Career
In 1777 he built the Schönfeld in Kassel, Germany which he used as a summer residence until 1790. At a later date the building was used by the Brothers Grimm. During the Battle of Valmy on 20 September 1792, Schönfeld led a division consisting of brigades under Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg and Otto Heinrich Friedrich von Borch.
Romburg commanded Infantry Regiments Brunswick Near
21 and Woldeck Near 41 while Borch led Infantry Regiments Thadden Near 3 and Romberg Near 10.
Each regiment had three battalions and each battalion had one attached cannon. At the Battle of Kaiserslautern from 28 to 30 November 1793, Schönfeld led a division that counted three battalions of the Crousaz Infantry Regiment Near
39, Fusilier Battalion Legat Near
20, one company of Jägers, one company of Imperial Trier Jägers, five squadrons each of the Borstell Cuirassiers Near 7 and Lottum Dragoons Near 1, two squadrons of the Eben Hussars Near
2, and one foot and one horse artillery batteries of eight guns each.
All but the Trier Jägers were Prussian units. In 1777, Schönfeld built the Schönfeld in Kassel, Germany.
He used the building as a summer residence until 1790. Afterward the schloss changed hands several times as other people fell in love with its charm.
Among those who used the building in the early 1800s were the Brothers Grimm.
The Schönfeld still exists as a museum.
