Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz

Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz (* 1714 ; † February 11, 1778 in Berlin ), was a Prussian colonel and chief of the second artillery regiment (Breslau) .

Life

origin

Karl Ludwig was a member of the Altmark noble family of Lüderitz . He was a son of the Prussian forest master Ludolf Georg von Lüderitz († 1751). He remained unmarried and without a physical heir.

Career

In August 1730 he joined the Prussian artillery as a bombardier . On November 11, 1739 Lüderitz was promoted to seconde - and on October 24, 1742 to prime lieutenant . His promotion to staff captain took place on August 15, 1750, the real captain on June 23, 1756. In October 1756 he had received the order Pour le Mérite because of Lowo seat . Lüderitz rose to major on May 11, 1759 , to lieutenant colonel on December 27, 1761, and finally to colonel on May 20, 1765. On March 4, 1770 he was appointed chief of the 2nd artillery regiment in Breslau . In August 1777 he asked the king to hand over the entire artillery to him. In September of the same year, however, the king made Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff responsible.

literature

Anton Balthasar König : Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 448 ( Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz at Wikisource [PDF]).
Louis von Malinowsky, Robert von Bonin : History of the Brandenburg-Prussian artillery. Volume 1, Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1840, p. 210
Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 315

Individual evidence

^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1919, p. 470.
↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 50, no.369.
↑ Rolf Straubel : He just wants to know that the army is mine. Friedrich II. And his officers , 2012, p. 150.

personal data
SURNAME	Lüderitz, Karl Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian colonel
DATE OF BIRTH	1714
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1778
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1919, p. 470.

[2] Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, Mittler , Berlin 1913, p. 50, no.369.

[3] Rolf Straubel : He just wants to know that the army is mine. Friedrich II. And his officers , 2012, p. 150.