Gottfried Landeck

Gottfried Landeck (* 1740 in Militsch , Jauer district , Silesia; † November 5, 1821 in Gramenz , Pomerania province ) was a Prussian hussar in the regiment of Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling .

life and career

Landeck became known through the capture of the young ensign Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who was still in Swedish cavalry service at the time, on August 29, 1760 near Kavelpass (cable pass) not far from the Mecklenburg-Prussian border. Landeck took the young Blücher to the regimental commander von Belling, who persuaded him to join the Prussian army .

Landeck earned the medal of merit in the field and in 1798 became an economic inspector in Pomerania. To his astonishment, 54 years after Blucher was captured - and on the use of his former prisoner - he received a monthly pension of six talers.

literature

Bernhard von Poten : Landeck, Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 588.

Individual evidence

↑ Karl von Sulicki: The Seven Years' War in Pomerania and in the neighboring Marche. Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1867, p. 328 ( digitized version ).
^ Archive Schulz - Rinkerode.
^ Karl August Varnhagen von Ense : Biographical Monuments, Third Part: Prince Blücher von Wahlstadt . Reimer, Berlin 1826 ( GBS ), 2nd edition 1845 ( GBS ).

personal data
SURNAME	Landeck, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian cavalryman
DATE OF BIRTH	1740
PLACE OF BIRTH	Militsch , Jauer district , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	November 5, 1821
Place of death	Gramenz , Pomerania Province

[1] Karl von Sulicki: The Seven Years' War in Pomerania and in the neighboring Marche. Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1867, p. 328 ( digitized version ).

[2] Archive Schulz - Rinkerode.

[3] Karl August Varnhagen von Ense : Biographical Monuments, Third Part: Prince Blücher von Wahlstadt . Reimer, Berlin 1826 ( GBS ), 2nd edition 1845 ( GBS ).