Karl Friedrich von Wolffersdorff

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Karl Friedrich von Wolffersdorff

Karl Friedrich von Wolffersdorff (* July 6, 1716 in cell ; † May 6, 1781 in Haus Ostholz near Hamm ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , governor of Ziesar and Drost of Altena and Iserlohn .

Life

origin

Karl Friedrich was allegedly the son of the Electorate Lieutenant Colonel and Canon of Merseburg Karl August von Wolffersdorf († December 20, 1746 in Scherbitz ) and his wife Christiane Erdmunthe, born von Tümpling from the Posewitz family (November 9, 1690; † 1741). According to the church book entry, however, his parents were the manor owner of the little monastery and cell, Hans Karl von Wolffersdorf, and Dorothea Sophia Katharina von Trützschler, who had been married since 1708. Caroline Sophie von Römer b. von Wolffersdorff (1710–1778) was his older sister.

Military career

Wolffersdorff was initially in the service of the Electorate of Saxony from 1733 , rose to lieutenant colonel and took part in the Seven Years' War . After the surrender of the Saxons at Pirna , he was on 24 November 1756 , Colonel in the former Saxon Regiment "of Hauß" no. 6 in the Prussian Army adopted. In the further course of the war he distinguished himself in August 1759 in the defense of Torgau and was wounded in the battle of Kunersdorf .

After the war Wolffersdorff was garrison commander of the regiment on foot in Hamm . On 31 July 1763 King appointed him Frederick II. The chief of the "Jung-Schenckendorff" Infantry Regiment and promoted him simultaneously to Major General . 1768 Frederick the Great gave him the for home fallen declared House Ostholz in Hamm. He found his final resting place in the cemetery of the Protestant parish church of St. Pankratius in Hamm-Mark.

family

Wolffersdorff married Luise Wolfgang. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Karoline Friederike Luise (born September 3, 1770 in Hamm)
  • Friederike Christiane (born November 4, 1771) ∞ Adam Friedrich Ernst Senfft von Pilsach , Prussian officer, later district administrator in Hamm
  • Karl Friedrich (born March 25, 1776 in Hamm; † August 10, 1857), lieutenant colonel ret. D.
  • Karl Wilhelm August (born November 21, 1777 in Hamm; † April 11, 1850), retired lieutenant colonel. D.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , p. 18, no. 541.
  2. ↑ Baptismal register of Aue / Sa., Born in 1716
personal data
SURNAME Wolffersdorff, Karl Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon, later Prussian officer, finally lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1716
PLACE OF BIRTH cell
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1781
Place of death Ostholz house near Hamm