August von Hanow
August von Hanow (born August 10, 1591 in Greifenberg in Pomerania , † August 24, 1661 in Gamig ) was a German officer . He rose to the position of colonel in the service of the Electorate of Saxony, also an imperial general field sergeant , and was most recently chief captain in Thuringia .
Life
August von Hanow came from the minor Pomeranian noble family von Hanow . He lost his father at an early age, named Dionysius or Faustinus von Hanow, who was mayor in Greifenberg in Pomerania . As a youth, August von Hanow served as a page at several farms in Northern Germany and Denmark .
He became a soldier in 1616, initially changing his warlord frequently during the Thirty Years' War . He was consecutively in Brunswick , Electoral Saxony , Baden and Spanish (1625 under Wolfgang von Mansfeld ) services. From 1632 he was again in the service of the Electorate of Saxony, where he was promoted to colonel in 1635 . He took part in the Battle of Wittstock (1636), in which he commanded a cavalry regiment and was seriously wounded. In 1641 he became general sergeant in charge of the cavalry. From 1642 to 1645 he was a Swedish prisoner of war. From 1645 to 1647 he commanded three regiments which the Elector of Saxony left to the Emperor.
In 1647 he was recalled by the Saxon elector and appointed head captain in Thuringia . August von Hanow died in 1661.
During a stationing in the Principality of Anhalt in 1635, he was accepted into the Fruit Bringing Society . It was given the company name Der Shiningende and, as a society plant, Oriental Hiacint and as a society motto In Heaven's Color .
He owned the inherited properties, located in Pomerania, Schmelzdorf and Lasbeck . In addition, he acquired the Gamig estate near Pirna .
August von Hanow was married to Maria Brand von Lindau, the daughter of Benno Friedrich Brand von Lindau , from the Wiesenburg family. The marriage resulted in a son and three daughters, of whom only the youngest daughter, Johanna Magdalena, survived him.
See also
literature
- Gottfried von Bülow : Hanow, August von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 523 f.
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanow, August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanow, Augustus von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, captain in Thuringia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1591 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifenberg in Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1661 |
| Place of death | Gamig |