Karl Otto von Freymann
Karl Otto Friedrich von Freymann adH Nurmie , also Carl Otto von Freymann , Russian Отто Оттович фон Фрейман (born June 6, 1788 in Ligaste, Estonia ; † December 20, 1858 in Kiev ) was a Baltic-Russian nobleman and Russian lieutenant general of the engineering troops .
Life
Karl Otto grew up with his brothers and some cousins in Alt-Nursie . The private tutor Christian Friedrich Gnuechtel gave them lessons, he began with soldier exercises in riding and fencing at an early age and, like his brothers Rudolph Friedrich (* 1786), Georg Gustav (* 1789) and Hermann Jacob (* 1791), started his military training in the II Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg . On August 10, 1803 he was promoted to lieutenant and served in the St. Petersburg engineering corps . On March 25, 1805 he was posted to Georgia and took part in the fighting against the anti-Russian uprising of the Georgians. In this mission he distinguished himself through bravery and courage and received an injury to his right thigh . On November 27, 1805 he was promoted to lieutenant and on September 20, 1811 to captain . On May 12, 1814 he was transferred to the engineering command in Riga and on December 1, 1817 promoted to lieutenant colonel. With effect from June 6, 1818, he was appointed adjutant to the head of the Livonian engineering district and took over command of the Riga engineering command on August 16, 1819 . On January 8, 1827, he was promoted to colonel . He took over the management of the Riga engineering district on December 12, 1829 and was promoted to major general on April 7, 1835 in this position . On August 11, 1836 he was appointed commander of the Kiev engineering district and took over leadership of the expansion and reconstruction of the Kiev fortress , in this role he was promoted to lieutenant general on December 6, 1847 . During this time he was also entrusted with the chairmanship of the commission for the establishment of the Kiev Cadet Corps. Shortly after his 50th service anniversary, Lieutenant General von Freymann submitted his farewell, this was accepted and he was given the privilege to continue to wear the uniform , this was in connection with an appropriate pension payment. He died on December 18, 1858 and was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Kiev.
Awards
In total, Karl Otto received twenty-two personal awards in the form of financial gratuities , privileges as well as orders and decorations :
- 1805 Order of St. Vladimir (4th grade with ribbon)
- 1826 Russian Order of Saint George (4th grade)
- 1827 Russian Order of Saint Anne (2nd class)
- On April 2, 1833, he received a diamond ring with the very highest name of the Tsar for the building of the new arsenal and packing house in Riga.
- 1839 Russian Order of Saint Anne (with crown)
- 1840 Order of Saint Stanislaus (1st class)
- 1845 Russian Order of Saint Anne (1st class)
- 1849 Russian Order of Saint Anne (with crown)
- 1852 Order of St. Vladimir (3rd class)
- On the occasion of his service anniversary in 1853, he received from Tsar Nicholas I the privilege that all of Karl Otto's great sons were brought up at the expense of the state in his Majesty's page corps .
Origin and family
Karl Otto v. F. came from the Baltic noble family von Freymann (line II. House Nursie). His father was Otto Reinhold von Freymann (1760-1820), who was married to and his wife Juliane Jacobine von Stackelberg (* 1788). In 1817 Karl Otto married Charlotte Helene von Torklus (1801–1846) for the first time, they had the following descendants:
- Nikolai Johann Samuel von Freymann (* 1817 in Riga, † 1846 in Kiev), Russian civil servant
- Alexander Heinrich Otto von Freymann (* 1819 in Riga), Russian captain
- Rudolph Karl Ernst von Freymann (1821–1906), major general
- Karl Gustav von Freymann (* 1822 in Riga, † 1913 in Vilnius ), school district director
- Charlotte Elisabeth Anna (1823-1825)
- Otto Ferdinand Magnus von Freymann (* 1824 in Riga, † 1840 in Saint Petersburg)
- Olga Anna Ottilie von Freymann (* 1825 in Riga, † 1885 in Saint Petersburg)
- Marie Caroline Ernestine Auguste (* 1830 in Riga, † 1899 in Brakila, Finland ) ∞ Alexander Friedrich von Döring (1829-1896), engineer lieutenant general
In his second marriage, he married Julie Caroline Constance von Schwarz (1811-1884) in 1850, from whom the daughter Julie Elise (* 1851 in Kiev) emerged.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Otto von Freymann. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Carl Otto Friedrich - family history of those v. Freymann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ligaste = lv: Augšlīgatne
- ↑ Christian Friedrich Gnüchtel, born in Schönheide (Saxony), studied in Leipzig and came to Livonia in 1805. He was employed as a tutor in several houses. In: Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky , General writers and learned lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Volume 2, Verlag JF Steffenhagen und sohn., 1829, Original from Princeton University , digitized May 20, 2008 [1] , page 71 , accessed November 30, 2017
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| SURNAME | From Freymann, Karl Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | From Freymann adH Nurmie, Karl Otto Friedrich; From Freymann, Carl Otto; Фрейман, Отто Оттович фон (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic-Russian nobleman and Russian lieutenant general of the engineering troops |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ligaste, Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1858 |
| Place of death | Kiev |