Sigismund of Hallasz
Sigismund von Hallasz , Zsigmond Halasz (born before 1740 in the Kingdom of Hungary ; died after 1747) was a royal Prussian colonel and commander of Hussar Regiment No. 8 .
Life
Born in Hungary, he fought as a hussar in the imperial troops in the first Silesian war . There he became a captain and fought very successfully against the Prussian hussars.
So he fell on the Prussian King Friedrich II . This commissioned the then Lieutenant von Hofen (later Major) to poach the talented officer. Together with two other officers he came to the imperial camp and offered the Hungarian to join up to 29 other Hungarian officers in Prussian service and there to become the commander of a newly established hussar regiment.
After the peace Hallasz went to Vienna, where he was followed by von Hofen (disguised). Five squadron hussars were stationed here as bodyguards for the empress, from where the remaining officers could be recruited. The whole thing happened with the help of the Prussian embassy under Count von Gotter and Legation Councilor von Ammon. The officer's license was already on the way back from Berlin when one of the looted the imperial corporal Baron von Martinchowitz went to the war ministry and demanded a promotion with the threat of otherwise going into Prussian services. This led to hectic activity in which Count von Gotter was able to warn the rest of the officers; they then went to Breslau in a roundabout way. There they were presented to the king during a parade. They dined with the king, who then sent them to the Prussian hussar general Hans Joachim von Zieten in Potsdam . They were initially assigned to his regiment.
The king then called them to his palace in Berlin, where he commanded the newly established Hussar Regiments No. 8 . (Hallasz) and No. 7 (Dieury). With his regiment, von Hallasz fought in the Second Silesian War from 1744 to 1745. The unit was able to excel particularly in the battle near Kranowitz (May 20, 1742). Hallasz took his leave in 1747 (because of mental weakness).
He then went to the property of Count Rutowski or to the Brothers of Mercy in Breslau.
literature
- Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great. 1853, p. 361 ( digitized version )
- Anton Balthasar König : Biographical dictionary of all heroes and military figures . tape II . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 115–117 ( Peter von Hallasch in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The future general Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz was captured here, but his bravery and skill made Friedrich II aware of him
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hallasz, Sigismund von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halasz, Zsigmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Prussian colonel and commander of the Old Prussian Hussar Regiment H 8 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1747 |