August von Wehrs
Johann Georg August von Wehrs (born September 3, 1788 in Hanover ; † July 30, 1830 there ) was a German officer in the Swedish service and a Mecklenburg court advisor .
Life
August was the son of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz secret legation councilor Georg Friedrich Wehrs , who had been a knight of the Swedish Order of the Vasa since 1799 and was raised to imperial nobility in 1803.
Wehrs became an officer in the Swedish Götagarde in 1805 and from 1808 attended the University of Göttingen , where he studied law. On January 18, 1809, he was one of the founders of the Corps Hannovera . In the course of the gendarme affair , he signed the notorious list and in 1809 Michaelis fled from the French to Sweden. In 1810 he came to Stralsund with the Engelbrechten regiment and from there to the Darß . On August 5, 1812, he was taken prisoner by the French there. In 1814 he returned from Poitiers via Paris and Brussels to his hometown Hanover. In 1816, after the death of his mother (January 25th), he retired as a captain from the military to stand by his father.
On October 26, 1818, Wehrs married the daughter Marie (1800–1866) of Borner's chief forester Zacharias Erdmann Niemann. The marriage produced four sons, including Albert (1821-1896), who later became District Administrator , and two daughters.
Works
- Recollections, sketches and remarks during and after my French captivity. Hanover 1817.
- The Darß and the Zingst , a contribution to the knowledge of New Western Pomerania . Hannover 1819. Reprint: Prerow 2006, ISBN 978-3-9810791-0-4 .
literature
- Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann : Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera to Göttingen. Volume 1: 1809-1899. Göttingen 2002, No. 23.
- Erich Gülzow : The three oldest character writers. In: Our Pommerland . 11th year 1926, no. 6, pp. 233-235.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the correspondence houses 1907. First volume, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 807.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imm. May 8, 1808.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 42 , 83
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wehrs, August von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wehrs, Johann Georg August von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1830 |
| Place of death | Hanover |