Johann Ludwig Christoph von Creilsheim

Johann Ludwig Christoph von Creilsheim (born August 25, 1767 in Fröhstockheim , † July 1, 1821 in Havelberg ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Karl Friedrich Julius von Creilsheim (born April 26, 1727, † May 8, 1786) and his wife Sophie Christina, née Löppert. His father was the master of Fröhstockheim.

Military career

In 1783 Creilsheim went to the military school in Königsberg and on September 6, 1785, on the orders of the king, he was employed as a junior in the infantry regiment "Jung-Rothkirch" of the Prussian army . There he was promoted to ensign on May 24, 1787 and to second lieutenant on October 31, 1789 . In 1794/95 Creilsheim fought in the campaign in Poland in the battles at Spoins and Wilkowisk. In 1790 he became a battalion adjutant and regimental adjutant in 1798. On April 19, 1800 he was promoted to lieutenant prime minister. On October 3rd, 1805 he came to General von Schoening as adjutant general . In the Fourth Coalition War Creilsheim fought in the Battle of Prussian Eylau and the battles near Mlawa, Gollau and Königsberg.

On January 20, 1807 he became staff captain and on July 4, 1809 captain and company commander in the 2nd East Prussian Infantry Regiment . On March 28, 1811 he was appointed major in the 1st Pomeranian Infantry Regiment and on October 6, 1811 he was commander of the 1st Battalion. During the wars of liberation Creilsheim fought in the sieges of Torgau and Magdeburg as well as in battles near Magdeburg, Vehlitz , (Möckern), Hoyerswerda and also the battles near Großbeeren and Dennewitz . For Magdeburg he received the Russian Order of Saint Anne , for Möckern the Saint Stanislaus Order II. Class, and for Velitz on June 3, 1813 the Iron Cross II. Class. During that time, on July 1, 1813, he became the commander of the newly established 3rd Reserve Infantry Regiment . On 21 October 1813, he also received the Iron Cross, First Class and was on December 8, 1813 Lieutenant Colonel and on March 30, 1814 Patent of April 13, 1814 , Colonel . On December 16, 1814 Creilsheim got permission to wear the Order of the Sword . First he came on May 23, 1815 à la suite of the 15th Infantry Regiment as a brigade commander in the VI. Army corps , but on October 3, 1815, he was transferred to the Küstrin fortress as a commander . On September 21, 1816 Creilsheim was appointed inspector of the Landwehr for the administrative district of Aachen . Then on October 11, 1817 he was appointed brigade commander of the infantry of the troop brigade in Koblenz. On September 9, 1818, he was promoted to major general and commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade . He resigned on October 13, 1819 and was placed in the highest disposition with a salary of 2000 thalers. Creilsheim died unmarried on July 1, 1821 in Havelberg.

In 1818, Major General von Ryssel wrote in his assessment: “Has practical service knowledge, acts with determination, eagerly seeks to participate in the training of the infantry subordinate to his command and often shows very good views in his instructions and opinions. Accustomed to peculiarities, his demeanor is sometimes a bit rough and neither appropriate to the time nor to the circumstances of the local province, but he deserves all respect because of his honest character ”.

literature

• Sigmund Friedrich von Crailsheim: The imperial barons of Crailsheim. II. Volume. IV. Section. Biographies . B. Fröhstockheim-Rödelseer Linie , Straub, Munich 1905, p. 369.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1918, p. 132.
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 2, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1860, p. 344.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , p. 252, no. 1314.
• Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : Pantheon of the Prussian Army , Berlin 1835, pp. 174–176.
• Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 2, Verlag Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, p. 378.
• Alfred Cramer : Officer master list of the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt 1913 Berlin, p. 1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There is an indication that Sophie Christiane Löppert the former housekeeper of Baron Carl Friedrich Julius von Creilsheim was and they had five illegitimate children with him, including from the written General cf .: General Intelligence Journal of the City of Nuremberg 1827.1, S . 868. , The oldest son of the Siegmund connection, was not allowed to use the name Crailsheim, cf. Johann Mader: Collection of Imperial Court Findings in Imperial Knighthood Matters. Volume 25, pp. 123f.
2. ↑ Anton von Mach: History of the Royal Prussian Second Infantry - called King Regiment since its foundation in 1677 until December 3, 1840. ES Mittler & Sohn 1843, p. 48.