Friedrich Wilhelm von Wartenberg

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Wartenberg (born April 4, 1725 in Luggendorf ; † February 27, 1807 on Gut Trampe near Eberswalde ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , general director of the army's mounting system, knight of the Black Eagle Order and heir on Trampe.

Life

origin

His parents were the Prussian lieutenant and heir of Luggendorf Hans Balthasar von Wartenberg (* February 1682; † March 6, 1748 in Luggendorf) and his wife Magdalena Sophie, née von Graevenitz from the Schild family († November 14, 1771 in Luggendorf).

Military career

Wartenberg came to the cadet house in Berlin in June 1738 , where he was appointed sergeant shortly before 1740. He was standing guard in the Swiss Hall in 1741 when Friedrich II noticed him and appointed him his personal page . So Wartenberg accompanied him on the winter campaign to Moravia and the battle of Chotusitz . In 1743 the king appointed him second lieutenant and wing adjutant . Wartenberg then accompanied him to the courts in Ansbach and Bayreuth . On their return they stopped at Nieder-Schönfeld Abbey. Field Marshal Graf von Seckendorff camped there with the army of Emperor Karl VII and Wartenberg dined at the king's table.

During the Second Silesian War he accompanied the king during the siege and conquest of Prague. When the king returned to Berlin, Wartenberg received permission to stay in Upper Silesia with Field Marshal Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau . At the beginning of 1745 he met the king in Neisse and fought with him in the battle of Hohenfriedberg . He was then promoted to captain and sent to Berlin with the news of victory. He was back with the king during the Battle of Thrush . The king returned to Berlin and Wartenberg went to Anhalt-Dessau in Schweidnitz . He fought near Katholisch-Hennersdorf and in the battle near Kesselsdorf . On December 23, 1745 the Peace of Dresden was passed. In the period up to the Seven Years' War he was a wing adjutant to the king and in the guard regiment.

During the Seven Years' War he accompanied the king in the encirclement of the Saxon army near Pirna , in the battle of Lobositz , near Prague and Kolin . Then the army moved to Saxony and fought near Roßbach and in Silesia near Leuthen . After the battle, Wartenberg was made major . During the siege of Breslau and the following winter he was on special assignments for the king. In 1758 he was with the king at the siege of Olomouc , but then joined the army of Margrave Karl while the king was moving to Neumark. On September 13th these armies united and on October 14th the battle of Hochkirch broke out . Then Wartenberg moved with the army to relieve Dresden and Neisse. In 1759 he accompanied the king in the battle of Kay . He then joined Prince Heinrich's army . When the king took over the supreme command again in Saxony, he sent Wartenberg to the Elbe to stop General Beck. The biggest skirmishes were a cannonade with Reisa and Belgern. Beck withdrew to Dresden. In January 1760 he came back to Berlin. There he supervised the new recruits as well as the horses and equipment for the army. After everything was settled to his satisfaction, Wartenberg found himself again with the army and the siege of Dresden and then with the battles of Liegnitz and Torgau . At the end of the year he had to organize the supplies again. In 1761 he came back to Silesia and the king appointed him lieutenant colonel on April 9, 1761 . Wartenberg was transferred to the corps under Karl Christoph von der Goltz , which was supposed to move against the Russians in Poland. After the sudden death of General Goltz, General Zieten was given command. In the winter of 1761/62 he organized the supplies again. In 1762 Wartenberg was back with the king and the siege of Schweidnitz . After the fortress surrendered on October 9, 1762, he was transferred back to Berlin, where he was promoted to colonel on April 6, 1763 .

After the peace he took over the department of arming, mounting and recruiting from Lieutenant General Massow . On May 28, 1770 Wartenberg was with Pat promoted from 22 August 1767 to Major General on June 15, 1781 lieutenant general. For his many years of service, the king made him Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle on March 25, 1784.

Wartenberg had received large sums of money from the king over the years and increased his fortune. In addition, he had led the army well and sparingly, which aroused all kinds of resentment (see Wartenbergische Casse ). When the Upper War College was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm II in 1787 , Wartenberg had to give up his office and his authority was incorporated into the new ministry. An investigation was opened against himself, but no wrongdoing was found. He then withdrew to his Trampe estate near Eberswalde , which he had bought on August 23, 1771 from Count Nikolaus Wilhelm von Sparr. There he died unmarried in 1807 and was buried in the Berlin garrison church.

Wartenbergische Casse

He introduced the Wartenbergische Casse on February 9, 1763 . This is where the advertising and leave of absence funds intended for foreign advertising were administered for many regiments . Only a few regiments, with whose behavior the king had been particularly satisfied during the war, received the money at their own disposal. Many company and squadron chiefs had previously made use of this fund for their own benefit. Instead of paying out the advertising money, future recruits were simply kidnapped. Soon after King Friedrich Wilhelm II took office, the facility was removed. In 1807, advertising by foreigners was also stopped.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus: Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz in the middle of the 19th century. P. 456. Digitized
  2. ↑ http://www.garnisonfriedhofberlin.de/biographien/
  3. ↑ Johann David Erdmann Preuss: The life story of the great King Friedrich of Prussia. P. 364. Digitized
personal data
SURNAME Wartenberg, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, hereditary lord on trampoline
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Luggendorf
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1807
Place of death Gut Trampe near Eberswalde