- Georg Reichwein
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name=Georg Reichwein
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family=Catharina Sverdrup(secondwife)
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lived= 1630 - 1710
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portrayedby=Georg Reichwein (1630 - 1710) was a military government official. He was the son of general major Georg Reichwein, who immigrated in 1628 to
Denmark-Norway fromHesse .In 1658 he became captain in charge of the "Sør-Gudbrandsdalske" company. In a letter written in 1664 we find he lived at Jørstad farm in
Fåberg (nearLillehammer ),Norway . His father was raised to a peerage in 1655, and he would have been foremost in rank at Fåberg in his time. He bought both Nordre Jørstad and Søndre Jørstad farms in 1672.Reichwein was promoted to Major in 1675, and Lieutenant Colonel in 1682 ble and commander of
Kongsvinger Fortress . He remained at Kongsvinger and became a Colonel in 1689. He lived atVingnes in 1695, where he is recorded as married to his second wife, Catharina Sverdrup.
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