Wilhelm Adolph von Lüderitz

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Wilhelm Adolph von Lüderitz , also Wilhelm Adolf von Lüderitz (* around 1700 in Holstein , † after 1763), was a Prussian colonel .

Life

Origin and family

Wilhelm Adolph was a member of the Altmark noble family von Lüderitz .

Career

Lüderitz had already been in Austrian military service for 30 years when he switched to Prussian military service as a lieutenant colonel in 1759 . With his transfer he took over the free battalion "Rapin" . In July, however, 300 men and 100 hussars were taken prisoner near Friedland. He was only released after the peace agreement and immediately received his farewell with the character of a colonel.

literature

  • Anton Balthasar König : Wilhelm Adolph von Lüderitz . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 2 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1789, p. 384 ( Wilhelm Adolph von Lüderitz at Wikisource [PDF]).
  • Gottlob Naumann : Collection of unprinted messages, explaining the history of the Prussian campaigns from 1740 to 1779 , Part 2, Dresden 1782, pp. 58–59

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Seyfart: Life and government history of Friedrich the other king in Prussia. Publishing house Adam Friedrich Böhmen, Leipzig 1786.
  2. ^ Frank Wernitz: The Prussian Free Troops in the Seven Years' War 1756 - 1763. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 38.
personal data
SURNAME Lüderitz, Wilhelm Adolph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant colonel
DATE OF BIRTH around 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH Holstein
DATE OF DEATH after 1763