Ludwig von Gohr

Ludwig von Gohr (born June 30, 1707 ; † 1771 in Aken ) was a royal Prussian colonel and chief of garrison regiment No. 4 .

Life

origin

His father was the Prussian captain Georg von Gohr († 1736), his mother a born von Hohendorf .

Military career

He went into Prussian service in 1723 and joined Infantry Regiment No. 13 (Dönhoff) as a flag junior . On May 3, 1730 he was ensign, on December 4, 1732 Seconde- and on June 13, 1737 Premier-Lieutenant. On August 4, 1740, he was staff captain and as such was transferred to the newly established Füselier Regiment No. 36 (Münchow). On July 20, 1742 he received his own company there. He fought in the First and Second Silesian Wars. He took part in the siege of Prague and Cosel.

In the following Seven Years' War he rose quickly. He became major on August 13, 1756, lieutenant colonel on February 17, 1760 and colonel on February 8, 1761. He was seriously injured in the Battle of Leuthen in 1757 . In 1759 he took part in the battle of Domitsch and Maxen . Before the battle near Reichenberg he occupied the city of Zittau on the orders of the Prussian king , before Kolin he occupied Nienburg and Brandies, and before the battle of Breslau he occupied Protsch near Breslau with 1000 men. After the Battle of Maxen , he was taken prisoner in Austria in 1759. He was only released after the Treaty of Hubertusburg .

He then became commander of regiment No. 36. But in 1769 he was transferred to Acken as chief of garrison regiment No. 4, where he died in 1771.

family

He was with Sophia Friderika von Quast († April 9, 1802), widow of Colonel von der Asseburg from Infantry Regiment No. 36 ("Münchow"). The marriage remained childless. After his death, the widow married Lieutenant General Hans Ehrentreich von Bornstedt .

literature

• Anton Balthasar König : Ludwig von Gohr . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 38 ( Ludwig von Gohr at Wikisource [PDF]).