Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld
Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld (born May 19, 1726 , † March 4, 1784 in Stettin ) was a royal Prussian major general and chief of Infantry Regiment No. 7 and the bearer of the Pour le Mérite . He was also governor of Bublitz , canon of Cammin , and heir of Dalmin.
His parents were the heir of Dalmin and Prussian captain Adam Ernst von Winterfeld (* February 3, 1696 - May 19, 1742) and his first wife Dorothen Gottliebe Hedwig von Karstedt (* July 6, 1704; † December 4, 1735).
Life
He was initially the Leibpage of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia . He then joined the army and on April 20, 1745 became an ensign in Regiment 18 . In 1748 he became second lieutenant, in 1756 premier lieutenant and in 1758 staff captain. On February 7, 1758, he received his own company. He became major in 1760, lieutenant colonel on May 31, 1771 and colonel on May 24, 1772. In 1778 he became regimental commander. On August 7, 1781, he was appointed major general. In the same year he received the 7th Infantry Regiment .
He fought in the battles of Kesselsdorf , Prague , Reichenberg , Breslau , Leuthen , Hochkirch , Zorndorf , Liegnitz , Torgau , and Reichenbach . He was not wounded in any battle. He held the order Pour le Mérite after the battle of Torgau .
On November 24, 1776 he was appointed governor of Bublitz. In the War of the Bavarian Succession he was able to distinguish himself in the battle near Schlesisch Neustadt . He defended the city with his regiment against 15,000 Austrians under General Field Marshal Lieutenant Olivier Remigius Graf von Wallis (1742–1799). For this he received an extraordinary pension. In 1780 he also received the post of Canon of Cammin. In March 1780 he received the presbyterial qualification in the Capitol Canon of Sittard near Jülich .
He died unmarried in Stettin in 1784.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 428 ( Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld in the Google book search).
Web links
- Karstedt family (PDF; 122 kB)
- Ludwig Gustav von Winterfeld, Erich Wentscher, History of the Family von Winterfeld , Volume 2, p. 692, digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Reimann: History of the Bavarian Succession War , p. 216.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winterfeld, Carl Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 7 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1726 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1784 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |