Heinrich Albrecht von Köller
Heinrich Albrecht von Köller (* 1704 in Reckow, Cammin district , † February 14, 1761 in Köslin ) was a Prussian major .
Life
Heinrich Albrecht von Köller was a member of the Pomeranian noble family von Köller .
career
Köller entered Prussian service in 1722 , was a cadet and in 1728 went to the “Anhalt” infantry regiment as an ensign . In 1731 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in 1736 to prime lieutenant , in 1741 to staff captain and that same year on 24 October to the real captain .
His further career was overshadowed by a petition to the king on September 23, 1754 , in which he expressed that he felt he had been left out in the order of promotion. The king rejected the petition, but Köller remained inclined and transferred him on October 18, 1756 as a major to the former Saxon infantry regiment "Loen" . At the same time he received the command over a Grenadier - battalion consisting of the grenadier companies of the regiments "Horn" and "Plothow" was composed. With this battalion he acted during the Seven Years' War especially against the Swedes in Pomerania , where he was very successful. For his work he received the order Pour le Mérite on January 9, 1761 . He died of a gunshot wound after successfully taking Kosline.
From 1740 to 1750 Köller was heir to Görke in the Greiffenberg district .
family
Heinrich Albrecht was married to a von Köller from the Reckow family with whom he had a daughter. Deviating from this, his wife is said to have been born von Körbener from Dessau .
literature
- Anton Balthasar King : Heinrich Albrecht von Köller . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 312 ( Heinrich Albrecht von Köller at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Gottlob Naumann : Collection of unprinted messages, explaining the history of the Prussian campaigns from 1740 to 1779 , Volume 2, Dresden 1782, p. 617, FN t
- Johann Friedrich Seyfart : History of the war that has been waged in Germany and its neighboring countries since 1756 , Leipzig 1760, p. 24, FN h
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon , Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 137
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Rolf Straubel : He just wants to know that the army is mine. Friedrich II. And his officers , 2012, p. 118, FN 325
- ^ Günther Gieraths : The Combat Operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807 , Berlin 1964, p. 343
- ↑ Philipp von Schröter , Johann Friedrich Seyfart : War history of the Prussians from the years 1655 to 1763 , Leipzig, 1764, pp. 279, 405, 417, 421-422, 493 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 96, no. 572 .
- ^ Supplement to the military weekly paper , Mittler, Berlin 1871, p. 175, No. 30 .
- ^ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia , Volume 3, Böhmen 1788, p. 80, FN 79
- ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania , Part II, Volume 1 (pp. 1-460): Description of the court district of the Royal. Provincial colleges belonging to districts in Stettin , Stettin 1784, p. 428
- ↑ König (lit.).
- ↑ Seyfart (lit.).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Köller, Heinrich Albrecht von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1704 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reckow, Cammin district |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1761 |
| Place of death | Koslin |