Kurd von Schöning

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Lithograph 1829 after a drawing by Franz Krüger
Villa Schöningen in the Berlin suburb in Potsdam

Kurd Wolfgang Wilhelm Gustav von Schöning (born August 13, 1789 in Morrn , Landsberg an der Warthe district , †  April 2, 1859 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian major general and military writer.

Life

origin

Kurd came from the Pomeranian noble family von Schöning . His parents were Christian Stephan von Schöning (1752-1802), landowner and district administrator of the Landsberger Kreis, and his wife Albertine Juliane Therese Tugendreich († 1844), daughter of Lieutenant General Ehrenreich Wilhelm Gottlieb von Besser . The parents divorced in 1796.

Career

He had earned merit in the Prussian army service and, as a personal adjutant , won the trust of the young Prince Carl von Prussia (1801–1883), whom he had accompanied on his travels to Italy and Russia. Schöning resigned as major general in 1827. In the same year he was by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. appointed court marshal to Prince Carl. In the following years he emerged as a military historian with numerous works .

In 1843 he became the owner and resident of the Villa Schöningen , named after the town of Schöningen (near Braunschweig, place of origin of the von Schöning family) , located opposite Glienicke Palace , the summer residence of Prince Carl. The representative suburban villa was built according to plans by Ludwig Persius . The architect designed it as part of the Potsdam cultural landscape planned by Peter Joseph Lenné and Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the style of an Italian tower villa. Von Schöning lived in this villa with his family until his death in 1859.

Based on a drawing by Franz Krüger (1797–1857), a self-published portrait that was produced in 1829 as a lithograph has been preserved. In 1824 von Schöning published the historically relevant “Journal von Glienicke”, in which the social and cultural events of the family of Prince Carl of Prussia were recorded.

family

Schöning married Charlotte von Bornstädt (1795–1841) in Gülzow in 1815. She had the following children:

Works

  • History of the Royal Prussian Third Dragoon Regiment and those dragoon regiments from which it emerged during the reorganization of the army in 1808. With an introduction about dragoons in general and with 2 cover pictures, Dümmler, Berlin 1835, digitized version ,
  • General-Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning on Tamsel's life and wars, especially his campaign with 8,000 Brandenburgers against the Turks. A contribution to the recognition of the temporal conditions in the Kurbrandenburgische and Kursächsische Landen during the second half of the 17th century. Contemporaries distinguished with the portrait of the Field Marshal and 55 fac similes of signature signatures. Lüderitz, Berlin 1837. Digitized , complete PDF from HathiTrust Digital Library
  • General-Field Marshal Dubislav Gneomar v. Natzmer (in Gannowitz) life and wars, with the main events of the Guard-Reiter-Regiment Gens d'armes established by him. With the portrait of the General Field Marshal and with 57 fac similes of distinguished and distinguished contemporaries. Lüderitz, Berlin 1838. (Reprint available from 2007, ISBN 3-88706-802-5 ) Digitized
  • The generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and Royal Prussian Army from 1640 to 1840. A historical overview, together with many documented notes woven in: consecrated to the patriotic army as a jubilee. Lüderitz, Berlin 1840.
  • History of the Royal Prussian Regiment Garde du Corps on its centenary celebration. Unger, Berlin 1840. (Reprint available from 1990, ISBN 3-88706-297-3 ) Digitized
  • History of the Royal Prussian Fifth Hussar Regiment, with special consideration for Gebhard Lebrecht von Blücher, the former chief of this regiment. Along with an introduction about Prussian Hussars in general. 1843. Digitized
  • Historical-biographical news on the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian artillery. Compiled by Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning from previously unused documents. Three parts, Mittler, Berlin 1844. ( Volume I ), Volume II , Volume III
  • The Seven Years' War: based on the original correspondence between Frederick the Great and Prince Heinrich and his generals. edit by Kurd Wolfgang v. Schöning. Berlin, 1851–52. Volume I , Volume II. Volume III.
  • The first five years of the reign of Frederick the Great until the end of the Second Silesian War. G. Bosselmann, Berlin 1852-53.
  • The War of the Bavarian Succession: according to the original correspondence of Frederick the Great with Prince Heinrich and his generals from the state archives. edit by Kurd Wolfgang v. Schöning. Riegel, Berlin 1854. Digitized
  • The Garde du Corps regiment. Berlin 1854.
  • On European politics in 1854. Digitized version

literature

  • Exhibition cat. Glienicke Palace - residents, artists, parkland. ed. from Foundation Palaces and Gardens, Berlin 1987.
  • Bernhard von Poten :  Schöning, Kurd von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 311 f.
  • Dirk Heydemann: The Villa Schöningen and the Potsdam cultural landscape - considerations on the garden monument care treatment of the garden. Typewritten diploma thesis. Berlin 1991, 171 p. With numerous ills.
  • Harry Nehls: Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning (1789-1859) and Franz Marquis von Lucchesini (1786-1867) - two court marshals of Prince Carl of Prussia. In: Communications from the Association for the History of Berlin. Volume 87, 1991, No. 4, pp. 438-451.
  • Harry Nehls: Only watched by Athene. The Villa Schöningen on the Glienicke Bridge. In: Museums Journal. 1, 1992, pp. 54-55.
  • Harry Nehls: The 'Minerva Albani' - The landmark of the Villa Schöningen in Potsdam. In: Communications from the Association for Culture and History of Potsdam. Studiengemeinschaft Sanssouci eV, 19th year Potsdam 2014, pp. 108-133.
  • Klaus Kürvers : Villa Schöningen. A building history report. Potsdam 1999, 149 pp.
  • Katie Hafner: Blown away tracks. The house by the bridge. The Schöningen Villa in Potsdam and its residents. Verlag Wilhelmshorst 2004.
  • Mathias Döpfner, Lena Maculan (ed.): The Villa Schöningen at the Glienicker Bridge. A German-German museum. Berlin 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans von Schöning, Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning: Historical news of the sex of Schöning and their goods. Berlin 1830, ill. On p. 85
personal data
SURNAME Schöning, Kurd from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schöning, Kurd Wolfgang Wilhelm Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Morrn , Landsberg district on the Warta
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1859
Place of death Potsdam