prison, he became a folk hero as "the Captain of Köpenick" (‹See Tfd›German: derHauptmannvonKöpenick [ˈhaʊptman fɔn ˈkøːpənɪk] ) and was granted a full
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858–1928), Hauptmann (Captain) in the Prussian Army. He grew up at his family's