Friedrich August Albrecht von Tschirschky

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Coat of arms of the von Tschirschky family
Arnsdorf Castle (Milikowice), Lower Silesia
Drawing of Groß-Wilkau Castle. In 1738 the father bought the castle. Luise Frederike, Friedrich's sister, was born here

Friedrich August Albrecht von Tschirschky (born October 17, 1734 in Mittel-Arnsdorf , Duchy of Schweidnitz , † January 13, 1799 in Wesel ) was a Prussian major general .

origin

Friedrich August Albrecht came from the von Tschirschky family , whose progenitor was Léonhard von Tschirschky ( Tschirsky ). He was the son of Ernst Friedrich Gottlob von Tschirschky (* October 13, 1708; † March 9, 1748), lord of (Groß-) Wilkau and Arnsdorf, and Luise Margarethe, née von Zedlitz from the Bankwitz family (* March 9, 1748) 1715 - March 1773 in Siegroth). His cousin was the Prussian major general Carl Wilhelm von Tschirschky .

Military career

Tschirschky began his military career in 1749 as a private corporal in the "von Lestwitz" infantry regiment of the Prussian army . In 1754 he was appointed ensign and took part in the Seven Years' War a . a. participated as adjutant to Duke Karl Eugen von Württemberg . After the end of the war, Tschirschky rose further within his regiment, becoming staff captain in 1766 and captain and company commander at the end of March 1768 . In August 1773 he became head of a grenadier company with which he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 . In the coming years, in 1780 was promoted to Major , 1789 Lieutenant Colonel and finally in 1791 to Colonel . As such, Tschirschky was appointed commander of the Wesel Citadel on January 23, 1792 .

In 1792, famous prisoners, including the Marquis de la Fayette , were held in this strategically important citadel . In this position he repeatedly pushed for the removal of the French royalist emigrants. In the same year he was appointed Vice Inspector General of the Westphalian Infantry for General von Romberg going into the field . On May 22, 1795, Friedrich Wilhelm II awarded him the order Pour le Mérite for the good state of defense of the citadel and for his many years of service . After the death of the previous governor of Wesel, Lieutenant General Alexander Friedrich von Woldeck , Tschirschky was entrusted with the management of the business on October 22, 1795 and in this position was promoted to major general on January 16, 1796.

The Wesel Citadel

After Tschirschky's death, King Friedrich Wilhelm III. from Prussia to his daughters:

“I regret the demise of your well-behaved father, loyal to the state and well-served for many years, and I take all the more sincere part in your loss, since he has earned just claims to my special esteem. Berlin, January 29, 1799. "

family

Tschirschky married Johanna Beate von Kessel from the Raake (Oels) house on April 24, 1770 in Breslau (* November 7, 1741; † April 5, 1794 in Wesel). The marriage produced four daughters:

  • Jeanette Margarethe (born May 22, 1772 in Breslau; † August 11, 1817 in Königsberg) ⚭ May 6, 1798 in Wesel Karl Thomas von Othegraven , Prussian lieutenant general
  • Ursula Juliane (born August 26, 1773 in Breslau; † December 26, 1773)
  • Albertine Anna (born September 12, 1774 in Breslau) ⚭ August von Reiman (District President) , District President
  • Beate Wilhelmine (born October 3, 1780 in Breslau) ⚭ NN von Großkreutz, second lieutenant

With Tschirschky, this line of the von Tschirschky family became extinct.

literature
Volume 1 (1720), pp. 1000-1001, digitized
Volume 2 (1728), pp. 1075-1076, digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold Zedlitz : The state forces of the Prussian monarchy under Friedrich Wilhelm III. Volume 3, p. 216. Commanders
  2. ↑ Pierre Guillaume Auguste Veling: Nos ancêtres sur le Rhin. Paris, Flammarion, 1919, VII, 290 p. Digitized version (French) ("P. de Pardiellan" is the pseudonym of the author)
  3. ↑ Thomas Höpel : Emigrants of the French Revolution in Prussia 1789–1806. A study from a comparative perspective. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-934565-53-0 , p. 127.
  4. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , p. 443, no. 1380.
personal data
SURNAME Tschirschky, Friedrich August Albrecht von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tschirschky and Bögendorf, Friedrich Albrecht von; Tschirsky, Friedrich Albrecht von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Central Arnsdorf , Duchy of Schweidnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1799
Place of death Wesel