Friedrich Otto von der Groeben

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Friedrich Otto von der Groeben (born March 10, 1619 on Gut Lichterfelde ; † March 23, 1697 in Meseberg ) was a Brandenburg colonel, head of a regiment on foot and master of the Kurmark hereditary hunters. He was also the governor of Wittstock , Zechlin and Lindau and heir of Lichterfelde, Schönermark, Baumgarten and Meseberg.

origin

His parents were Otto von der Groeben (* March 13, 1581; † August 17, 1656) and his wife Maria von Rochow from the Plessow family. His father was the hereditary lord of Lichterfelde, Prenden, Meses and Dabergroß. His sister Anna Maria (1616–1674) was married to the Brandenburg colonel Johann Georg von Ribbeck . The privy councilor Hans Ludwig von der Groeben (1615–1669) was his brother.

Life

In 1639 he went with two servants into the service of the Elector of Saxony Johann Georg I. He came into the body regiment in the company of Rittmeister Dietrich von Broesigke . He fought against the Swedes during the siege of Zwickau. After half a year he became a flag boy of the regiment. He said goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel von Bones . He went to Berlin, where he fell ill with smallpox in 1640 . In 1641 he came into the personal company of Colonel Johann Georg von Ribbeck , commander of Spandau. In 1643 he came as an ensign in the personal company of the Elector under Pierre de la Cave . When the then lieutenant captain Georg Friedrich von Vollmar received a company in the fortress Memel, Friedrich Otten took over his position.

In 1650 he became the Elector's Chamberlain . His company was transferred to Pillau, where he fell ill again and received his resignation . After his recovery he decided to take a cavalier tour and in April 1652 boarded a ship in Pillau and traveled to Amsterdam to return via the Spanish Netherlands , England and France . He went back to the court in Berlin and got his job as chamberlain again.

When the Second Northern War broke out between Sweden and Poland , the elector appointed him major and sent him to the regiment of general Otto Christoph von Sparr in Lippstadt. In 1656 he marched with the regiment of Westphalia to the Mark and in 1657 to Berlin, where he worked with other regiments on the fortification of Cölln. The bulwark behind the Jägerhof, including half a curtain wall, was built in the direction of the Leipziger Tor within three months . In the same year he became lieutenant colonel and in 1658 governor of Wittstock, Zechlin and Lindau. He moved with the Brandenburg Army to Holstein and Jutland, took part in the battles near Friedrichsöhr, on Fyn and near Greifswald. In 1659 he fought in the siege of Demin. He was billeted in Treptow an der Rega when Field Marshal Sparr ceded his regiment and he was promoted to colonel. In 1679 the French invaded Westphalia and Brandenburg troops were marched towards Minden . Although he had to march over the Harz , through Hesse and Paderborn because Hanover refused to march through, he arrived on time. This secured him the public thanks of the elector. In 1682 he received the office of Mühlenhof and Mühlenbeck as the successor to the chief court master Zacharias Friedrich von Götzen .

family

He married Maria von Loë on May 3, 1654 (March 15, 1630 - December 2, 1695). He had three sons and four daughters with her, including:

  • Wilhelm (* August 29, 1665; † April 9, 1721) ⚭ Helene Elisabeth von Lüderitz (* October 17, 1674; † March 20, 1744), whose daughter Dorothea later married Hermann von Wartensleben

At the end of the 19th century, Friedrich Otto's dead banner was still found in the church of Lichterfelde.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Otto von der Groeben . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 72 ( Friedrich Otto von der Groeben at Wikisource [PDF]).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Gottfried Dienemann, Nachrichten vom Johanniterorden, especially from its Herrenmeisterthum , 1767, p. 267
  2. ^ Friedrich Rudolf Bergau, Inventory of Architectural and Art Monuments in the Province of Brandenburg , Volume 2, p. 492
personal data
SURNAME Groeben, Friedrich Otto from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kurbrandenburg colonel, head of a regiment on foot and hereditary master of the Kurmark
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH to Gut Lichterfelde
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1697
Place of death Meseberg