Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst

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Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst in Prussian uniform. Oil painting by Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski , around 1756

Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst (born October 26, 1733 in Sandersleben , † October 30, 1814 in Dessau ) was a military writer .

Life

The natural son of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau was awarded in 1750 the Imperial nobility as "of Berenhorst" and one which the Beringer reinvented Bastard arms . He was in the service of Prussia in the Seven Years' War , was adjutant to Prince Heinrich of Prussia from 1757 to 1760 and to King Friedrich II in 1760. Adopted as a major in 1761 , he lived at the court of his half-nephew, Prince Leopold III. von Anhalt-Dessau , traveled with him and later with Prince Hans Georg to France, Italy and England, was President of the Chamber, Court Marshal and Lord Chamberlain . Since 1790 he lived entirely his scientific work.

Berenhorst doubted the prevailing view of methodical warfare by means of maneuvering , advocated the abolition of the standing army and the introduction of a militia and was thus the pioneer of popular armament and general conscription .

As a writer, Berenhorst is the predecessor of Adam Heinrich Dietrich von Bülow in disputing obsolete views, especially in his 1795 reflections on the art of war, its progress, etc. (Leipzig 1797–99, 3rd edition 1827). Aphorisms (Leipzig 1805) and Aus Berenhorst's estate (Dessau 1845–47, 2 vols.) Also deserve attention.

family

Coat of arms of those of Berenhorst, modeled on that of those Beringer

Berenhorst married Katharine Christiane Marie Otto (born August 29, 1759) on May 8, 1781. The marriage was divorced on August 20, 1783.

On October 26, 1783, he married Henriette von Bülow (* June 30, 1765, † August 29, 1813) from the Schraplau family . Among the six children from the second marriage were the Dessau Secret Cabinet Councilor Georg von Berenhorst (1794–1852), who was the father of Adolf von Berenhorst , and Thekla von Berenhorst (1808–1890), whose first marriage was to the landlord Julius von Richthofen (1799–1862) married and thus the great-grandmother of the fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918).

estate

The written estate of the Berenhorst family is in the Dessau department of the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives .

Resting place on the new burial place in Dessau

Works

  • Reflections on the art of war, on its progress, its contradictions and its reliability. Berlin 1827, digitized
  • Considerations about some inaccuracies in the considerations about the art of war, about its progress, its contradictions and its reliability. Berlin 1802, digitized
  • Necessary marginal notes on the considerations on some inaccuracies in the considerations on the art of war, its progress, its contradictions, and its reliability. Leipzig 1802, digitized
  • Aphorisms from the author of the reflections on the art of war, on its progress, its contradictions and its reliability. Leipzig 1805, digitized
  • From the estate. Published by Eduard von Bülow , First Division 1845, Verlag von Aue in Dessau, books.google . Review in literature. (Supplement to the morning paper for educated estates . ) No. 48 of July 7, 1846, pp. 190 f. books.google

literature

  • Dietrich Allert: Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst. Bastard of the old Dessauer. Saxony-Anhalt, contributions to regional history 7, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1996, ISBN 3-354-00904-7 .
  • Dietrich Allert: Reference to the Berenhorst estate. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde 11. (2002), pp. 206–216.
  • Richard von Meerheimb :  Behrenhorst, Georg Heinrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 287-289.
  • Walter Bussmann:  Berenhorst, Georg von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 71 ( digitized version ).
  • Le Grand Tour of Prince Franz von Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Johann Georg through Europe recorded in the travel journal of Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst 1765 to 1768. Edited and commented on by Antje and Christophe Losfeld with the collaboration of Uwe Quilitzsch on behalf of the DessauWörlitz Cultural Foundation, 2 volumes , Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-931-2 .
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. Part B, 1922, 50f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, Volume III, Anhalter Adel, 1869, p. 1.
  2. ↑ E 98 Berenhorst family, 1738–1890, 0.2 running meters
personal data
SURNAME Berenhorst, Georg Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandersleben
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1814
Place of death Dessau