Nikolaus Heinrich von Pirch

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Nikolaus Heinrich von Pirch also Klaus Heinrich von Pirch (born August 22, 1736 in Klein Nossin ; † November 16, 1808 in Bütow ) was a Prussian major general , wing adjutant of Frederick the Great and commandant of Graudenz .

Life

origin

Nikolaus Heinrich came from the old Pomeranian noble family Pirch . His parents were the Polish - Electoral Saxon captain and heir to Klein Nossin, Podel and Daber , Georg Ernst von Pirch (1695–1765) and his wife Dorothea Elisabeth Luise, born von Somnitz from the Beversdorf family (1701–1781). He had twelve siblings, including the two Prussian generals George Lorenz von Pirch (1730–1797) and Franz Otto von Pirch (1733–1813) and the French Colonel Johann Ernst von Pirch (1744–1783).

Career

Together with his three brothers mentioned above, Pirch was brought up by his uncle Dubislav Nikolaus von Pirch (1693–1768) in Dresden . Afterwards he became a page at the Saxon court and finally joined the Electoral Saxon service as a flag junior in 1750 .

In the following year, 1751, he diminished and became a page (wing adjutant) to King Frederick the Great. On February 18, 1754, he joined the Prussian Army in Infantry Regiment No. 33 (Fouqué) as an ensign . During the Seven Years' War he was wounded in the Battle of Prague and then, four days later, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant . He continued to take part in the Battle of Kolin , the Siege of Olomouc , and the Battle of Liegnitz . Near Torgau was badly wounded and plundered by opposing dragoons on the battlefield. In 1762 he was appointed by the brigadier at Nimschewski as his general adjutant . In 1763, only after the Treaty of Hubertusburg , he was promoted to prime lieutenant.

Together with his brothers in 1765, by mutual agreement and without consideration, he handed over the debts of the paternal inheritance of Klein Nossin to the oldest of them, George Lorenz von Pirch .

In 1770 he was promoted to staff captain and was the real captain and company commander in 1771 own Grenadier kompanie . He took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession , in particular the "Affair of Neustadt". In 1785 he received the patent including almost immediate promotion to major .

Pirch became the commandant of the Graudenz fortress in 1790. This position was rewarded with a tract of 1,500 thalers . His request to take part in the campaign against France was not granted. He rose to lieutenant colonel in 1792, colonel in 1795 , and finally major general in 1802. On his 50th service anniversary in 1804, he received a special payment of 1000 thalers. In the mobilization on September 29, 1806 Pirch with pension of 1,000 thalers again, in 1807 due to the war was put on half-board, out of the excreted .

As a page or wing adjutant, Pirch was very close to the king. This close contact also remained under his successors Friedrich Wilhelm II. And Friedrich Wilhelm III. receive. This is u. a. from numerous correspondence.

family

Pirch married his niece Karoline Ernestine von Pirch from the house of Poganitz (1764-1837), a daughter of the last Pirchschen owner of Poganitz, as well as hereditary lords of Groß Gluschen and Schochow and his sister Barbara Maria von Pirch (1743-1817). Three sons were born from the marriage in Graudenz, but they all remained single.

  1. Johann Karl Georg Ernst Heinrich Lorenz von Pirch (1791–1813), remained as Prime Lieutenant in the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment (No. 10) in front of Groß Görschen
  2. Otto Wilhelm Eduard von Pirch (* 1795), his godfather was King Friedrich Wilhelm II.
  3. Gobrecht von Pirch (* 1797)

His widow, Karoline Ernestine, married Adam von Pirch (1778-1857), the Prussian captain and heir on Polczen , in 1809 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobligen Häuser , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1923, pp. 492–493.
  2. ^ A b Karl Robert Klempin , Gustav Kratz : Matriculations and directories of the Pomeranian knighthood , Berlin 1863, p. 440
  3. ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy of Western and Western Pomerania. Part II, Volume 2: Description of the to the judicial district of the Royal. State colleges in Köslin belonging circles. Stettin 1784, p. 990 .
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Impartheyische Geschichte des Bavarian Succession War , Leipzig 1780, pp. 813-818 .
personal data
SURNAME Pirch, Nikolaus Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pirch, Klaus Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, wing adjutant of Frederick the Great and commandant of Graudenz
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Nossin
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1808
Place of death Butow