Karl Friedrich von Jungkenn

Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Jungkenn called Münzer von Mohrenstamm (born September 27, 1737 in Vaihingen an der Enz , † 1802 in Wesel ) was a Prussian major general and most recently commander of the infantry regiment "Graf Dohna" .

Life

origin

His parents were the Prussian major general Martin Eberhard von Jungkenn (1692–1769) and his wife Eleonora Magdalena, born Baroness von Vohenstein (born March 15, 1712, † April 4, 1784).

Military career

Jungkenn came on July 6, 1752 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Jungkenn", whose boss at that time his father was. There he became an ensign on October 18, 1753 . During the Seven Years' War Jungkenn fought in the skirmishes near Stehlen, Wittenberg , Meißen and the siege of Dresden as well as in the battle of Freiberg . He became second lieutenant on July 4, 1757 and rose in the following years to April 3, 1774 to captain and company commander . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On June 17, 1784 Jungkenn became major and on March 21, 1785 battalion commander. On June 4, 1791 he rose to lieutenant colonel and was appointed regimental commander on September 12, 1691. In this position he was promoted to colonel on February 18, 1793 , until Jungkenn finally received his resignation on April 25, 1794 with an annual pension of 600 thalers. On July 8, 1794, he was given the character of major general.

Jungkenn died unmarried in Wesel in 1802.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 427, no. 900.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 381, no. 398.