Benno von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff

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Benno von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff (born December 8, 1915 in Berlin-Moabit ; † May 28, 2002 in Bonn ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant Colonel of the Bundeswehr , historian , genealogist and author .

Life

family

He came from the old noble families Knobelsdorff and Brenkenhoff , his parents were the Oberregierungsrat and Colonel a. D. Hans-Caspar von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff and Maria geb. Baroness of Mahs. On October 12, 1940, he married Mirjam von Grumbkow (born May 26, 1915 in Wilhelmshaven ; † June 13, 2006 in Bonn ), daughter of the sea captain Kurt von Grumbkow and his wife Ella Margareta, born in Wilhelmshaven . Grundies related Neumann- Silkow . The marriage resulted in 2 daughters.

Career

He was very athletic from his earliest youth. During his school holidays in Pasewalk he learned to ride from his older cousin Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff , the well-known tournament rider. Later he gave riding lessons himself. He joined the youth movement Großdeutscher Jugendbund , which had experienced its departure at the Freideutschen Jugendtag . In Berlin he had attended various grammar schools because of moving: the Luisengymnasium , the French grammar school and the Realgymnasium in Berlin-Tempelhof , where he passed his school leaving examination in 1935 .

In the same year he was called up as a recruit to the newly created Wehrmacht . He embarked on the officer career. During the Second World War it was difficult several times, e.g. Sometimes life-threatening, wounded. On May 7, 1945, he came to the same in Soviet captivity from which he was discharged in 1950 after hard labor and malnutrition.

After passing the entrance exam for late returnees , he was given a place at the University of Education in Oldenburg iO.After working as a primary school teacher in Wilhelmshaven and his second state examination, he accepted the offer to work as a teaching assistant at his former university in Oldenburg.

At the end of 1955 he joined the Bundeswehr (Ministry of Defense) in Bonn and was then employed in Wolfenbüttel , Koblenz ( School for Inner Guidance ), Hamburg (Deputy Brigade Commander) and at the end of his service time again in Bonn on the Hardthöhe, where he was awarded the rank Lieutenant Colonel retired.

After leaving the armed forces , he studied history and historical geography at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , learned the Polish language and received his doctorate in 1984 with Walther Hubatsch with the dissertation : “A province conquered in peace. Brenckenhoff as head of the Frederician retablissement in Pomerania 1762–1780 ”.

Memberships

He was u. a. member

Awards

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John , bearer of the Iron Cross II and I class and the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Works

  • Georg Wenceslaus von Knobelsdorff, master builder and friend of Frederick the Great ; 1973.
  • Brenkenhoff's letter from Hohen Carzig 1776 and Driesen 1764 ; 1976.
  • A province conquered in peace, Brenckenhoff as head of the Frederician retablissement in Pomerania 1762–1780 ; 1984 ( online at the Baltic Digital Library).
  • Anhalt-Dessau 1737–1762, His four princes and Brenckenhoff ; 1987.
  • The "Aal-Beek Colonists" and the Thurbruch on the island of Usedom in Western Pomerania ; 1992.
  • Letters from the Wars of Liberation, A contribution to the situation of troops and homeland in the years 1813/14 ; 1981, extended new edition 1998.
  • 300th birthday of GW von Knobelsdorff. The architect and painter, 1699-1753. In: "Born to be a painter and a great architect" , Friedrich the Great, catalog for the exhibition in Charlottenburg Palace; 1999.
  • The yellow circle :
    • No. 387/388 June / July 1986, p. 256: “From the saddle perspective”.
    • Reprint 20 1988: “Youth as a guide?” - Dialogue between two members of the Greater German Youth Association, a group of young nationals.
    • No. 493 May 1995, p. 108: “The last hours on the Elbe”.
  • Baltic Studies ( online at Greifswald University Library ):
    • Volume 65 1979: On Brenkenhoff's activities in the field of regional culture in Western and Western Pomerania 1762–1780 (first part).
    • Volume 69 1983: On Brenkenhoff's activities in the field of regional culture in Western and Western Pomerania 1762–1780 (second part).
    • Volume 70 1984: On Brenkenhoff's activities in the field of regional culture in Western and Western Pomerania (third part).
    • Volume 73 1987: Neustettin and the drainage work on Vilm and Streitzig lakes in the 18th century.
    • Volume 74 1988: Planting colonies and building colonist houses on the Madue in Frederician times.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Benno von. In: Klaus Neitmann (ed.): The archive of the regional historical association for the Mark Brandenburg. Peter Lang , Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-59324-0 , p. 56 f. ( online at Google Book Search ), edited by Peter Bahl .
  2. ^ Obituary together with a detailed biography and bibliography by Peter Bahl . In: Bulletin of the State Historical Association for the Mark Brandenburg eV No. 3 September 2002.
  3. ↑ Registry office Wilhelmshaven Marriages 1940 No. 890
personal data
SURNAME Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Benno von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant colonel in the Bundeswehr, historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Moabit
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2002
Place of death Bonn