Johann Wilhelm von Vietinghoff

Johann (Hans) Wilhelm von Vietinghoff (* 1682 ; † August 10, 1738 at Gut Kavelsdorff) was ducal Mecklenburg major general of the cavalry , royal Prussian chamberlain and squire on Reetz (now part of Neuenkirchen / Rügen ) and Fischeln.

family

Vietinghoff was the son of the landowner and royal Danish brigadier Otto Friedrich Jakob von Vietinghoff (1643–1693), landlord on Reetz, Hauküll and Mundake crisis and Eva Sabine von Meerheimb (House Gnemern ). He was married to Catharina Margarethe von Preen , mentioned in a document in 1739. Of the 11 children in this marriage, two of his sons became Prussian major general:

• Detlef (February 2, 1713; † July 12, 1789) ∞ Charlotte Elisabeth von Amstel († April 12, 1802) (daughter of Georg Friedrich von Amstel )
• August Wilhelm (October 18, 1728 - April 23, 1799)

Life

Vietinghoff had been very friends with King Friedrich Wilhelm I since the campaign in 1715 (see: Great Northern War ) . In 1722 he was the Prussian envoy in Moscow . While he was in November 1723 on his estates, they were of the Hanoverian and wolfenbüttel rule Circle troops occupied. He was caught with all the letters found on him, brought to Rostock and only set free again after four years.

In 1734 he was in command of Danzig during the siege by the Russians. Danzig was besieged by the Russians and Saxons under General Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich because King Stanislaus I. Leszczyński had taken it up, and despite brave resistance after several months of encirclement by a bombardment, forced to surrender on July 9, 1734 (see: History of the City of Danzig until 1878).

In 1736 King Friedrich Wilhelm I awarded him the order “ De la Générosité ”, and a short time later the chamberlain key. When the general thanked him, Friedrich Wilhelm wrote to him: “Since I have given him not only the Grace Creutz but also the Cammer key out of special favor, he should take it to the Andencken without hesitation. Potsdam 9/14/1736. “ Out of gratitude, General von Vietinghoff repeatedly procured good recruits ( Lange Kerls ) for the soldier king and let his sons enter Prussian service.

Vietinghoff left the service on June 12, 1737. Major General Salomon Ennebergh († 1747) was his successor.

literature

• K. Hoburg: The siege of the city of Danzig in 1734 , digitized
• 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. 105-106

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Siege of Danzig, p. 55 (lit.).