Christian Dietrich von Röbel

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Christian Dietrich von Röbel (* 1639 ; † January 10, 1723 ) was the owner of the manor on Hohenschönhausen and Hemsendorf as well as a Polish and Electoral Saxon general of the infantry . He came from the old Mecklenburg - Brandenburg noble family .

origin

Röbel was the son of Hans Christoph von Röbel (1603–1671), district administrator of the Niederbarnim district and Anna Sophie von Holzendorff.

Life

After the death of his brother Erdmann Samuel von Röbel († 1678), Röbel became the sole heir to Hohenschönhausen. He was also landlord in Buchholz , Kruge with Gersdorf (today part of the Falkenberg community ) in the Mark Brandenburg and Gorsdorf, Hemsendorf and Ruhlsdorf (today districts of Jessen ) in Kursachsen . The Schöneiche estate near Berlin , as whose owner he also appeared, had bought his wife Maria Ludmilla von Kuffer for 7,500 thalers from the related von Krummensee family in 1690 .

Röbel was initially in the service of Brandenburg, where he began as a simple soldier and took part in the campaigns of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . He fought against the Swedes in Alsace and Pomerania. After the peace he became an adjutant to Joachim Rüdiger von der Goltz . He took this with him to Denmark and he fought on Schoonen near Malmö and Christianstadt. When Golz went to Saxony to become field marshal there, Röbel accompanied him and became a Saxon major. In 1683 he moved with Golz to the relief of Vienna and in 1686 fought in the siege of Ofen . He was able to occupy a roundabout there and capture the cannons intact, but he was seriously injured. Röbel came back to Germany and so he was in 1689 at the siege of Mainz during the Palatinate War of Succession , where he was rewarded for his bravery with the position of a colonel . In 1697 he fought in the battle of Zenta . After the commander of the Saxon troops was wounded twice, Röbel took command. 1699 received the order de la Générosité from the Elector of Brandenburg . In 1701 he was appointed general of the infantry by King August II . As such, he commanded the Polish troops at Caminieck and in Liefland. After the peace treaty of Altranstädt , concluded on September 24, 1706, he received the post of governor of Wittenberg .

family

Röbel was married twice. His first wife was born von Kurmmensee . He had two sons with her, Christian Friedrich (1674–1747) and Karl Wilhelm Nikolaus († 1718) who went into Polish military service. His second wife was Maria Ludmilla von Kuffer, the daughter of the commandant of Wittenberg Hans Heinrich Kuffer († August 13, 1692) from the house of Hermsdorf. With her he had the son Wilhelm Ludwig and a daughter.

Testimonies

In the Hohenschönhausen Taborkirche (former village church) the following testimonies of the von Röbel family still exist:

  • Memorial plaque for Christian Dietrich Röbel (dated May 7, 1694) from the remains of the gallery of the Knechechore, on which Christian Dietrich von Röbel's military deeds are briefly described - as well as the remains of 3 metal flag tips (initials JG) and 3 wooden flagpoles of the flags of the Electoral Saxon regiment that were placed in the church in 1694.
  • a weather vane (from 1714) from the earlier church tower with the inscription "CDVR 1714" (Christian Dietrich von Röbel), which came on the tower dome when the tower was renovated in 1714.
  • Death shield for his father Hans Christoph von Röbel (born June 10, 1603 - died April 24, 1671 / Julian calendar), heir to Hohenschönhausen, Wartenberg and Buchholz, Schöneiche, Kruge with Gersdorf.
  • Coats of arms of the members of the Röbel family on the south wall of the choir of the church.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.mz-web.de/jessen/hemsendorfer-schlossgeschichten-maulbeerbaum-als-sichtsame-bindeglied,20641004,19655698.html
  2. ↑ Götz Dieter von Houwald : The Niederlausitzer manors and their owners. Volume 3: District of Lübben. P. 266
  3. ↑ http://www.eiszeitstrasse.de/Seiten/reiseroute/gersdorf1.htm
personal data
SURNAME Röbel, Christian Dietrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manor owner and officer
DATE OF BIRTH 1639
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1723