Albrecht von Burski

Albrecht Karl von Burski (born April 12, 1785 in Narzym ; † June 13, 1849 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

His parents were Bartholomäus von Burski (1744-1812) and his wife Evan von Burski († 1811).

Military career

Burski visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . On April 16, 1804 he was transferred as an ensign with a patent from February 19, 1804 to the infantry regiment "von Grawert" of the Prussian Army . In the Fourth Coalition War , Burski fought in the Battle of Jena and came to Magdeburg Fortress on the retreat . When the fortress surrendered, he was captured. On February 5, 1807 he was re-employed in the 2nd West Prussian Reserve Battalion. On December 6, 1807 he was promoted to second lieutenant and was made inactive the following year with half pay .

In 1811 he was transferred to the Reserve Battalion in Pillau . In 1812 he was employed as a stage commander in Labiau . On December 20, 1812, Burski joined the gendarmerie . For a short time he was active in the 2nd Littaui Fusilier Reserve Battalion before Burski was transferred to the 3rd Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 15 on July 1, 1813. During the Wars of Liberation he found himself at the blockade of Stettin, the Battle of Dennewitz and the battles at Blankenfelde, Zahna, Mühlberg and Dessau, where he earned the Iron Cross 2nd class. For his work during the siege of Wittenberg, Burski received the first class cross. During that time he was transferred to the adjutantage on October 19, 1813 and rose to captaincy until the end of June 1815 .

On February 8, 1816, he joined the Rhenish Rifle Battalion as a company commander . He was promoted to major on March 30, 1824 and came to Prenzlau as commander of the 2nd battalion in the 8th Landwehr Regiment. On March 30, 1830, he came to the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment as battalion commander , before Burski took over as commander of the 3rd and 4th Rifle Division on April 13, 1830. On November 15, 1834 he was battalion commander in the 31st Infantry Regiment . In this position he was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1838 and was awarded the Order of St. Anne II. Class with a crown on October 5, 1838 . On March 30, 1839 to then initially charged him with the leadership of the 30th Infantry Regiment , appointed Burski on 28 January 1840. regimental commander and promoted him on 30 March 1840 Patent of 7 April 1840. Colonel . On April 7, 1842, he was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment as commander, but was appointed commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade on October 17, 1842 . There he was promoted to major general on March 31, 1846 and transferred to the 11th Infantry Brigade as commander on May 19, 1846 . In this position, on September 30, 1846, Burski received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, and on December 14, 1846, the Commander's Cross, 1st Class of the Hessian House Order of the Golden Lion . He died on June 13, 1849 in Frankfurt (Oder).

family

Burski married on May 1, 1815 in Eisersdorf (Glatz district) Karoline Antonie Friederike Rogalla von Bieberstein (1795-1859). She was the eldest daughter of Rogalla von Bieberstein zu Eisersdorf and his wife Wilhelmine von Borck. Several children emerged from the marriage:

• Henriette Friederike Marie Ida (* 1816)
• Bertha Karoline Wilhelmine (1818–1837)
• Johanna Wilhelmine Eugenie (* 1819)
• Albrecht Wilhelm Karl (1820–1873), Rittmeister a. D.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 140-141, no. 1762.
• Officer history of the infantry regiment Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands (2nd Westphalian) No. 15. P. 11f.