Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz (Lieutenant General)

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Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz, oil painting by Georg Lisiewski , 1734

Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz (born November 25, 1663 Kürtow ; † April 8, 1739 in Magdeburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , chief of the " Goltz Regiment on foot " and commandant of Magdeburg.

Life

Christoph Heinrich was the son of Johann von der Goltz (1641–1696) heir to Hofstädt and Kürtow and his wife Anna Maria, nee. von Güntersberg († May 16, 1702). Goltz took part in the storming of Ofen in 1686 as a lieutenant in the Kurbrandenburg contingent . From 1689 he was a captain in the Jung-Holstein infantry regiment , fought again against the Turks in Hungary in 1696/97 and was promoted to major in 1697. In the years 1702 to 1713 Goltz took part in the Prussian troops that King Friedrich I provided to the Habsburgs in the campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession in southern Germany and the Netherlands. During these years Goltz rose to lieutenant colonel in the Margrave Albrecht infantry regiment in 1705 and to colonel and commander of the Count Truchseß zu Waldburg battalion in 1709. In 1714, King Friedrich Wilhelm I appointed him commander of the newly established Loeben infantry regiment . During the siege of Stralsund in 1715 Goltz became the commander of the Margrave Albrecht regiment. On September 11, 1720, King Goltz made regiment chief of the former von Coenen regiment in Wittstock and promoted him to major general on May 1, 1721. On October 30, 1731 he appointed him lieutenant general and successor to Jakob von Bechefers as commander of the fortress city of Magdeburg , whereby Goltz had to take over his regiment Bechever on foot and hand over his own regiment to Crown Prince Friedrich in Neuruppin . On November 13, 1731 he received the post of Drost zu Reinsberg. In the War of the Polish Succession , Goltz moved to the Rhine at the head of his regiment in 1734.

As commandant, Goltz was responsible for the further expansion of the city and fortress of Magdeburg. In 1732 he made a special contribution to the accommodation of the Salzburg exiles , for whom King Friedrich Wilhelm I had made him responsible. Goltz was the bearer of the Order of the Black Eagle .

family

Goltz married April 16, 1697 Elisabeth Juliane von Bonin (* 1673; † July 19, 1755); the marriage remained without children. His fiefdom reverted to the king after his death.

The couple had the foster daughter Charlotte Louise von dem Borne (born May 9, 1735). This married Bogislaw Ernst von Bonin (* 1727, † July 27, 1797), who got the Repzin estate for it. The marriage was divorced on August 20, 1764, because they had gambled away her husband's fortune.

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  1. ↑ Charlotte Louise of the Borne.
personal data
SURNAME Goltz, Christoph Heinrich von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general, commandant of Magdeburg
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Kürtow
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1739
Place of death Magdeburg