Balthasar Friedrich von Schütz
Balthasar Friedrich Schütz , later Baron von Schütz (* around 1664 in Regenwalde ; † 1734 ) was a German officer and - under the pseudonym Amadeus Creutzberg - theological translator and writer.
Life
He was born in Regenwalde in Western Pomerania as the son of the local Praepositus Balthasar Schütz († 1711) and Katharina Bolduan . After his studies, which also included mathematics and architecture, he worked as a private tutor in the von Flemming family in Böeck near Greifenberg . Because of the participation in a duel in which he injured a Mr. von Steinwehr , he left Pomerania first.
He entered the military service of Kurmainz , where he rose to the rank of colonel . He was raised to the baron status by Emperor Joseph I.
He later returned to Pomerania, where the Prussian King Frederick I employed him for a project to regulate the Rega River , through which a - ultimately not realized - waterway between the Warta and the Baltic Sea was to be created. Subsequently, von Schütz entered the Russian service as a major general , then into the Prussian service, and later into the Hesse-Kassel service. Most recently he was in the character of a Swedish major general in command of Kassel .
After leaving the military, von Schütz moved to Braunschweig . Here he wrote and translated theological writings under the pseudonym Amadeus Creutzberg . He died in 1734 on a trip to Berlin .
literature
- Gottfried von Bülow : Schütz, Balthasar Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 109.
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| SURNAME | Schütz, Balthasar Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schütz, Balthasar Friedrich Freiherr von (full name); Schütz, Balthasar Friedrich; Creutzberg, Amadeus (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, theological translator and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1664 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rainforest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1734 |