Georg Ferdinand Plesmann
Georg Ferdinand Plesmann (also: Plessmann , Pleßmann ; born November 20, 1767 in Braunschweig , † February 20, 1817 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a royal Prussian colonel and most recently the commander of the 27th Infantry Regiment .
origin
His father was a provisions manager in Hastedt and died in 1793. He still had three sisters and a brother Johann Heinrich Christoph Pleßmann , most recently a major in Leyden.
Life
He went into Dutch service in 1785 and fought against France in the First Coalition War . In 1794 he was promoted to second lieutenant, but on August 5, 1795 he resigned after the kingdom had become the Batavian Republic . But on January 5, 1786 he returned to the service of the new republic as a second lieutenant of the 10th Half Brigade. In August 1796 he was transferred to the Royal Dutch 9th Line Infantry Regiment and on March 12, 1807 as a captain. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Westphalia on August 18, 1807, all Brunswick residents had to return from foreign service. So Plesmann was released from Batavian service on January 28, 1808 and taken over as leader of the 1st Company in the Westphalian 4th Line Infantry Regiment. He took part in the Spanish campaign in 1809 and was wounded in the storming of Gerona and was sent back to Westphalia. Promoted to major on August 10, 1809, he was transferred to the 7th Line Infantry Regiment on July 17, 1810. He also became a knight of the Order of the Westphalian Crown . On January 21, 1811 he became the commander of the Guard Grenadier Battalion. He took part in the Russian campaign of 1812 as a colonel and commander of the 1st Line Infantry Regiment . The regiment was in Courland and after the defeat withdrew to Danzig . It was then stationed in the village of Rosenberg.
After the capitulation of Danzig and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, he entered Prussian service in February 1814. Initially without a patent, he was appointed commander of the reserve battalion of the Elbe Infantry Regiment. On March 12, 1814, he received his patent as a lieutenant colonel. On March 31, 1815, the battalion was incorporated into the newly established 27th Infantry Regiment and Plesmann was appointed its commander. During the summer campaign of 1815 he fought at Ligny and Wavre and earned the Iron Cross 2nd class there . He received his patent as colonel on November 1, 1815, but died on February 20, 1817 in Frankfurt an der Oder and was buried there.
After Ochs, Plesmann was also a Knight of the Legion of Honor .
literature
- Max von Lessel, commemorative sheets of the Officer Corps Infantry Regiment Prince Louis Ferdinand von Preussen (2nd Magdeburgisches) No. 27 , p.1
- Military weekly paper: independent magazine for the German armed forces, Volume 2, 1817, p.66 Nekrolog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Staats- und Gelerhrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen impartial Correspondents, No. 170, supplement page 5
- ↑ During a serious illness he was cared for by Charlotte Diede , cf. Charlotte Diede, the friend of W. von Humboldt , p.59f , p.188 ; he never fully recovered from the serious injury
- ^ Adam Ludwig von Ochs , biography of the general von Ochs , p.198
- ↑ General European State and Address Handbook: for the year 1812, p.219
- ^ Friedrich August Karl von Specht , The Kingdom of Westphalia and its Army in 1813 , p.68
- ^ Karl Friedrich Friccius , History of the fortifications and sieges of Danzig , p.156
- ^ Journal for rational politics, 1913, p.616
- ↑ Heir was probably a brother-in-law Martin Heimken, cf.: Bremer Zeitung: for politics, trade and literature. 1823,7 / 12, p.917
- ^ Adam Ludwig von Ochs , biography of General von Ochs , p.338
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plesmann, Georg Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plessmann, Georg Ferdinand; Plessmann, Georg Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Prussian colonel and finally commander of the 27th Infantry Regiment |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1817 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt Oder |