Christian von Zastrow

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Christian Nicolaus Friedrich von Zastrow (* 1705 ; † February 13, 1773 in Göttingen ) was a lieutenant general from the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg .

Christian von Zastrow's regiment at the time of the Seven Years' War

Life

Christian Nicolaus Friedrich von Zastrow, born in 1705 as the son of the Electorate of Hanover, Colonel von Zastrow , was initially in French service, but returned to his homeland as a lieutenant in 1721 . In the Electorate of Hanover Infantry Regiment Ludwig von Zastrow he took part in the War of the Austrian Succession as a captain, later as a staff officer, in which he was wounded on July 2, 1747 in the battle of Lauffeldt , and since 1752 and at the beginning of the Seven Years' War he was colonel and regimental commander of the own regiment "Jung-Zastrow". In 1758 he became major general and in 1759 lieutenant general . In the same year he was in command of Munster , the residents of which were extremely upset that von Zastrow was obeying the express order to defend the city against the advancing French if possible. He resolutely suppressed the Münster residents' resistance to the defense and rejected the request to surrender, although he complained to Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , his commander-in-chief , that he should assert the city with militias and invalids .

When the French appeared in front of Munster on July 22nd, he withdrew with the crew into the citadel , which was bombarded with 40 guns for three days. On the 25th he surrendered after a powder tower blew up and the buildings started to burn; he was brought to Wesel as a prisoner of war , but at the end of August he was exchanged for the captive Commander von Minden , Lieutenant General von Morangies.

In the next year he belonged first to the corps under General Friedrich von Spörcken in Westphalia . When the latter was united with the main army under the Duke, he contributed to the successful outcome of the Battle of Warburg by arriving and intervening in good time by the columns under his command on July 31 ; then stood under the Hereditary Prince Karl von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and in 1761, mostly in the western theater of war, again under Spörcken; In 1762 he commanded the second meeting of the Great Army under Duke Ferdinand. In the lucky fight that took place on July 23rd near Lutterberg , in which he led one of the attack columns, he took part with an "incomparable distinction", so that the duke gave him a gift of 1000 pistols (5 thalers gold each). From the enclosure of Kassel , where he was initially employed, to represent the sick general Christian Ludwig von Hardenberg at the Ohm , he contributed significantly to the attack of the French in battle on September 21, 1762 by persevering the Brücker mill near Amöneburg were successfully rejected.

It was the last fight he took part in. He died on February 13, 1773 as governor of Göttingen.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Later the regiment received the number 1-B, cf. List of the regiments of Kur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg .
  2. ↑ Later No. 9-B.
personal data
SURNAME Zastrow, Christian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zastrow, Christian Nicolaus Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1705
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1773
Place of death Goettingen