Ernst Hermann von Kölichen

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Ernst Hermann von Kölichen (born January 12, 1739 in Lerchenborn ; † August 7, 1805 in Comprachschütz ( Opole district )) was a Prussian major general , chief of the body cuirassier regiment and heir to Kupferberg , Rosenau and Comprachschütz.

Life

origin

His parents were Ernst Hermann von Kölichen (born June 20, 1688 † June 7, 1772), lord of Siegsdorf, Schmarbach and Lerch Born , and his wife Johanna Charlotte, born of Kottulinksky (* June 24, 1688, † May 13, 1758 ).

Military career

Kölichen came into the Dragoon Regiment No. 2 as a private corporal in 1752 . With that he took part in the Seven Years War . He fought in the battles of Prague , Kolin , Breslau and Hochkirch . He was also wounded near Leuthen and Kunersdorf . During the war was on January 12, 1757 to Ensign , on 24 December 1758 to second lieutenant and on April 14, 1762 First Lieutenant promoted.

After the war he became the regiment's chief of staff on September 20, 1769 . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 , where he distinguished himself in the battle near Trautenau. But it was not until September 3, 1789 that he was promoted to major, and on September 11, 1789, Kölichen became squadron chief . On October 9, 1790, he became lieutenant colonel . During the First Coalition War , he took part in the Valmy cannonade . In the battle of Kaiserslautern he took 600 prisoners and captured a flag, and Kölichen fought in the battles near Bingen, Guntersblum, Limbach, Eschweiler, Zweibrücken, Wachenheim and Hochheim. On January 7, 1793 he received the order Pour le Mérite for Hochheim. Shortly thereafter, on January 27, 1793, he was promoted to colonel and on February 9, 1793 appointed commander of Dragoon Regiment No. 2. After the war, it lasted until March 24, 1801, when he was appointed chief of the body cuirassier regiment, and on May 20, 1801 he was appointed major general with a patent from May 25, 1801. He died on August 7, 1805 in Comprachschütz (Opole district).

family

Kölichen married Luise Sophie Johanna von Prittwitz (born November 9, 1750 - March 14, 1789) on October 18, 1764 from the Dammer family. The couple had several children including:

  • Ernst Hermann (born August 29, 1765)
  • Johanna Luisa Renate Auguste (born August 29, 1765)
  • Ernst Albrecht (born November 23, 1766 - † May 6, 1840), Major a. D., knight of the order Pour le Mérite, owner of the lordship Kitlitztreben ⚭ NN
  • Sophie Agnes Friederike Karoline (born February 26, 1768)
  • Ernst Friedrich (* January 6, 1770; † September 21, 1840) ⚭ Antoinette Elisabeth von Radecke († 1860)
  • Antoniette Henriette Luise (born September 24, 1776) ⚭ June 8, 1796 Baron Karl Georg Heinrich von Hohberg
  • Clementine Johanna Ernestine (born July 12, 1780)
  • Ernst Heinrich (February 1, 1783 - January 12, 1851), Colonel a. D. ⚭ Henriette Albertine Charlotte von Auer (* December 20, 1791 - † July 5, 1858)
  • Gottliebe Pauline (June 10, 1787 - January 20, 1808)

After her death he married Luise Juliane Sigismunde von Gersdorff on October 5, 1795 in Gräditz (* September 12, 1755; † March 2, 1805).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruebezahl: Silesian Provincial leaves. Volume 9, p.370f Nekrolog
  2. ↑ Karl Gottlieb Ernst Weber: Faith, Hope, Love. dedication
  3. ^ Eduard Dewitz: History of the Bunzlau district. P. 187.
  4. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 509 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Ruebezahl: Silesian Provincial leaves. Volume 33, p. 113 Necrology of the mother-in-law
  6. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses. Volume 36, p. 523 Granddaughter
  7. ^ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses. 1859, Volume 11, p. 310
  8. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility. Tape. 3, 1899, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Kölichen, Ernst Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, chief of the body cuirassier regiment, heir to Kupferberg, Rosenau and Comprachschütz
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Lerchenborn
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1805
Place of death Comprachschütz (Opole district)