Maximilian Sigmund von Pannewitz

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Maximilian Sigmund von Pannewitz

Maximilian Siegmund von Pann (e) witz (born September 22, 1715 in Bockschütz , Duchy of Oels ; † January 31, 1791 in Kreuzburg (Upper Silesia) ) was a royal Prussian lieutenant general , chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 8 and former inspector of the Upper Silesian cavalry .

Life

origin

Von Pannewitz's parents, the Swedish lieutenant Georg Siegmund von Pannewitz and his wife Anna Margaretha von Krackewitz , died early, and so the imperial government brought him into the Jesuit alumnate in Breslau . There he was supposed to be raised Roman Catholic, but the 10-year-old Pannewitz and his brother fled. With the help of a citizen, the two came to Sorau in Lusatia, for which the citizen was punished with three quarters of a year in prison. In Sorau, the Baroness Gersdorf looked after the children for the next six years.

Military career

Maximilian entered the Saxon service as a Junker in the body regiment on foot. With the regiment he took part in the war against Poland. He remained a junker for nine years because he could not afford the 100 ducats for the officer's post. After Friedrich II had conquered Silesia, von Pannewitz was transferred as a cornet to Hussar Regiment No. 6 (Hoditz). On May 2, 1742 he became second lieutenant. On May 17, 1742 he fought in the Battle of Chotusitz and in the Second Silesian War on December 15, 1745 in the Battle of Kesselsdorf . On February 5, 1746 he was Premier-Lieutenant, on November 10, 1752 staff captain and on September 23, 1755 real Rittmeister .

During the Seven Years' War he fought near Prague , where he distinguished himself with his squadron, and then with Kolin and Leuthen .

On May 1, 1758 he became a major . In the winter of 1759 he attacked the Austrian and Russian magazines near Cracow with 500 hussars from Hussar Regiment No. 3 (Möhring) , and they also captured a Russian courier with important documents. For this he received the canonical from the King in Carmin Abbey . In 1760 he was able to crush two Austrian dragoon regiments between Kostenblut and Wilke (near Neumark). Between 1760 and 1763 he came to General Werner and the Duke of Württemberg , in 1760 he was able to distinguish himself in the battles for Kolberg . For this he was given the post of commander in Hussar Regiment No. 7 (Usedom) for a while , and was transferred to Dragoon Regiment No. 12 (Württemberg) in autumn 1761 . In the winter of 1761/1762 he added to the regiment in Mecklenburg, and in the spring he joined the Werner Corps in Upper Silesia. There he became commander and was given the squadron of Colonel Münchow, who had died in the battle of Maxen . In the Battle of Reichenbach in July 1762, he stood with his regiment and the Dragoon Regiment No. 3 (Flanß) successfully against 45 enemy squadrons.

On September 4, 1767 he became lieutenant colonel and in 1769 commander of the Dragoon Regiment No. 10 (Rosenbruch). On May 22, 1772 he became a colonel and on June 11, 1774 Major General and Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 (Seydlitz). In 1776 he was appointed inspector of the Upper Silesian cavalry. In the War of the Bavarian Succession his regiment was in the king's army. After the war, he and General Zaremba received the order to organize the sale of horses from the Brandenburg, Pomeranian and Silesian regiments. The general saw worse and worse and in 1780 he was allowed to hand over the Upper Silesian cavalry inspection to General Friedrich Leopold von Bosse at his request . Nevertheless, he was still on May 22, 1785 Lieutenant General. In 1787 he received his farewell with a salary of grace.

family

He was married to Helene Charlotte von Frankenberg . The couple had three children.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Pannewitz, Maximilian Sigmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pannwitz, Maximilian Siegmund from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 8, Inspector of the Upper Silesian Cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Bockschütz , Duchy of Oels
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1791
Place of death Kreuzburg (Upper Silesia)