Karl Wurmb von Zinck
Günther Albrecht Karl (Carl) August Wurmb von Zinck (born May 11, 1795 in Sondershausen , † June 19, 1890 in Weißenfels ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , castle captain of Merseburg and entrant on Witzschersdorf .
Life
origin
He came from the old Thuringian noble family von Wurmb . His father was the black castle-sonderhausische Kammerjunker Karl Friedrich Ernst von Wurmb (1769-1828) and his mother Wilhelmine, née von Wilke (1771-1844). On April 5, 1838, he obtained approval from the royal Prussian government in Berlin for a name and coat of arms association Wurmb von Zinck (from 1786 to 1945) for the respective beneficiaries of the Witzschersdorf entail .
career
Wurmb had been a cadet in Dresden since 1807 and was employed on November 14, 1810 as a second lieutenant in the hussar regiment "Prince Johann" of the Saxon Army . With the regiment he took part in the campaign against Russia on the side of Napoleon in 1812/13 . It was still used on June 20, 1815 in the battle near Namur . Wurmb then entered Prussian service on August 6, 1815 , was employed in the 12th Hussar Regiment , with a patent from 1810. In 1817 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and in 1822 to captain and squadron chief and in 1840 to major . In 1838 he inherited the Witzschersdorf manor . He had been a regular staff officer since 1842 , and in 1847 was initially ad interim and in 1848 commander of his regiment. In 1849 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1851 to colonel . At the beginning of 1852 he received the Royal Prussian Order of St. John . The farewell with pension was granted to him in 1853, while awarding the character as a major general . In the same year he received the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class received with a bow. In 1857 Wurmb was put up for disposal with a pension . On May 9, 1885, he was given the character of Lieutenant General and shortly before his death on March 25, 1890, he was given permission to wear the uniform of the 12th Hussar Regiment.
Wurmb was a knight of honor of the Order of St. John .
family
In 1821 he married Wilhelmine Christiane von Hopffgarten in Großfurra . She was the daughter of the Oberlandeshauptmann August Friedrich Ernst von Hopffgarten , Herr auf Schlotheim . The marriage resulted in two sons:
- Günther Karl Wolf (born August 1, 1822 in Kölleda ; † March 4, 1852), former Prussian prime lieutenant . D. , Herr auf Großfurra ⚭ 1847 Helene Marie von Brenn (* April 4, 1825 - † September 9, 1902)
- Günther Karl Lothar (1824–1890), Prussian major a. D., Police President of Berlin , District President of Wiesbaden ⚭ 1854 Emma Friederike Luise von Gleichen called von Rußwurm (* March 5, 1834; † January 12, 1901)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 363-364, No. 1988.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses . Justus Perthes , Gotha, 1902 p. 903 , 1906 p. 889
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Volume A XI, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg 1971, p. 487.
- ↑ remarried with Emil von Gutzmerow
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wurmb von Zinck, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wurmb von Zink, Günther Albrecht Karl August; Wurmb von Zinck, Günther Albrecht Carl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General, Castle Captain, Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John and Fideikommissherr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sondershausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1890 |
| Place of death | Weissenfels |