Johann Georg von der Groeben

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Johann Georg von der Groeben , also George , (* January 16, 1709 , † February 10, 1777 ) was a Prussian district administrator in the Rastenburg district .

Life

Origin and family

Johann Georg was a member of the Prussian noble family von der Groeben . His parents were the Prussian general and explorer Otto Friedrich von der Groeben (1657–1728) and his second wife Helene Maria, née Countess Truchsess von Waldburg (1681–1710). He married Gertrud Gottliebe von Troschke (1706–1776) in 1730 . The marriage produced numerous children were born, including the 1786 in the rank of count raised Heir to Ponarien Ernst Wolfgang von der Groeben (1740-1818) and Regina Amalia of the Gröben, married Landrätin Wilhelm von Gottberg Boguslaw (1731 to 1804).

Career

Groeben initially pursued a career as an officer in the Prussian army , of which he's after nine years goodbye as lieutenant received. He withdrew to his extensive Prussian estate with headquarters in Launingken in the Angerapp district and valued at 6,333 thalers. In 1757 he became, as the successor to his cousin Friedrich Gottfried von der Groeben (1726–1799), district administrator in the Rastenburg district. After his death, Friedrich Leopold von der Goltz (1732–1787) succeeded him in this office . He was considered a skillful and hardworking officer.

He was also director of justice and, since October 25, 1766, real secret budget councilor , chief marshal of the Kingdom of Prussia, member of the Prussian government , president of the Prussian consistory and director of the Königsberg orphanage .

In 1777 Groeben was the hereditary lord of Limbsee in the district of Rosenberg , Launingken, Arenstein , Eschergallen and Jantecken in the district of Heiligenbeil , and Tolksdorf in the district of Rastenburg.

literature

  • Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 351 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables. New episode , volume XXI Brandenburg and Prussia 2 , Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt / Main 2002, Tfl. 129, 131 and 132.
  2. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 338 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 350 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 331 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Genealogical-Diplomatic Yearbook for the Prussian State , Volume 2, Berlin 1843, p. 143.
  6. ^ Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal Prussian and electoral Brandenburg real secret Council of State on its 200th anniversary of the foundation on January 5, 1805 , Berlin 1805, p. 446, no. 226.
personal data
SURNAME Groeben, Johann Georg from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groeben, Johann George from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian district administrator in the Rastenburg district
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1709
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1777