Paul Friedrich Wernitz

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Paul Friedrich Wernitz (* 1738 ; † 1826 in Neisse ) was a Prussian colonel and chief of the Silesian fortress artillery.

Life

Wernitz joined the Prussian artillery in 1757 , was first lieutenant in 1762 and then in 1779 as prime lieutenant . He advanced to staff captain in 1784 and rose to prime captain in 1790 . He was promoted to major in 1793 and to lieutenant colonel in 1799.

From 1804 Wernitz was in command of the fortress artillery in Neisse and in 1805 he was promoted to colonel.

As a Protestant Freemason, Wernitz was a member of the Zum golden Schiff lodge in Berlin from 1775 to 1799 and of the Hercules 4 lodge in Schweidnitz from 1799 to 1804 . He was also a member from 1794 and from 1800 to 1812 honorary member of the Mr. Reading Society.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Louis von Malinowsky, Robert von Bonin : History of the Brandenburg-Prussian Artillery. Volume 1, published by Duncker and Humblot , Berlin 1840, u. a. Pp. 111 , 122, 126, 128, 138, and the like 147.
  2. ^ Kurd von Schöning : Historical-biographical news on the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian artillery. Volume 3, Ernst Siegfried Mittler , Berlin 1845, p. 167.
  3. ^ Karlheinz Gerlach: The Freemasons in Old Prussia 1738-1806: the lodges in Pomerania, Prussia and Silesia , Studienverlag , 2009, p. 812, no. 136.
  4. ↑ Uta Motschmann (Ed.): Handbook of Berlin Associations and Societies 1786–1815 , De Gruyter , Berlin 2015, p. 397.
personal data
SURNAME Wernitz, Paul Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel and chief of the Silesian fortress artillery
DATE OF BIRTH 1738
DATE OF DEATH 1826
Place of death Neisse