Karl Friedrich von Moller

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Karl Friedrich von Moller (initially also written as Möller) (* 1690 ; † November 9, 1762 in Freiberg ) was a Prussian artillery colonel.

His father was a regimental quartermaster, his nephew Christian Friedrich August von Moller became a general.

Life

He came on January 26, 1720 as a gunner to the artillery corps, where his father was regimental quartermaster. On April 1, 1729 he was appointed second lieutenant and on August 31, 1733 as premier lieutenant. In 1737 he was sent to the Austrian army to take part in the war against the Turks. He became staff captain on November 19, 1741 and captain in January 1742, and major on April 20, 1755.

He gained great fame during the Seven Years' War . The battle of Lobositz already brought Major von Moller the promotion to lieutenant colonel (October 2, 1756) and the order Pour le Mérite . A battery under his command on the Loboschberg was so successful that the king wrote to Field Marshal Schwerin : "Moller has done miracles and seconded me in an astonishing way" . By setting up a battery of 16 guns on Janus Hill, he made a significant contribution to the success of Roßbach , and he fought with distinction in front of Prague and Olomouc, in Zorndorf and on many other occasions. King Friedrich was very fond of Moller. After he had spoken to him once with the words: "Your Majesty, everything will go well, my genius tells me" and the outcome had proven him right, the king often asked him in unfortunate situations "what his genius told him" . It is doubtful whether the invention of the burning cartridges used by Roßbach , ie cartridges whose bullets were in an incendiary device, came from Moller. Before the end of the war, he died in Freiberg in Saxony on November 9, 1762.

For his work he was immortalized as one of the few non-generals on the plaques on the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great .

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personal data
SURNAME Moller, Karl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Möller, Karl Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian military and nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1690
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1762
Place of death Freiberg