Heinrich Ludwig von Vietinghoff

Heinrich Ludwig (Andrej Karlowitsch) von Vietinghoff ( Russian Андрей Карлович Фитингоф , scientific transliteration Andrej Karlovič Fitingof ; born January 11, 1783 in Jömper ; † May 2, 1853 in Moscow ) was an imperial Russian lieutenant general .

family

Heinrich Ludwig was the son of District Administrator Heinrich Reinhold von Vietinghoff (1740-1806) and his wife Charlotte, born von Ungern-Sternberg (1750-1812). He married Elisabeth von Szysko-Dolenga (around 1795–1841), a daughter of the landowner Kaipas von Szysko-Dolenga.

Career

Heinrich Ludwig was brought to Germany in 1799, where he stayed all his school days and studied philosophy, science and mathematics from 1799–1801. After returning home, he entered the Russian military, namely in the column leader school and learned the Russian language.

In 1802 he became an ensign and general staff officer in the quartermaster's department . In 1803/05 he was busy with topographic surveying work in his home province. 1805 Lieutenant and assigned to the Army Corps of General Infantry Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden on the march to Austria . In the Battle of the Three Emperors near Austerlitz he was baptized by fire and was wounded. 1806/07 Vietinghoff took part in the corps of the general of the cavalry von Meyendorf in the fighting in Romania against the Turks. In 1807/09 he was commissioned with surveying work in Bessarabia .

In 1809/10 he helped blockade and capture Turkish fortresses. Promoted to first lieutenant and decorated with his first medal, he distinguished himself particularly when taking the Weddin fortress and was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir with Swords. In August 1812, his corps marched through Romania to Russia to take part in the fighting and retreat of the Napoleonic army. On the march through Poland he distinguished himself in the fortress war, in the capture of Warsaw , Czestochowa and Krakow and received the golden saber and a neck medal with swords.

In the corps of Lieutenant General Count von Lieven, he fought in the Battle of Leipzig and was awarded the Prussian order Pour le Mérite . In Blücher's army, Vietinghoff crossed the Rhine, took part in the battles near Brienne , La Rothière , in the meeting from Chateau Thierry to Paris . Promoted to captain, he returned to Russia in the autumn of 1814, before marching again to France in 1815.

In 1817 he was made a lieutenant colonel and in 1819 transferred to Vilnius. After 1820, Vietinghoff inherited from his brother Carl Friedrich von Vietinghoff the paternal legacy of Gut Alt-Sommerhusen. In 1821 he became a colonel and was chief quartermaster of the I. and then of the VI from 1820 to 1830 . Corps. In 1826 he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of St. George for his bravery in the Wars of Liberation, a salary bonus and a donation as a gift. In 1832 he was promoted to major general, assigned to the general staff and appointed head of topographical surveying in Minsk. In 1835 he was awarded the "XXX Year of Impeccable Service" and in 1839 the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class.

In 1840 Vietinghoff became head of the topographical survey of the Podolia Governorate . However, he stayed in Minsk until 1841 . During this time he was often helping and promoting (Evangelical-Lutheran Church). After completing his topographical surveying work, Tsar Nicholas I gave him an estate of 2000 hectares in the " Black Earth Area" ( Ukraine ) in 1841 and he was awarded the "XXXV Years of Impeccable Service" award.

In 1841/48 he worked in Podolia and in 1848 as lieutenant general in Mogiljow . In 1843 he was awarded a diamond ring with a monogram of the tsar, in 1847 with the medal “XL Years of Impeccable Service” and in 1848 with the Order of St. Anne and promoted to Lieutenant General.

In 1851 Vietinghoff was appointed head of topographical surveying in the General Staff. In this position he died after a short illness of pneumonia on May 21, 1853 at the age of 70 in Moscow and was buried with full military honors in the cemetery for foreign denominations.

literature

• Gerhard von Vietinghoff-Scheel: Family history of the sex of the barons, barons and gentlemen v.Vittinghoff, v.Vietinghoff and v.Schell. Volume 1, Aschau im Chiemgau 2000, pp. 243-244