Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Fiebig

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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Fiebig , from 1798 by Fiebig , (born September 11, 1755 in Berlin , † August 2, 1822 in Kolberg ) was a royal Prussian major general of the artillery and most recently the commander of the place in Kolberg.

origin

His parents were Johann Christoph Wilhelm Fiebig (* 1726; † September 28, 1778) and his wife Helene Dorothea Elisabeth Krahl (* December 30, 1733; † May 10, 1811). His father was a royal Prussian captain of the field artillery. On September 19, 1798 he was raised to the nobility . Two of his brothers were also in the army: Karl Wilhelm († April 21, 1807) died as a captain of the artillery defending Danzig , Johann Wilhelm Gustav (born May 28, 1771; † November 11, 1826) died as a colonel of the artillery and bearer of the Pour le Mérite .

Life

He received his school education at the Gray Monastery high school in Berlin. From there he came on May 16, 1769 as a bombardier in the field artillery corps. On October 12, 1772 he became a second lieutenant in the 1st Artillery Regiment. In the War of the Bavarian Succession he fought in the skirmishes near Jung-Buchau, Hartmannsdorf and Schwarzdahl in Bohemia. In 1787 he took part in the campaign in Holland, where he came into action at Aderkerken and Amstelveen. He was praised for his achievements. On February 4, 1792, he was appointed Premier Lieutenant. During the First Coalition War , he fought in the sieges of Longwy and Verdun and took part in the assault on Bitch. He also fought in the battles at Pirmasens and Kaiserslautern as well as the cannonade of Valmy and the battles at Grand-Pre, Alsheim, Limbach, Deidesheim, Edinghofen and Zweibrücken. On November 5, 1793, he became staff captain and commander of the heavy 6-pounder battery No. 9, and on June 7, 1794, he received the Pour le Mérite .

On December 13, 1797 he was appointed captain and company commander in the 2nd Artillery Regiment. On September 17, 1805 he became a major and as such took part in the Fourth Coalition War in 1806 . Here he fought in the battles near Altenzaun, Schwerin and Criewitz. At Lübeck he went into captivity with the surrender.

After the war he joined the Prussian artillery brigade in Graudenz on February 21, 1809 . On November 22, 1810, he was transferred to Königsberg in Prussia . On March 10, 1812, he became second staff officer of the artillery to be mobilized and commander of the foot artillery in the mobile auxiliary corps that took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 . On March 24, 1813, he became a lieutenant colonel and came from Platz to Kolberg as an artillery officer. After the war he became a colonel on June 7, 1815 and on March 23, 1816 he was confirmed as an artillery officer in Kolberg. On February 28, 1817, he received his departure as major general with a pension of 800 thalers. He died on August 2, 1822 in Kolberg.

In his assessment from 1804 it says: If he is a morally good officer, hard-working and exact, active and a good drill master, has good mathematical knowledge, which he gained in addition to military instruction in the artillery colleges in Berlin, knows it with his The practice he has acquired, which he has demonstrated in the campaigns we have attended, and which can therefore be used for all artillery services and business.

family

He married Friederike Wilhelmine Helene Thym on November 1, 1786 in Berlin (* December 3, 1766; † July 30, 1795). The couple had a son:

  • Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav (* October 17, 1788; † December 12, 1852), retired lieutenant colonel. D. 4th Infantry Regiment ⚭ 1816 Johanne Henriette Amalie Keller (* 1793; † January 29, 1868)

After the death of his first wife, he married Friederike Wilhelmine Auguste von Mentz on November 2, 1795 in Berlin (* December 10, 1777; † June 3, 1838). The couple had several children:

  • Emilie Wilhelmine Elisabeth (* March 25, 1797 - † October 19, 1837) ⚭ Karl Grünwald, Lord of Msciszewo near Murowana-Goslin and Radosiew near Czarnikau
  • Johann Friedrich Gustav (* March 22, 1800 - † November 7, 1856), Major a. D. ⚭ 1841 Clementine Margarethe Friederike Juliane von Zitzewitz (* October 30, 1810; † December 15, 1886)
  • Sophie Henriette Auguste (7 July 1801 - 6 May 1862) ⚭ 1823 Ludwig von Bohlen (13 October 1790 - 12 February 1838), major and commander of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment
  • Friederike Wilhelmine Ernstine (* January 21, 1803; † August 21, 1844) ⚭ 1828 Karl Gustav Detlef von Winterfeld (* July 17 - July 1789; † August 24, 1866), Herr auf Freyenstein, Meins and Gustavsruh
  • Johann Karl Friedrich (born October 11, 1805; † November 30, 1805)
  • Friederike Antoinette Auguste (* February 7, 1808: † May 4, 1846) ⚭ Gottfried Joachim Benedikt Fleischer (* 1798; † September 12, 1852), preacher in Rathenow
  • Ida Antoinette Auguste (November 15, 1809 - December 20, 1810),

After the major general's death, the widow received an additional 100 thalers from the king in addition to her widow's salary and an additional 24 thalers for the two youngest daughters.

See also

Elisabeth v. Feverish

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Louis von Malinowsky, Robert von Bonin, History of the Brandenburg-Prussian Artillery , Volume 1, p. 182 .
  2. ↑ Andreas Friedrich von Mentz († 1814), carrier of the PLM, major in the artillery, was nobeled on December 31, 1800, Neues Allgemeine Deutsches Adels-Lexicon , Volume 6, S. 240 .
  3. ^ History of the Royal Prussian Sixth Cuirassier Regiment, p. 333 .
  4. ↑ Ludwig Gustav von Winterfeld, Geschichte des Geschlects von Winterfeld , Volume 2, p. 603 .
  5. ↑ C. Winter, representations and sources on the history of the German unity movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , Volume 16, p. 128, No. 448.
personal data
SURNAME Fiebig, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fiebig, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian major general of the artillery and finally commander of the place in Kolberg
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1822
Place of death Kolberg (Pomerania)