Ernst Peter von Podewils

Ernst Peter von Podewils (born March 31, 1737 on Vorwerk near Demmin ; † November 16, 1791 ibid) was a Prussian captain and district administrator .

Ernst Peter von Podewils came from the noble family of Podewils, who lived in a castle in Pomerania . His parents were Hans Heinrich von Podewils (* 1707; † 1774), heir to Vorwerk, Beggerow and Haus Demmin , and Juliane Margarethe von Lüskow (* 1709; † 1778).

Podewils had since his youth in the Prussian army served with the regiment of dragoons "of Wulffen" in the Seven Years' War fought and had last the rank of captain , because of disability when he puts his after the death of his father farewell took. In 1780 he settled on his Vorwerk estate near Demmin. He worked as a district deputy and landscape councilor for the Pomeranian landscape . In 1787 the estates elected him to the district administrator of the Demmin-Treptow district . After passing the Rigorosum in the presence of the Minister von Blumenthal , he took office on April 8, 1788.

When he sold two farms that had belonged to the Vorwerk manor, his uncle gave him the right of repurchase to which he was entitled. It is believed that he later made use of this right of repurchase and then completely incorporated the two farms into the Vorwerk through the then common practice of farming .

Podewils was married to Eva Helene Sophie, née von Podewils, from the Sanzkow family (* 1747; † 1812), daughter of Peter von Podewils (* 1709; † 1778) and Magdalene Luise von Kneitlingen († 1758). The marriage resulted in three daughters and four sons. Including the Prussian officers Peter Heinrich von Podewils (* 1780; † 1838) and Karl August Friedrich Dietrich von Podewils (* 1790; ⚔ 1813 at Großgörschen ).

literature

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the nobility AA 1912

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , p. 266, no. 1541.

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. 743–744 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . Part II, Volume 1, Anklam 1865, p. 61.

personal data
SURNAME	Podewils, Ernst Peter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian officer and district administrator
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vorwerk (Demmin)
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1791
Place of death	Vorwerk (Demmin)

[1] Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . Part II, Volume 1, Anklam 1865, p. 61.