Emmanuel Kotz

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Emmanuel Kotz (born January 31, 1604 , † December 21, 1665 ) was a colonel of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel and city ​​commander of the most important Hessen-Kassel fortresses during the Hessian War .

Between the years 1633 and 1641, Kotz was city ​​commander of the Hessen-Kassel fortress Dorsten under Johann von Geyso and, as the latter, was involved in the defense of Dorsten in 1641 . After the loss of the Dorsten Fortress, he moved with the Hesse-Kassel Army to the territory on the left-hand side of the Rhine- Electorate of Cologne , where he succeeded Duke Eberhard after taking the city of Neuss , which was expanded by Hessen-Kassel into the Lower Rhine headquarters and fortress III. of Württemberg commander of the city. He probably withdrew from the city of Neuss in 1651 with the last Hesse-Kassel troops. When Elector Karl I Ludwig moved to Frankfurt am Main for the election of Emperor in 1658 , a description by Caspar Merian mentions an "Emanuel Kotz von Metzenhofen / secret council / Obrister vnd Oberambtman zu Oppenheim."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historischer Verein für Hessen-Darmstadt (Ed.): Archive for Hessian History and Archeology , Volume IX (1859–1861), p. 352: Message from unprinted grave inscriptions , written by W. Franck.
  2. ^ Julius Evelt : History of the City of Dorsten, Third Section, pp. 63–176, there p. 97 in Westfälische Zeitschrift Volume 26 (1866)
  3. ^ Günther Engelbert: Der Hessenkrieg am Niederrhein (1st part), pp. 65–113, there p. 98 in Annalen des Historisches Verein für den Niederrhein, issue 161 (1959)
  4. ↑ ( Wikisource ) Caspar Merian : Description and illustration of all royal. and Churfürstl. One trains ... [1] (1658)
personal data
SURNAME Kotz, Emmanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION City commander of the Hessen-Kassel fortresses
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1604
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1665