Joachim Henniges von Treffenfeld

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Joachim Henniges von Treffenfeld (* 1610 in Klinke in the Altmark ; † December 31, 1688 on his Gute Koenigde ) was a general from Brandenburg .

The awarded coat of arms

Life

The farmer's son Joachim Henniges ran away from home during the Thirty Years' War at around the age of 17 and entered the Brandenburg service as a musketeer . Mentioned as a lieutenant in 1645 , he became a captain in 1648 . After the Battle of Warsaw , Elector Friedrich Wilhelm promoted him to Oberstwachtmeister in July 1656 and in 1660 to Lieutenant Colonel in the Quast regiment on horseback .

During the Dutch War , Henniges distinguished himself several times in the campaigns on the Rhine and Westphalia as the leader of the streifkorps. After the battle of Fehrbellin , the elector gave him the regiment of the fallen Colonel Berend Joachim von Mörner on the battlefield on June 28, 1675 and promoted him to colonel . The following year he ennobled him with a nobility letter dated to the day of Fehrbellin in the name of Hennigs von Treffenfeld .

During the hunt over the Curonian Lagoon , Treffenfeld emerged as partisan and leader of the vanguard in Prussia . He captured 8 flags and 700 wagons loaded with supplies and defeated the Swedish rearguard at Splitter near Tilsit on January 30, 1679 . He was then promoted to major general. After the Peace of Saint-Germain , Treffenfeld did not do any active service from 1679.

Joachim Henniges von Treffenfeld was a popular figure during his lifetime and beyond as a rider leader and war hero. He was the first to be raised to the nobility by the Great Elector.

The Altmark Uhlan Regiment No. 16 in Salzwedel was named after him.

In addition, Heinrich von Kleists set him a literary monument in the drama Prince Friedrich von Homburg or the Battle of Fehrbellin .

family

Joachim Henniges was married to Margarethe Sophie Striepe from 1664 . The couple had three sons and one daughter:

  • Nicolaus (1645 / 48–1675), lieutenant in Brandenburg
    • Friedrich Vollrath, captain of the Kurbrandenburg region, master of the Königde, Dobbersau and Wollenhagen ⚭ 1691 Sophie Elisabeth Petersen
  • Sophie ⚭ Ernst Peters (en), captain from Brandenburg, gentleman on Wollenrade
  • Johann Heinrich (1648 / 50–1708) Altmark district court counselor, lieutenant colonel in Brandenburg and Poland, lord of Königde, Dobbersau and Wollenhagen, ⚭ 1679 Eva Anna Sophie Striepe
  • Georg Ludolf, Major ⚭ Charlotte Juliane von Damm

With the death of his last grandson Friedrich Georg Carl on January 10, 1779, the male line died out. His daughter Caroline (1758-1816) wore the Treffenfeld inheritance in 1781 to Wilhelm von Görne († 1793) when she married.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curt Jany : History of the Prussian Army. From the 15th century to 1914. Volume 1, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967, p. 243.
personal data
SURNAME Henniges von Treffenfeld, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brandenburg general
DATE OF BIRTH 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Handle at Bismark , Altmark
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1688
Place of death Good kings , Altmark