George von Weiher

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George von Weiher (born September 6, 1704 ; † 1760 in Langfuhr ) was a Prussian nobleman. From 1750 to 1760 he was head captain of the Lauenburg and Bütow regions .

He was a member of the noble family von Weiher, who lived in Pomerania and in Polish Prussia . His father Heinrich Christoph von Weiher (* 1661; † 1719) was the heir to Wussow and a major in Polish services. His mother was born Bartsch von Demuth .

George von Weiher was the Polish chamberlain , Starost von Baldenburg and heir to Buckowin , Wussow and Landechow and to Langfuhr near Danzig. In 1751 King Friedrich II appointed him as the successor to Philipp Otto von Grumbkow as chief captain of the Lauenburg and Bütow regions . The Lauenburg and Bütow lands in the east of Pomerania had a special position in Brandenburg-Prussia as a fiefdom of the crown of Poland, including their own chief captain. The knighthood of the country welcomed his appointment because he was a local and spoke both the German and the local Kashubian language .

His first marriage was to Charlotte Margarete Idea von Weiher. His second marriage to Henriette Sophie Louise, née von Krockow , had three sons, including Ernst Carl Ludwig von Weiher (* 1751–1814) and Moritz Heinrich von Weiher (* 1754–1822), who were district administrators in Lauenburg -Bütow circle. The widow married the Polish major general Heinrich von der Goltz in her second marriage .

literature

  • Franz Schultz : History of the Lauenburg district in Pomerania. Lauenburg i. Pom. 1912, pp. 211, 329-330 ( online ).
  • Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 1078-1079 ( limited preview in the Google book search - in the article about his son Ernst Carl Ludwig von Weiher).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania . Part II, Volume 2. Stettin 1784, p. 1065 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Weiher, George von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian nobleman, captain of the Lauenburg and Bütow regions
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1704
DATE OF DEATH 1760
Place of death Langfuhr