Jost Erdmann von Arnim
Jost Erdmann von Arnim also Just Erdmann von Arnim (* 1714 ; † May 20, 1789 in Minden ) was a Prussian officer, most recently in the rank of colonel .
Life
origin
Jost Erdmann was a member of the von Arnim noble family from Uckermark . His parents were the heir to Fredenwalde II, Hans Adolph von Arnim (1660-1731) and his third wife Eleonore von Thermo adH Warsin.
Career
Arnim was in Fredenwalde on May 27, 1714 baptized . He was born on April 9, 1729 cadet and entered on 28 September of that year as a cadet in the regiment of the King one. In June 1740 he was promoted to ensign in the newly established guard and is said to have advanced to the rank of second lieutenant in the same year . In 1744 Arnim was promoted from the king to captain of the staff , and the following year he became company commander . In December 1757 he received the order Pour le Mérite . A grenadier battalion , composed of two companies each from the Jung-Tresckow and Hautcharmoy regiments , was handed over to him in 1758. With his battalion, Arnim played a major part in the storming of Fort No. 1 in Schweidnitz . In 1763 he was transferred to the Neuwied Regiment as the oldest major by the King . Here he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 2, 1764 and to colonel in August 1767. As regimental commander , 1773 received his farewell with a salary .
Arnim had participated in all three Silesian wars . He fought in the battles of Hohenfriederberg , Soor , Leuthen (wounded, PLM) and Landeshut (wounded and captured).
family
Arnim married Anna Dorothea Wernichen († 1793) in Minden in 1773. With this he had three natural sons legitimized on June 24, 1768.
- Ferdinand Ludwig von Arnim (1753–1792), Prussian captain
- Hans Erdmann von Arnim (1756–1799), Prussian major and knight of the Pour le Mérite, ⚭ 1788 Johanna Wartenberg († 1852), parents of Leopold von Arnim (1794–1856), lieutenant general and commander of the 14th Cavalry Brigade in Düsseldorf
- Carl Friedrich von Arnim (1765–1818), studied in Halle
literature
- Jasper v. Arnim, Jochen v. Arnim et al. a .: The family of Arnim , V. part of family records , (= German Family Archives , Volume 137–140), Degener & Co. , Neustadt / Aisch 2002, Tfl. 34, ISBN 3-7686-5178-9 , ISSN 0012-1266
- Anton Balthasar König : Jost Erdmann von Arnim . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 84 ( Jost Erdmann von Arnim at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia , 2nd part, Bohemia 1788, pp. 413-414, FN 795
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian W. Grundmann: Attempt at a Ucker-Märckischen Adels-Historie , 1744, p. 242, No. CCCXXXIII .
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 68, no. 462 .
- ^ Continued new genealogical-historical news , part 175, Leipzig 1775, p. 174 .
- ↑ Also: Wernecken or Warnecke, see: FG, Vol. 5, 2002, Tfl. 34 (lit.).
- ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler, Berlin 1913, p. 254, no.357 .
- ^ Also: von Wattendorf, see: Nekrolog , Berliner Revue, Volume 6, 1856, p. 412.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnim, Jost Erdmann from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arnim, Just Erdmann from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1714 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1789 |
| Place of death | Minden |