Andreas von Sommerfeld

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Andreas von Sommerfeld (* around 1620 ; † 1682 ) was a major general in Brandenburg, as well as an imperial and Kurmainzer general sergeant , war councilor and master of artillery . He was owner of the goods Ottmannshausen and Buttstätt in Weimar and mortgage owner of the castle Vargula in Erfurt .

Life

Epitaph of his son Andreas (* 1648) in the St. Johanniskirche Schweinfurt

Sommerfeld entered the service of the Electorate of Mainz when he was young. In 1648 he was a lieutenant colonel in the Swedish service. In 1651 he lent 20,000 thalers to the city of Erfurt. For this he received the Vargula Castle and some lands as pledge. The five-year loan could not be repaid until 1660, so a new contract had to be drawn up. When the deposit was finally redeemed in 1695, the remaining debt was 19,500 thalers.

In 1664 he led Brandenburg and French to besiege Erfurt for the execution of the Reich . Sommerfeld was a colonel in Brandenburg in 1672 . In 1674 he was promoted to general sergeant and leader of a mixed division for the defense of Berlin against the Swedes . In 1675 he was promoted to major general and took part in the Swedish-Brandenburg War from 1675 to 1679 , in particular the occupation of the passes in the Rhinluch between Oranienburg and Havelberg , the battle of Kremmen and the Pomeranian campaign.

As early as 1651 he became a member of the Fruit Bringing Society . His nickname was there: "The armed man", his picture: "The iron hatch" and his motto: "Kill the wolves".

Sommerfeld was married to Anna Katharina von Peltzer (in) adH Dalgen. The couple had a son Andreas (* 1648) who died after a week. The child's epitaph is in the St. Johannis Church in Schweinfurt . The daughter Katharina Elisabeth married Christian Ehrenfried von Pöllnitz auf Mollwitz. Anna Marie married Artesis Schutz from Estenbrück near Bremen in 1666 . Juliane Sophie married Gustav Anton von Roden, captain of the life guards in Hanover . Of his sons, Kasper Friedrich († 1702 at Kaiserswert) and Karl Christian survived. The latter inherited the Saxon estate of Wörth and was married to Hedwig von Berlepsch .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albert Arnstadt : Vargula .; A contribution to Thuringia's cultural history. Self-published, 1917.
  2. ^ Carl Friedrich Göschel , Christian Friedrich Hentschel: Chronicle of the city of Langensalza in Thuringia. Volume 3, Langensalza 1842, p. 233.
  3. ^ Johann Gottfried Biedermann : Gender register of the praiseworthy knights in Voigtlande. Kulmbach 1752, table CLXIX A
personal data
SURNAME Sommerfeld, Andreas von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg Major General
DATE OF BIRTH around 1620
DATE OF DEATH 1682