Background
Schöning was born at Tamsel near Küstrin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Schöning was born at Tamsel near Küstrin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
His descendants include Field Marshal von Wrangel, granddaughter Luise Eleonore Wreech (1708–1784), a nephew - the military historian Kurd von Schöning and the rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun. Hans Adam von Schöning was the owner of an estate in Brzoza. Hans Adams parents were Hans Adam (d 1664), squire of the Knights Hospitaller, and Marianne (born in Schapelow).
He had two sons, Boguslaus, Electorate of Saxony Lieutenant Colonel, and Johann (Hans) Ludwig of Tamsel, Electorate of Saxony Chamberlain, and Lieutenant Colonel.
He distinguished himself in many military campaigns, including the Turkish Wars, the Nine Years War against France, and the war against Sweden 1675-1679 particularly during the conquest of Stettin, Rügeneral and Stralsund and in the expulsion of Sweden from Prussia. He famously quarreled with General von Barfus, and was eventually arrested for supposedly plotting to bring Saxony over to the French.
In 1689 he took part in the successful Siege of Bonn. Field-Marshal von Schöning later built a castle in Tamsel, Brandenburg (now Dabroszyn/Dąbroszynie, Poland).
A neo-gothic church on the estate contains a mausoleum for the von Schöning, von Wreech and von Dönhoff families.