Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke

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Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke (* 1720 in Anhalt ; † March 22, 1790 in Prenzlau ) was a Prussian colonel and commander of the infantry regiment "von Wunsch" (No. 12) .

Life

origin

Leberecht Friedrich was a member of the Altmark noble family of Broesigke . His parents were Maximilian Friedrich von Broesigke and Charlotte Josephe.

Career

Brösigke joined the " Prinz Heinrich " infantry regiment (No. 12) of the Prussian army . He was promoted in 1741 to Ensign , 1745 to Sekonde- and 1755 to first lieutenant . In 1759 he was promoted to staff - as well as to the real captain . After all Silesian wars had taken part in Maxen wounded and a prisoner of war after Krems was spent, but in 1761 changed, he went on 3 June 1773 Major and became head of a Grenadier - battalion consisting of two companies of the Regiments. 12 and no. 34 was composed. With this he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On July 11, 1782 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and with his promotion to colonel on October 2, 1784, he was also the commander of his regiment. On the occasion of the revue in Berlin on May 20 and 21, 1787, he received the order Pour le Mérite from King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia . It was the 23rd known bestowal of the order by the king.

In 1788 Brösigke had a dispute with District Administrator Carl Otto von Arnim auf Kröchlendorff (1747–1798), as a result of which the latter published in the same year the text: About the Canton Constitution in the Prussian States, and the Adoption of the enrolled Elsbusch refused by Colonel von Brösecke and published in Frankfurt and Leipzig.

Brösigke was hereditary lord on Cratz in the Uckermark and Breitenfelde in Saxony . He sold the former in 1789 to the Knighthood Council and Major and Commander of the Uckermark Landwehr Cavalry Regiment (No. 8) Karl Georg Gottlieb von Wedel (1762–1813), the latter also did not stay with the family after his death.

family

Brösigke was married to Amalia Tugendreich von Arnim († after 1767) for the first time. The daughter Friederike von Broesigke (1752–1792), married to Jacob Ernst von Rohr (1746–1798), emerged from this marriage . A second marriage is said to have existed with Josephe Friederike von Schweinichen († 1778). There were other children whose names remained unknown.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 265 ( Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Anton Balthasar König : Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 4 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1791, p. 356 ( Leberecht Friedrich von Brösigke at Wikisource [PDF]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 1. Reichenbach Brothers, Leipzig 1836, p. 313.
  2. ^ Friedrich-Carl Frhr. von Stechow: Review of The Stechows and their Time , Degener & Co , Neustadt an der Aisch 1988, p. 38.
  3. ^ Günther Gieraths : The combat operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army 1626-1807. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 1964, p. 44 , p. 111 and P. 566.
  4. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 182, no. 23.
  5. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 16 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Brösigke, Leberecht Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel
DATE OF BIRTH 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH Stop
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1790
Place of death Prenzlau