Johann Reichwald from Fights

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Johann Reichwald von Fights (born November 9, 1609 in Semcaden, Lithuania , † February 28, 1662 in Kemnitz ) was a royal Swedish colonel and commander of Zittau .

Life

Johann Reichwald joined the Swedish military service in 1627 as a simple soldier, which he quit the following year to travel to the East Indies via Amsterdam . However, he went to France via England , where he was arrested as a spy. As soon as he was released he took part in the events of Rochelle , then joined the king's body regiment and came with them to the headquarters in Paris , where he took his leave. Then Reichwald came via Rotterdam and returned to the Swedish service.

In Colonel Kirchbaum's regiment, Reichwald quickly passed through the lower ranks, switched to Erich Anderson's regiment, where he first advanced to quartermaster and finally to lieutenant. He was seriously wounded in the battle of Wittstock and was even taken prisoner again outside Halle . After his release he advanced to the position of Oberstwachtmeister under Adam von Pfuel near Torgau . Field Marshal Johan Banér then assigned him command of six companies and four hundred German horsemen. After he had proven himself many times, Lennart Torstensson promoted him to colonel and commandant of Zittau in 1642 . Here he made a name for himself mainly by defending the city against the imperial forces , although he eventually had to hand over the Zittau. In 1647 Reichwald resigned from the Swedish service. Queen Christine of Sweden ennobled it in 1647 when she left it as the Reichwald von Fights .

Reichwald returned to his family in Lausitz and in 1648 acquired Kemnitz, Bischdorf and Mittelhorka. Reichwald was also able to develop his talents with his lordship; in addition, he is said to have largely abolished serfdom on his farms.

family

Reichwald von Fights married Susanne von Kyaw († 9 July 1701), daughter of Adam II von Kyaw and Martha von Minkwitz adH Dürrhennersdorf on March 10, 1643 . As a widow, she entered into a second marriage on February 25, 1665 with Gustav Adolf von Gersdorf † October 27, 1667, Herr auf Mostrichen and Reudnitz. The marriage resulted in seven sons and one daughter.

  • Konrad (Kurt) Gottlob Reichwald v. Fighting († after 1701), ⚭ Helene Katharina von Debschitz († 23 May 1678), ⚭ 16 April 1687 Elisabeth Eleonore von Schindel adH Burkersdorf (* 14 September 1659; † 16 February 1696)
  • Adam Friedrich Reichwald v. Fighting († 1701)
  • Johann Adolph Reichwald v. Fighting († 1711)
  • Jacob von Kemphe († February 2, 1704), founder of the family v. Kemphe (n)
  • Daughter oo NN from Oberländer, Herr auf Reichenbach

literature

  • Walter von Boetticher : History of the Upper Lusatian nobility and their estates 1635-1815. Volume 2, 1913, pp. 576-580
  • Heinrich Rudolph von Kyaw: Family chronicle of the noble and baronial family of Kyaw. Leipzig 1870, pp. 238–249
  • Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 2, Berlin 1856, p. 276
  • Gustav Adolf Poenicke: Album of the manors and castles in the kingdom of Saxony III. Section. Expedition of the album Sächsischer Rittergüter und Schlösser, Leipzig 1859, p. 61; Digital full-text output in Wikisource

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Bocklitz: Jacob of Kemphe, a Swedish Fortifikationsoffizier in Hamburg services. (PDF)
  2. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, p. 64
personal data
SURNAME Reich forest of fighting, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichwald, Johann; Reichwaldt, Johann; Reichwaldt von Kemphe, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Swedish Colonel and Commander of Zittau
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1609
PLACE OF BIRTH Semcaden, Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1662
Place of death Kemnitz