Daniel Blecks
Daniel Blecks (born August 2, 1749 in Babbin , Kolbatz office ; † November 21, 1835 in Stepenitz ) was a German irregular in the wars of liberation .
Blecks was the son of the farmer Daniel Blecks. On January 14, 1777, he married the farmer's daughter Dorothea Schmidt from Stepenitz and took over a farm there.
At the age of 57 years, Daniel Bleck concluded through the mediation of the forester Johann Ehrenfried Otto Klein-Stepenitz that of Kolberg from operating Freikorps Schill and was promoted to corporal. His forays into Pomerania received great support from the population.
On several occasions he narrowly escaped arrest by the French. After several attacks on the traveling mail he was caught in 1807 and sentenced to 12 years in prison, but by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. pardoned.
He also took part in the 1815 campaigns under General von Tauentzien . He was awarded the Iron Cross and the war commemorative coin.
literature
- Hermann Petrich : Peasant General Blex . In: Our Pommerland . Issue 10/12 1923, pp. 323-325.
- Otto Altenburg : Daniel Blecks . In: Pomeranian Life Pictures . Vol. III, pp. 170-182.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Blecks, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German irregulars in the wars of freedom |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Babbin , Kolbatz Office |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1835 |
| Place of death | Stepenitz |