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thecondemnationofmemoryinthemodernepitaphsofcentralPomerania
theregionlTheovalcompositionconsistsofthe
FreiherrvonderGoltzfamilycoatofarmsandan
inscriptionplaqueinthelowerpartoftheepitaph
placedonapanelmadeofwoodenplanksl
ThehistoryofthevonGoltzfamilyisunclearl
Thereisnoagreementonthedescentofthefam-
ilylAcomparativereviewofdifferentviewsonthe
subjectisprovidedbyAndrzejFijałkowskiinade-
tailedarticleonthedescentofPomeranianaristo-
craticfamiliesl23
ItisprobablethatChristophHeinrichwasason
ofHeinrichLudwig,thecoloneloftheKingdomof
PolandandSaxonylHedescendedfromthe“white”
lifeoftheGulczówfamily,towhomin1653in
recognitionoftheirservicesinthebattleagainst
SpaniardsKingLouisXIVgavethepermissionto
addthreegoldenliliestoaddtotheircoatofarmsl
Oneofthemostwidelyrecognizedmembersofthe
familywasJoachimRudiger,personallyresponsible
forthefinalformofthefamily)scoatofarmslLouis
XIVpromotedJoachimRudigerandhisdescend-
antstothestateoffreemasters24,whichisalikely
explanationwhytheyusedtheprefixnFreiherr25
vonderGoltz”
l
AccordingtoJuliusTheodorBagmihl26,thecoat
ofarmsoffreemasterscomprisesofanarrowgold-
enrafterandthreegoldenliliesinabluefieldlOn
thecrowedhelmet,thereisawomanwithoutarms,
herhairfliesinthewindandtherearethreegolden
spindlesonherheadlSheiswearingadressmade
incontrastingcolours,aboveherwaistontheright
thedressisred,ontheleftsilver,belowherwaist
thedressissilverontherightandredontheleftl
Thecentrallypositionedhelmetisdecoratedwith
silverandredlabraslEachsideofthehelmetisheld
upbyamalefiguredressedinarmourwithshields
inonehandandhalberdsturnedtowardstheinside
ofthecompositionintheotheronelOntheiropen
helmetsthefigureshavethreepeacock)sfeathers,
thesideonesarewhite,themiddleonesredl27In
addition,therafteroftheepitaphiscrownedwith
abranchedstarlThemonumentisalsodecorated
withmilitaryartifacts,suchascannonballs,tara-
bans,trumpets,banners,allofwhichareconnect-
edwiththelifeofthedeceasedlTheinscription
31
23Fijałkowski(2001:35-52)l
24Fijałkowski(2001:39)l
25AGermanaristocratictitleequivalenttothePolish
baronl
26Bagmihl(1855:1-2,plaqueI)l
27Fijałkowski(2001:41)l
readsasfollows:nCHRISTOPHHEINRICH
FreyHerrvonderGOLTZlSerKonigsMajestin
Preussen/lll/GENERALISLieutenantRitterdes
Sehwarhenlll”
lThisiswherethewritingstops,asthe
restoftheinscriptionplaquewasbrokenawayfrom
theepitaphlTheinscriptionmaybetranslatedin
thefollowingway:“ChristophHeinrichFreiherr
vonderGoltzlHisPrussianRoyalMajestylGeneral
ofthehighestrank,BlackKnight”
l
Inthebiographicaldictionaryofheroesand
soldiersbyAntoniKönigfrom179028,Christoph
HeinrichisdescribedasthesonofJohannvon
Goltz(diedin1969)whoservedinthearmyof
FriedrichWilhelmlIn1692,hebecamethecap-
tainoftheJungHolsteinregiment(latervonVoß),
wherehewasthecommanderoftheLeibkompagnel
HefoughtwithTurksinGermanywiththefirst
battalionofthiscompanylOn14thMarch1709,
hewasappointedcoloneloftheMargrafAlbre-
chtregiment(laterknownasPrinceFriederich
vonBraunschweig)andtookpartinthesiegeof
StrzałowolOn11thSeptember1720,hebecame
commanderofthevonKoenenMagdeburginfan-
tryregiment(latervonLangefeld)lHewaspro-
motedtotherankofamajoron1stMay1721and
tenyearslaterhewasageneralofthehighestrank
andthecommandingofficerofMagdeburglInthe
sameyear,hehadtostepasideasthecommander
oftheMagdeburgregiment;thepositionwastaken
overbythePrince(laterKingFriedrichII)lChris-
tophHeinrichwasthenappointedcommanderof
theBecheverinfantryregiment,thenoftheDrosta
Reinebergregimenton13thNovember1731lInthe
years1734and1735,heservedwithhisregiment
intheregionsbytheRhinelHediedon8thApril
1739,havinglivedalonglife,blessedwithfameand
honourearnedasabraveofficerwhotookpartin
manywarsattheendofthepreviouscenturyand
atthebeginningofthenewonelSinceheandhis
wifeElisabethJuliannevonBoninhadnochildren,
hisestatewasatthedisposalofthekingl
AsitisrightlynotedbyAnnaMosiewicz,theau-
thorofthecatalogueRzeźbaizdobnictwowdrew-
nie(Woodensculptureandornamentation)29for
thepermanentexhibitionhousedintheMuseum
ofKoszalin,thewoodensculpturesfromtheepi-
taphofChristophHeinrichareoffolkcharacterl30
28König(1790:44-45)l
29Mosiewicz(1979)l
30Mosiewicz(1981:41)l
