Peter von Gerschau

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Family coat of arms of the von Gerschau
United family coat of arms of the Gerschau von Flotow

Peter von Gerschau ( Russian : Барон Петер фон Гершау, born October 24, 1779 in Behnen Castle, Duchy of Courland and Semgallia , † May 4, 1852 in Copenhagen ) was a Kurland baron and Russian consul general in Copenhagen.

history

At the age of 13, Peter v. G. pupil of the training institute for young infantry and cavalry officers in Berlin and then entered the service of the Prussian army , there initially served with the Prussian body hussars . In 1807 he returned to Courland , in 1809 he went to St. Petersburg and was employed as a college assessor and chief forest master . He held the position of head forester and forest inspector in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland . In 1814 he became the Kollegienrat appointed and held from 1816 the position of a Russian Consul General in Copenhagen.

Origin and family

Behnen Castle in Courland (2012)

Peter v. G. comes from the noble family of Gerschau in the Duchy of Courland and Semgallia. He was the illegitimate son of Duke Peter von Biron (1724–1800) and his lover Agnes von Derschau (1740–1783). Peter v. G. married Karoline Henriette Schmidt (1784–1848), their descendants were:

  • Emilie von Binzer born Gerschau * 1801 in Berlin ; 1891 in Munich ∞ August Daniel von Binzer (1793–1868), Dr. phil.
  • Karl Petrowitsch von Gerschau (* 1802), Russian major general ∞ Marie von Winter (* around 1821)
  • Theresia von Gerschau (* 1804 in Berlin)
  • Wilhelmine Pauline Johanna Dorothea von Gerschau (* 1806 in Berlin)
  • Dorothea von Gerschau (* 1808 in Mitau )
  • Alexandra von Gerschau (* 1810 in Vyborg , † 1830 in Saint Petersburg )
  • Otto Peter Hendrich von Gerschau (* / † 1812 in Wyborg)
  • Georg Wilhelm Ferdinand von Gerschau (* 1813 in Vyborg, † 1858 in Berlin), lieutenant colonel
  • Peter von Gerschau (* 1815 in Wiburg, † 1837 in Ilmenau )
  • Maria Gerschau von Flotow (* 1817 in Nyborg ; † around 1908 in Vitebsk ) ∞ Bernhard Friedrich von Flotow (* 1811 in Woldzegarten Leizen MeckPomm; † 1854 in Kolpino Saint Petersburg), this is how the Gerschau von Flotow line is founded with an imperial ukase.
    • Bernhard Friedrich Peter Baron Gerschau von Flotow (* 1853 in Kolpino, † 1911 in Vitebsk), governor of Vitebsk

Works

literature

  • Peter von Gerschau. In: General writers and scholars Lexicon of the Provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland. Mitau, Steffenhagen 1827–1832. (archive.org)
  • Carola L. Gottzmann, Petra Hörner: Lexicon of German-Language Literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg: From the Middle Ages to the Present. New edition. Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-091213-5 , p. 468/469. (books.google.de)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Castle Behnen in Kurland = en: Bēne Manor
  2. ↑ In addition to the cadet house , the Prussian king founded an école militaire for the training of his officers , which from 1769 was given its own building in Berlin. In: August Brass : Chronicle of Berlin, Potsdam and Charlottenburg, from the emergence of these cities to d. latest times. Huebenthal publishing house, 1843, p. 380. (books.google.de)
  3. ↑ Germany and Finland in the 20th century. (= Research on the Baltic Sea Region. Volume 4). Verlag Otto Harrassowitz , 1999, ISBN 3-447-04200-1 , p. 12. (books.google.de)