Theodor of Pelchrzim

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Theodor Franz Karl Rudolf von Pelchrzim , actually from Pelchrzim and Trzenkowitz , pseudonym : PL Chr.Zim (born October 9, 1816 in Kieferstädtel , Tost-Gleiwitz district , province of Silesia ; † January 15, 1892 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian major and Writer.

Life

He came from an old Silesian noble family and was the son of Ludwig von Pelchrzim and Trzenkowitz (1787–1874), Mayor of Sohrau and royal Prussian cavalry master , and his first wife Elisabeth von Fragstein and Niemsdorff (1792–1842). His great-uncle (brother of his grandfather) was the royal Prussian major general Gottlieb Julius von Pelchrzim (1717–1788).

Pelchrzim married on May 10, 1848 on Gut Hohen-Bellin (now part of Wulkow , district of Jerichower Land ) Alma von Gauvain (born March 26, 1819 on Gut Hohen-Bellin; † May 1, 1877 in Schweidnitz ).

After completing his active military service, u. a. in the infantry regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (2nd Magdeburgisches) No. 27 , he wrote books on military history and also wrote on physical and astrophysical topics, on which he also gave lectures.

In 1860 Pelchrzim was a member of the Teutonia Masonic Lodge for Wisdom in Potsdam.

Works (selection)

  • The electro-magnetic telegraph , Berlin 1848
  • The wonders of heaven: for the youth. Father Lehrreich shows his children ... , 2nd edition, Horvath Verlag, Potsdam 1853

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Pelchrzim (noble family)

literature

  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses B volume V, page 282, volume 26 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1961
  • Pelchrzim (Pelchrzim and Trzenkowitz), Theodor v., Freemason of the Teutonia Lodge for Wisdom in the Orient from Potsdam (1860) , biographical notes. In: Nobilitas , Journal for German Adels Research, Volume 18 (2001), Pages 890-891
  • Hjalmar Linnström (ed.): Svenskt boklexikon: åren 1830-1865 , Verlag Hjalmar Linnström, 1884

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personal data
SURNAME Pelchrzim, Theodor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelchrzim and Trzenkowitz, Theodor; PL Chr.Zim (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian major and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Kieferstädtel , Tost-Gleiwitz district , Silesia province
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1892
Place of death Berlin