Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz (Colonel)
Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz (* January 1600 ; † September 9, 1643 on the Damitzer Heide) was the Swedish colonel in the Thirty Years' War and most recently governor of the "Swedish province" of Thuringia .
His parents were Joachim von der Goltz (1557–1627) from the Klein-Mellen family and his wife Elisabeth von Manteuffel (1569–1629).
Life
In 1634 he became a Swedish lieutenant colonel and then a colonel. He was in command of Lauenburg.
From January 1637 to May 1640 he was in command of Erfurt. With a patent from March 28, 1639 he was appointed by the Swedish Field Marshal Johan Banér as governor of the "Swedish province" Thuringia. In April 1640 he was removed from office by the field marshal and replaced by the Baltic German Caspar Ermes († 1648). This had already distinguished himself in the defense of Augsburg .
Goltz fell on September 9, 1643 in a battle in the Damitzer Heide and was buried in St. Mary's Church in Stettin .
family
He married Barbara Elisabeth von Pfuel († February 29, 1672) at the end of September 1636 . The couple had a daughter: Juliane Margarethe (1638–1638).
literature
- Julius Theodor Bagmihl : Pommersches Wappenbuch , Volume 5, Stettin 1855, p. 4
Web links
- Michael Heubel (1605–1684) Notes from some of the Graefl. Schwarzburg-Rudolstädtischen and surrounding countries from 1620 to self-reported occurrences in Central German from the time of the Thirty Years War (MDSZ) of the University of Jena
- Bernd Warlich: The Thirty Years' War in personal reports, chronicles and reports. Volkach. ( Online version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalogus of collected corpse sermons and funeralia in Folio & Quarto under certain titles , p. 203.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goltz, Christoph Heinrich von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish colonel in the Thirty Years War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1600 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1643 |
| Place of death | Damitz Heath |