Karl Heinrich von Zielinski

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Karl Heinrich von Zielinski (born November 6, 1772 in Schwentainen ; † August 9, 1817 in Königsberg ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 1st Troop Brigade in Königsberg.

Life

origin

Karl was a son of the landlord von Schwentainen Johann Siegmund von Zielinski (1712–1787) and his wife Dorothea, née Moyseschewitz (1736–1809). His brother Johann Christoph died as a cadet in Berlin in 1780 , Friedrich Wilhelm († 1817) was a major a. D. and district brigadier of the gendarmerie .

Military career

Zielinski visited the cadet houses in Stolp and Berlin . On April 9, 1791, he was employed as an ensign in the "Jung-Woldeck" infantry regiment of the Prussian Army and was promoted to second lieutenant until November 1792 . In the following First Coalition War against France he fought at the cannonade of Valmy , the battle at Rupertsberg and on the Schätzel, the battle of Kaiserslautern and the siege of Landau in the Palatinate . For his behavior in the battle near Edinghofen, Zielinski received the order Pour le Mérite on July 29, 1794 .

After the war he was promoted to staff captain and quartermaster lieutenant until mid-March 1804 with a pay of 800 thalers . On October 20, 1805, Zielinski became captain and took part in the Fourth Coalition War as such . He fought in the battle of Auerstedt and was taken prisoner with a serious head injury. This wound would bother him for the rest of his life and he later died as a result. It was exchanged on April 8, 1807 and initially received 200 thalers in support. He also became major on September 21, 1807 with a patent from August 27, 1807. On December 26, 1808 he was transferred to the staff of General Yorck . From there he came on April 3, 1810 as commander of the Fusilier Battalion in the 2nd East Prussian Infantry Regiment and on March 23, 1811 he was then commander of the 1st East Prussian Infantry Regiment . On May 24, 1811, Zielinski was given command of the light troops of the West Prussian Brigade. On July 8, 1811, he was granted a monthly budget of 208 thalers, eight groschen and four rations. On June 15, 1812 he was transferred again and appointed commander of the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment . In this position he took part in the battle at Graefenthal and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 14, 1813 .

A little later, on March 26, 1813, Zielinski joined the Korps Yorck ( I. Army Corps ) as brigade chief , where he became a colonel on June 25, 1813 . In mid-August 1813 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Army. During the war of liberation he took part in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , the crossing near Wartenburg and the Battle of Nations near Leipzig as well as the battles near Brienne , La Rothiere , Vauchamps , Etoges and Craonne . For his work at Königswartha-Weißig , Zielinski received the Iron Cross, 2nd class, and for Katzbach, the Cross, 1st class. On December 8, 1813, he was promoted to major general by patent from December 10, 1813 .

On March 23, 1815 he was transferred to the 5th Army Corps under York. There he became commander of the 1st Troop Brigade in Königsberg on September 24, 1815. He received the Order of Saint Vladimir III from the Russian Tsar . Class and the Order of Saint Anne 1st Class. He died on August 9, 1817 in Königsberg from the long-term effects of his head injury sustained in the war.

family

Zielinski married on March 7, 1816 in Frankfurt (Oder) Wilhelmine ("Minna") Luise Antoinette Wagner (1799–1875). She was a friend of Rahel Varnhagen and had corresponded with her for a while. After the death of her husband on June 15, 1835, the widow married Adolf Eduard von Tresckow (1805–1865), then a secondary lieutenant in the Leib regiment, moved to the Foreign Office and also worked as a writer.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mischke: History of the Royal Prussian Thirteenth Infantry Regiment. P. 61.
  2. ↑ Correspondence with Pauline Wiesel .
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. Fifth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1905, p. 825.
  4. ^ Petra Wilhelmy-Dollinger: The Berlin salons: with historical-literary walks. P.212 , partial view
  5. ^ Eduard von Tresckow had with Minna Wagner the daughter Ada von Tresckow (1840–1918), who published as a writer under the name Günther von Freiberg .
personal data
SURNAME Zielinski, Karl Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zilinsky, Karl von; Zielinsky, Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwentainen
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1817
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)