Hans Karl Friedrich von Brünnow
Hans Karl Friedrich von Brünnow , (to 1780/1782 in * Spandau ; † 7. August 1814 in Berlin ) was a Prussian Major and Chief of Hussars - squadron in Schill'schen volunteer corps .
Life
origin
Hans Karl Friedrich was a member of the Courland - Pomeranian noble family von Brünnow . He was the third son of the Prussian Colonel Friedrich Siegmund von Brünnow . General Friedrich Georg von Sohr was his brother-in-law.
Career
Brünnow joined the Prussian Army in the middle of 1793 . In 1806 he was the 12th Second Lieutenant with a patent from January 1799 in the Leib-Hussar Regiment with garrison in Fürstenwalde . At the beginning of 1807 he joined Schill and was assigned to the formation of the 2nd Brandenburg Hussar Regiment as a first lieutenant . On April 21, 1807 he received the order Pour le Mérite , after he distinguished himself on numerous occasions .
Brünnow wrote a war diary in the form of an autobiography about the time with Schill.
In 1812 he stood against the Leib-Hussar Regiment as a staff officer . His request to leave was granted, after which he joined the Russian-German Legion .
Brünnow was incapacitated as a result of frequent alcohol consumption and died before his time with the rank of major.
He was buried on August 10th in the vault of the Garrison Church in Berlin .
family
Brünnow married Johanna Luise Wilhelmine Clar (* around 1784, † November 19, 1808) in 1807, with whom she had two sons born in Fürstenwalde.
- Hans Karl Friedrich von Brünnow (born October 5, 1807)
- Gustav Eduard Alexander von Brünnow (born November 7, 1808)
Both sons died before their father.
literature
- Georg Bärsch : Ferdinand von Schill's train and death in 1809. Berlin 1860, in particular: pp. 233-234 u. P. 299
- Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2011, Volume 1, pp. 245–246
- Lars Severin: A family of Prussian officers from Brünnow of the Kurland tribe. In: Brandenburgische Genealogische Nachrichten, 1/2018, pp. 168–171
- Military career of Lieutenant von Brünnow , written in 1810, in: The Soldier's Friend , 20. Jg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 468, No. 155.
- ^ Georg Bärsch : Ferdinand von Schill's train and death in 1809. Berlin 1860, pp. 328–331.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brünnow, Hans Karl Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1780 or around 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spandau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1814 |
| Place of death | Berlin |