Kaspar Friedrich von Rohr
Kaspar Friedrich von Rohr (born July 19, 1702 in Ragow ; † December 12, 1757 in Radaxdorf) was a royal Prussian major general and chief of the Füselier Regiment No. 47 .
He was the son of Kersten von Rohr (* May 3, 1645; † January 16, 1730) and Katharina Maria von Rohr (* 1665; † April 11, 1731) from the Oegeln family. His father was the heir to Ragow and Oegeln .
Life
He was raised at home. In 1716 he went to the Beeskow city school , where he stayed until 1718. He joined the army and in 1719 became a Junker in Regiment No. 24 (Schwendy). Whether its size he fell and was in the Guard Regiment of King I. Friedrich Wilhelm added. On July 28, 1724 he became an ensign, on April 4, 1729 Seconde-Lieutenant. In 1740 he came to the Fusilier Regiment No. 35 (Prince Heinrich) and received his patent as a major on July 30, 1740. In 1741 he was at the maneuver in Brandenburg. In 1744 he was with the siege of the occupation of Prague. When he withdrew from Bohemia (November 25 to December 17, 1745), the horse was shot in the body. On July 12, 1745 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on May 14, 1747 to colonel, he was also commander of the regiment.
At the end of October 1756 he was appointed major general and he took over the Füselier Regiment No. 47 (Wietersheim). During the Seven Years' War he led a brigade in the Battle of Prague on May 6, 1757. In the course of the battle, the horse was shot in the body. After the Battle of Kolin he was transferred to the army of the Duke von Bevern , where he was given his own brigade. In the battle of Breslau he led a grenadier battalion from regiments No. 1 (Hack), No. 21 (Kleist), No. 17 (Manteufel) and the Grenadier Battalion No. 6 (Plötz). He then joined the king's army and fought with him in the battle of Leuthen . There he led the grenadiers on the left wing on December 5th. A falconet ball hit him in the chest. He died unmarried on December 12, 1757 in the village of Radaxdorf near Leuthen. He was then buried in front of the church altar.
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Kaspar Friedrich von Rohr . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 3 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1790, p. 311 ( Kaspar Friedrich von Rohr at Wikisource [PDF]).
- Michael Ranft : New genealogical-historical news. Volume 54, 1759, p. 608, digitized
- Karl Friedrich Pauli : Life of Great Heroes. Volume 2, 1758, p. 187, digitized
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rohr, Kaspar Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rohr, Casper Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 47 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ragow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1757 |
| Place of death | Radaxdorf |