Werner Ernst von Lettow

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Werner Ernst von Lettow (born June 21, 1738 , † April 19, 1789 in Klein Schwirsen , Rummelsburger Kreis ) was a Prussian manor owner, district administrator and war and domain councilor .

He came from the Pomeranian noble family von Lettow . His father Peter Ernst von Lettow (* 1700, † 1757) was a major in an infantry regiment and heir to Wocknin (he acquired the shares in Wocknin a and b in 1746) and Gadgen in the Rummelsburger Kreis . His mother Agnes Clara (* 1708, † 1779) was also born von Lettow.

Werner Ernst von Lettow joined the Prussian Army in 1752 , where he was promoted to captain ("Capitain") in an infantry regiment. In 1765 he bought Wocknin a and b from his mother. In 1770 he was still able to acquire Wocknin c and thus united all of Wocknin in his hand.

When neighboring West Prussia came to Prussia with the First Partition of Poland in 1772 , he was appointed the first district administrator of the district of Conitz in the same year . But as early as 1774 he moved to the West Prussian War and Domain Chamber in Marienwerder as a war and domain councilor ; Carl Christoph Ludwig von Weiher followed him as district administrator .

In 1783 he took his leave and withdrew to his estates in Pomerania. In addition to Wocknin , he owned Gadgen , Bial (acquired in 1785) and Klein Schwirsen (acquired in 1782/1784), where he died in 1789.

Werner Ernst von Lettow was first married to Rahel Friederica (* 1740, † 1773), a born von Below . After her death, he married Elisabeth Louise (* 1730; † 1807), born von Gaudy . He left a son, Johann Peter Jacob von Lettow (* 1768).

literature

  • Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 , pp. 571 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c The district of Rummelsburg. A home book. Pommerscher Buchversand, Hamburg 1979, p. 224.
  2. ^ The district of Rummelsburg. A home book. Pommerscher Buchversand, Hamburg 1979, p. 141.
  3. ^ The district of Rummelsburg. A home book. Pommerscher Buchversand, Hamburg 1979, p. 173.
personal data
SURNAME Lettow, Werner Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian manor owner, district administrator and war and domain councilor
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1738
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1789
Place of death Klein Schwirsen , Rummelsburger Kreis