Ernst Heinrich von Langenau
Ernst Heinrich von Langenau (* around 1700 in Silesia ; † July 25, 1764 in Golzow ) was a Prussian colonel .
Life
Origin and family
Ernst Heinrich was a member of the Silesian noble family von Langenau .
Career
Langenau served in the Prussian Army and , as a major in the Second Silesian War , commanded a grenadier battalion of the Jung-Schwerin infantry regiment , which was composed of the grenadier companies of the Röder and Puttkamer garrison regiments . On June 6, 1750 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the occasion of the Magdeburg Revue . On April 20, 1759, he was supplied as chief of the Szczecin Land Regiment . On August 10, 1762, he and his regiment occupied the Kolberg fortress, which had been vacated by the Russians . Langenau was slain with an ax by his servant Stauffenbeil on July 25, 1764 in his 64th year of life and 48th year of service at the Rochow estate Golzow .
literature
- Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807 , Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, p. 325 u. P. 577
- Anton Balthasar King : Ernst Heinrich von Langenau . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 367 ( Ernst Heinrich von Langenau at Wikisource [PDF]). Reprint: LTR, Starnberg 1989, ISBN 3-88706-305-8
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. Hermann Mendelssohn, Leipzig [1853], p. 292.
- Gottlob Naumann : Collection of unprinted messages, explaining the history of the Prussian campaigns from 1740 to 1782 , Volume 2, Dresden 1782, p. 312, FN k
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, pp. 386-387.
- ↑ Michael Ranft : New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished incidents that happened at the European courts , volumes 31, Leipzig 1753, p. 969.
- ↑ Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army , Berlin 1787, p. 116.
- ↑ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : History of the war that has been waged in Germany and its neighboring countries since 1756 , Volume 6, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1765, p. 34.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia , Volume 2, Leipzig 1786, pp. 620-621, FN 1129.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langenau, Ernst Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1764 |
| Place of death | Golzow |