Caspar Joachim von Wachholtz
Casper Joachim von Wachholtz (* 1673 ; † 1736 ) was a Prussian colonel , chief of garrison regiment No. 4 and member of the court martial over the then Crown Prince and later King Friedrich II.
Life
He was the son of Jakob Joachim von Wachholtz (* 1635; † August 30, 1708) and his second wife Diana Catharina, born von Ploetz. She was the daughter of District Administrator Joachim Christoph von Ploetz from the House of Stuchow and Margarete von Petersdorf on Jacobsdorf.
In 1699 was stationed with the princely Desau infantry regiment in Halle (Saale) . He became a captain on April 2, 1707 and major on October 6, 1718 . In 1734 a battalion from Anhalt was formed to take part in the Rhine campaign in 1734. At that time the commander was Moritz Christian von Schwandes . On October 3, 1736, Wachholtz received this battalion. The prince left the battalion to the Prussian king, who transferred it to Glatz as a garrison battalion .
Court martial
Wachholtz was in court martial over Friedrich and Katte . In it he voted in the first vote for an acquittal. After the king received the sentence, but for death. Only Dönhoff and Linger voted against it.
literature
- Herbert Spruth: The one from Wachholtz-Wacholtz. in: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter. 1968.
- Anton Balthasar König : Casper Joachim von Wachholtz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 428 ( Casper Joachim von Wachholtz in the Google book search).
- Theodor Fontane: Walks through the Mark Brandenburg. The court martial at Köpenick
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wachholtz, Caspar Joachim von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wachholtz, Caspar Jochen von; Wachholtz, Joachim Casper von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel, chief of garrison regiment No. 4, member of the court martial over the then crown prince and later King Friedrich II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1673 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1736 |