Georg von Weinrich (11 January 1768 – 12 December 1836) was a Bavarian military officer and served as
War Minister
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from 31 January 1829 until his death in 1836. He was born in
Mainz
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Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
and died in
Munich
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.
Biography
Weinrich studied at the
University of Mainz
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. In 1785 he joined the cadet corps of the
Electorate of Mainz
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, was advanced to the rank of an Unterleutnant in 1787, and took part in the campaigns from 1792 to 1800, and in 1815. In 1807 he became
Major
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, and in 1810
Oberstleutnant
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in the forces of the
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
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Histor ...
. After the
Congress of Vienna
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he was acquired by the
Bavarian army
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, became
Oberst
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in 1815, and in 1825
Brigadier
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and
Major General
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. In 1827, he became commander of
Fortress Marienberg
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. In 1829 he became war minister of the
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German E ...
under
King Ludwig
Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King or ('the Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the ...
, and was advanced to the rank of a Lieutenant General in 1834.
On 28 October 1835 Weinrich was given the command of an infantry regiment, which was named thenceforward Infanterie-Regiment "Weinrich", and for a time after his death became the Infanterie-Regiment "vacant Weinrich".
[later names: 14th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Zandt" and 14th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Hartmann" (de)]
References and notices
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1768 births
1836 deaths
Military personnel from Mainz
Bavarian Ministers of War
Bavarian generals
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars