Bernhard Alexander von Düringshofen

Bernhard Alexander von Düringshofen (born April 1714 in Sabow in the Pyritz district , Pomerania ; † January 4, 1776 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a royal Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 24 . He was also general inspector of the regiments in Westphalia and governor of Mühlenhof and Mühlenbeck .

origin

He came from the Prussian noble family von Düringshofen and Diringshofen . His father was the heir of Sabow Gustav Hans Ludwig von Düringshofen († December 7, 1744). His mother, his wife Marie Eleonore von Billerbeck (* 1680; † March 15, 1727) from the Stresow family. After the death of his first wife, he married his cousin Johanne Luise (Diring) von Diringshofen .

His brother Karl Friedrich was a major in Regiment No. 30 , but was retired in 1762 because of his injury in the Battle of Torgau . His half-brother Gustav Friedrich († 1796) served as captain in Regiment No. 28 and was married to Charlotte Friederika von Hirschfeld .

Life

1728 came from Düringshofen as a cadet in the Infantry Regiment. 8 , in which he in 1735 to Ensign , 1736 for Seconde Lieutenant and in 1740 the First Lieutenant was promoted. On January 7, 1746 he was promoted to staff captain and on August 14, 1747 was given command of the company of Captain von Wobser . In the Silesian Wars he fought in the battles near Mollwitz , Chotusitz , Hohenfriedberg , Soor and Kesselsdorf as well as the sieges of Glogau and Brieg .

He was a captain when the Seven Years War broke out in 1756 . After the Battle of Lobositz he was promoted to major by King Friedrich II and appointed to his wing adjutant. In addition, he became the commander of a grenadier battalion that had previously been under the command of Johann Christian Karl von Lengefeld . It was made up of personnel from regiments No. 21 (Hülsen) and No. 27 (Asseburg). With this battalion he fought in the siege of Prague . Von Düringshofen was wounded in the battle near Moysberg. During the siege of Schweidnitz his company was involved in the assault on the Galgenfort, he also fought in the battle of Hochkirch . In March 1758 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in December 1758 he was colonel . On February 26, 1759, he and his battalion at the post in Greiffenberg am Queiß were trapped by the Austrians under Philipp Levin von Beck and had to surrender after an eight-hour battle. Wounded twice, he was taken prisoner in Austria, where he was promoted to brigadier . In 1761 it was exchanged.

He came to Prince Heinrich's army in Saxony, where he became the commander of a brigade and took part in the army's transition across the Mulde. Von Düringshofen then fought with his association in the battle of Freiberg . In 1763 he was appointed chief of regiment No. 24 and in May 1764 promoted to major general. In January 1765, he was also appointed magistrate of Mühlendorf and Mühlenbeck and was also assigned the inspection of the Westphalian regiments around this time. During his time in Frankfurt he was a sponsor of the university.

King Friedrich II wrote on the death of his general in a letter dated January 6, 1776 to his successor, Major General von Egloffstein: “My army, especially his regiment, is suffering a very great loss, and it will certainly be difficult to replace it . I place such a monument on his merits. [...] "

In the park on the south side of the city of Frankfurt an der Oder there used to be a statue of the general.

family

He wasn't married.

literature

• Anton Balthasar König : Bernhard Alexander von Düringshofen . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 389 ( Bernhard Alexander von Düringshofen in the Google book search).
• Continued new genealogical-historical news of the most noble events that happened at the European courts. Volume 89; Volumes 163-168, 1776, pp. 819ff. (Digitized version)
• Anton von Mach: History of the Royal Prussian Second Infantry - called the King's Regiment since its foundation in 1677 until December 3, 1840. 1843, p. 92 ( digitized version )
• Johann Herkules Haid , Samuel Baur : New Historical Hand Lexicon. 1800, column 488 ( digitized version )

Web links

• Good Sabow

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to Anton Balthasar König, p. 207 his father was called Hans Ludwig von Düringshofen .
2. ↑ http://www.stoltefamilie.de/Seite79.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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4. ↑ Anton Balthasar König, p. 208. Modified form in: Neues Historisches Hand-Lexikon , p. 488, digitized version : "My army is suffering a great loss, which it will be difficult to replace."
5. ^ Karl Baedeker: Germany together with parts of the bordering countries as far as Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Krakow, Lemberg, Ofen-Pesth, Venice, Milan. Guide for travelers. Central and North Germany. Volume 2, p. 91, [1]