Otto Carl von Callenberg

Otto Carl von Callenberg (born February 17, 1686 ; † May 1, 1759 in Pinneberg ) was a German-Danish Oberlanddrost ( district administrator ) of the Pinneberg rule .

Life

His parents were the Polish-Saxon Prime Minister Curt Reinicke II. Von Callenberg (* October 22, 1651 - April 1709) from the Callenberg family and his wife Ursula Regina von Friesen (* August 27, 1658 - October 29, 1714) .

He initially served in the imperial service. On March 1, 1711 he came into Danish service as a colonel and head of a regiment from Sachsen-Meiningen . In 1713 the regiment was disbanded and in the report of Brigadier Sponneck and Budget Councilor Lohemann it says: “The NCOs are bad subjects ... the reels are bad, because they can barely carry the game (drum) - they are also among the commoners various very old and unfit people, with which their majors would be poorly provided. - the outer garments in the Callenberg Battalion can be used for another year, but the underwear is no good. "

On April 18, 1713, Callenberg received his farewell. But on September 20, 1713 he was reinstated as colonel and chief of the 4th Danish Infantry Regiment. On March 20, 1716 he was transferred to the Funen Infantry Regiment. But on January 2, 1717 he received his resignation.

Callenberg was the master of Wettesingen , his wife was Catharina Christiane (1690–1770), the daughter of Adam Christoph von Holstein . He was Royal Danish Privy Councilor , Knight of the Danebrog and from 1717 Oberhofmarschall and was later appointed Oberlanddrost of the Pinneberg rule. In 1719 he bought the Drostei in Pinneberg and resided there. His successor was his son-in-law Gebhard Ulrich von Perckentin , who was married to his eldest daughter Anna Sophie. The youngest son Christian Karl marries Marie Anne de Ville.

literature

• Jonathan Smith: On the history of the Oldenburg army during the Danish period 1667–1773 in Oldenburger Jahrbücher , 1940/41, p. 62 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Otto Carl von Callenberg at geneall.net