Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Thielmann akaberekerwa muDresden. Achipinda muuto rehondo reSaxon muna 1782, akaona basa rokurwisa vaFrench muhondo dzeRhine
uye akashanda parutivi rwePrussia muhondo yeJena. Pashure pengwavaira yeJena, Thielmann akatumwa neSaxony somumiriri kuna Napoleon I, akava mufariri wake anoshingaira, uye akaita zvakawanda kuunza mubatanidzwa weFranco-Saxon. Thielmann akaperekedza boka revaSaxon iro rakarwa pakukombwa kweDanzig uye paFriedland.