Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer

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Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer

Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer (born March 3, 1729 in Dessau , † December 24, 1806 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer came from the originally Upper Palatinate noble family von Raumer ; he was the youngest son of the Anhalt secret council and government director Johann Georg von Raumer (1671–1747) and his wife Albertine Charlotte (1697–1747), daughter of the privy councilor and chancellor of Bernburg Johann Georg von Reinhart.

Military career

Raumer was employed on January 28, 1744 at the age of 15 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Anhalt-Dessau" . With this he took part in the siege of Prague and the battles at Hohenfriedberg and Kesselsdorf during the Second Silesian War in 1744/45 . On July 17, 1747 he was promoted to second lieutenant and on June 5, 1755 to prime lieutenant.

At the beginning of the Seven Years' War , the regiment owner Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau appointed him his personal adjutant. The meanwhile promoted to staff captain was then deployed with his regiment initially in Pomerania, where he had to secure the front against the Swedes in 1757. Then in 1759 in the Battle of Kunersdorf and in 1762 in the Battle of Burkersdorf . Here Raumer received the order Pour le Mérite on July 21, 1762 for his meritorious service as a general staff officer and was promoted to major in 1763 .

In 1778/79, Raumer took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in Upper Silesia as a colonel in the brigade of the later King Friedrich Wilhelm II . On April 5, 1785, he was assigned to Infantry Regiment No. 53 in Thorn . But when the reigning King Frederick the Great finally wanted to transfer a garrison regiment to him in 1786, Raumer refused and asked for his departure from military service, as he had the feeling that the king did not particularly value him despite all his merits. The king accepted the request and dismissed the ship, who had meanwhile been promoted to major general , with effect from March 1, 1786 without giving any further reasons.

After the king's death a few months later, his successor Friedrich Wilhelm II brought him back into service and appointed him chief of garrison regiment No. 10 in Brandenburg . In exchange, he was then on 29 December 1786 in chief of Stolp lying Füsilierregiments "of Brünneck" . After being promoted to Lieutenant General on August 21, 1790, Raumer was transferred on April 8, 1791 to command of the troops on the islands of Usedom and Wollin . At the same time he was supposed to support the governor of Stettin , Matthias Wilhelm von Below , during the mobilization against the Russians. Since there was no war against Russia, the troops were demobilized again .

In the course of the Second Partition of Poland , Raumer received the order to occupy the city of Danzig with a troop corps consisting of the infantry regiments "von Brünneck" , "von Hanstein" and the dragoon regiment "von Frankenberg" . On March 28, 1793, Raumer wanted to take the city in agreement with the city authorities, but after some initial success there was armed resistance. After further negotiations, the Prussians could finally march in unhindered on April 4th. Raumer has now been appointed governor of the city and fortress of Gdansk and made sure that the city paid homage to the King of Prussia on May 7th .

On July 6, 1795, Raumer retired with an annual pension of 1200 and a special allowance of 500 thalers. A short time later, on November 2, 1795, he received permission to wear the uniform of the "von Langen" infantry regiment .

family

He died on December 24, 1806 in Berlin, leaving behind his wife Dorothea Tugendreich, née von Küssow (1752–1827), lady-in-waiting of Princess Luise von Brandenburg-Schwedt . The marriage had remained childless.

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SURNAME Raumer, Karl Albrecht Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1806
Place of death Berlin