Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim

Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim (born October 14, 1720 in Gotha , † June 24, 1799 in Warmbrunn ) was a Prussian major general , chief of infantry regiment No. 47 and knight of the Teutonic Order .

Life

origin

His parents were the Meiningische thigh and Prussian war counselor Johann Ernst von Wangenheim (born October 11, 1685, † 1737) and Louise Dorothea von Nimptsch , daughter of the chief stable master in Saxony-Meiningen Ernst Gottlieb von Nimptsch.

Military career

Wangenheim was initially a Junker in sachs.-eisen. Services and joined the Prussian Army in 1740 with his battalion "Sachsen-Gotha" . The battalion formed the trunk for the “Erlach” infantry regiment No. 40 . There he became an ensign on June 24, 1742 . During the 1744 campaign, Wangenheim took part in the siege of Prague , Frauenberg , Tábor and Budweis . Here he was captured by Austrian troops, but released a short time later. On September 7, 1745 Wangenheim was promoted to second lieutenant and on September 6, 1752 to prime lieutenant.

In the Seven Years' War he fought near Prague , Kolin and Zorndorf and was subsequently promoted to staff captain on September 10, 1758 . With the promotion to captain on February 18, 1760, the appointment as company commander was connected. As such, he took part in the battle of Torgau and the siege of Prague in the further course of the war .

On October 2, 1768, he was promoted to major . In 1772 he received the Pour le Mérite for his achievements . On January 20, 1777 he became a lieutenant colonel . During the 1778/79 campaign , Wangenheim was the commander of the "von Erlach" infantry regiment No. 40 and was promoted to colonel on September 4, 1780 the following year . With the promotion to major general on June 1, 1788, Wangenheim received the infantry regiment "von Lehwald" No. 47 from the king as chief.

Due to illness, Wangenheim retired from military service on September 26, 1790 with an annual pension of 1,000 thalers .

Wangenheim was a member of the Teutonic Order, therefore unmarried.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 280, no. 774.
• Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape IV . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 155 ( Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim in the Google book search).
• Friedrich Hermann Albert von Wangenheim: Contributions to a family history of the barons of Wangenheim of both tribes, Wangenheim and Winterstein. Volume 2, 1874, p. 605. (digitized version )