Adolph von Kurowski

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Ernst Karl Adolph Theodor von Kurowski (born August 21, 1781 in Dębiany near Groß Schwansfeld , † June 25, 1835 in Pasewalk ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

His parents were Franz Adolf von Kurowski (1749-1815) and his wife Maria Charlotte, born von Baczko († 1814) from the house of Groß-Borken.

Military career

In May 1793 Kurowski came as a private corporal in the Dragoon Regiment "von Werther" of the Prussian Army . There he was promoted to prime lieutenant until mid-November 1805 . He took part in the Fourth Coalition War and was still a staff captain on June 2, 1807 , before retiring from service on November 16, 1807 with half pay . On November 9, 1808, he got his farewell as a Major with permission to wear the army uniform. Kurowski bought the Groß-Glitten estate (Friedland district) and lived there. In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he sold the estate in 1813, rejoined the army and on June 1, 1813 was employed as a major and commander in the 4th East Prussian Landwehr Cavalry Regiment. During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the sieges of Danzig and Magdeburg. On January 1, 1815, he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for Magdeburg and on October 3, 1815, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Due to his knowledge of horses, Kurowski was appointed President of the Remonte Buying Commission on June 30, 1816 and aggregated to the 6th Uhlan Regiment . On June 20, 1817 he was aggregated to the 3rd Cuirassier Regiment. On March 5, 1821, he was transferred to the 2nd cuirassier regiment "Queen" as a commander and was promoted to colonel on March 30, 1821 with a patent from April 8, 1821 . On March 20, 1833, he received his retirement as major general with a pension of 1750 thalers. He died on June 25, 1835 in Pasewalk.

His death was the aftermath of a cholera epidemic that broke out in the garrison in Nakel in 1833. The doctor in charge, Julius Leviseur, treated his patients with a drug that the colonel at the time was taking for prevention . As a result, his health deteriorated. Ultimately, he had to say goodbye and died two years later.

family

He married on October 22, 1809 in Preußisch-Wilken (Friedland district) Leopoldine Antonie Karoline von Berge and Herrndorff (1791–1871), a daughter of District Administrator Georg Wilhelm von Berge and Herrndorf. The couple had several children:

  • Lüthold Wilhelm Adolf (1810–1869), Colonel a. D., most recently Chief of the General Staff of the VII Army Corps ⚭ 1850 Marie Coqui (1827–1906)
  • Leontine (1811-1812)
  • Benno (1812–1870), Colonel a. D., last in command of the Infantry Regiment No. 54 ⚭ 1851 Ida von Wilke (1827–1919)
  • Elisabeth (Betty) (1813–1839)
  • Marie Albertine Thusnelda (1815–1859) ⚭ Carl Calebow (1802–1883), chief engineer in Stettin
  • Elida (1816–1870) ⚭ Joseph (von) Forgacz, Hungarian engineer
  • Karoline Adele Luise Mathilde Julia Florentine (born September 29, 1823 - † January 16, 1840)
  • Elise Johanna Charlotte Alexandrine Olga (1825–1858) ⚭ 1856 Ernst August Reinhold von Strampff (* 1812), major
  • Hans Adolf Felix Otto (1827–1906), captain a. D. the Dutch colonial army

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olaf Briese : Fear in the times of cholera. 4 volumes. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-05-003779-2 (also habilitation), Volume 1: About the cultural origins of the epidemic cordon bacterium I. , p. 107.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1918. Twelfth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1917, p. 867.
personal data
SURNAME Kurowski, Adolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kurowski, Ernst Karl Adolph Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Dębiany near Groß Schwansfeld
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1835
Place of death Pasewalk