeck on August 27, 1746.

family

He was married to Louise Eleonore von Schöning . She was the daughter of Johann Ludwig von Schöning and Juliane Charlotte von Dönhoff and was considered one of the most beautiful and learned women of her time. The couple had the following children:

  • Eleonore Charlotte Amalie (born December 21, 1724)
  • Juliane Luise (born March 22, 1726)
  • Friedrich Ludwig (born July 31, 1727)
  • Karl Albrecht Adam (born November 27, 1728)
  • Sophie Friederike (* May 28, 1730 - June 19, 1784) nickname Fee Carabosse
∞ September 7, 1752 Stanislaus Gerhard von Dönhoff (* August 27, 1725; † November 11, 1758)
∞ March 1776 Dodo Heinrich von Knyphausen (* August 5, 1729: † May 31, 1789), Prussian envoy in Paris
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Feodor (born January 19, 1733; † May 23, 1785) real chamberlain and court marshal to Prince Heinrich of Prussia,
  • Ludwig Alexander (* 1734; † 1795)
  • Julia Marie Luise (* April 21, 1738; † March 21, 1769) ∞ Gneomar Bernd Wilhelm von Schack (* December 6, 1730; † September 1, 1776)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ grown together, witty, but intriguing , cf. Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus : Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz. Volume 2, p. 358, digitized
  2. ^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . Volume 2, p. 507, digitized

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SURNAME Wreech, Adam Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wreich, Adam Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH Freienwalde on the Oder
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1746
Place of death Schönebeck