Anton Bernhard Karl Hakewessel

Anton Bernhard Karl Hakewessel (born July 11, 1825 in Berne ; † March 21, 1915 in Kassel ) was a Prussian major general and commandant of the Glatz Fortress .

Life

His parents were the secretary at the spiritual court in Vechta August Hakewessel († July 26, 1871) and his wife Fredrike, née Lewe († February 20, 1870).

He received his education at the grammar school in Vechta and later private lessons in Oldenburg .

After graduating from school, on May 29, 1841, he volunteered in the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment 91 . There he was promoted to portepee ensign on June 26, 1843 and to lieutenant on September 29, 1847 . During the March Revolution he was assigned to occupy the mouth of the Weser from April 23 to September 18, 1848 . In the winter of 1848/49 he was a teacher in the sergeant's school . He then came from March 31, 1849 to September 5, 1853 to organize the Jäger Battalion in Birkenfeld. After his return he was then until September 24, 1855 a teacher at the military school in Oldenburg. From October 1, 1855 to September 30, 1856 he was in command of the Prussian 3rd Infantry Regiment. After his return to his main regiment, he was appointed adjutant to III on March 1, 1857 . Battalion of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment and promoted to Premier Lieutenant on August 19, 1857 . Then he was employed from May 1, 1859 to April 30, 1861 as an orderly officer with the Grand Duke of Oldenburg . On December 31, 1861 he was appointed captain and company commander in the Oldenburg infantry regiment. From March 7, 1864 to November 1, 1865, he was transferred to the infantry division in Eutin as a leader .

During the German War in 1866 his unit came to the Prussian Main Army . He fought in the battles near Hochhausen, Werbach and Gerchsheim as well as in the bombardment of Würzburg. For this he received on September 29, 1866 the Prussian Red Eagle Order IV class with swords. With the Prussian-Oldenburg military convention on September 25, 1867, he changed as captain and company commander in his main regiment, the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91. During the mobilization for the Franco-Prussian War , he became the commander of the replacement battalion of Infantry Regiment No. 91 and promoted to major on September 26, 1870 .

After the war he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 32 on April 25, 1871 . On April 15, 1873 he was commander of the 1st Battalion and on September 28, 1874, commander of the Fusilier Battalion. He climbed on March 22, 1876 to lieutenant colonel , and on September 18 in 1880 colonel on. Subsequently, on December 11th, he was entrusted with the command of Grenadier Regiment No. 3 and was placed à la suite for this regiment and confirmed as commander on January 18, 1881. In addition, he received the Crown Order II on August 14, 1885 . On December 8, 1885, he was finally transferred to the Glatz Fortress as a commandant and was made a la suite of the regiment. In Glatz he received the character of major general on April 15, 1886 and was put up for retirement on March 22, 1888 , in addition he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords.

The General of the Infantry von Gottberg said on January 1, 1885:

“Colonel Hakewessel is an excellent and capable regimental commander, of a noble disposition, a dignified and tactful manner. In this sense, he heads his officer corps. The very well trained regiment was well presented by him, as was the combined brigade. As a troop leader, he showed a full understanding of the use and interaction of the individual weapons as well as of the use of the terrain. Regardless of his advanced age, Colonel Hakewessel is suitable and recommended for the position as brigade commander. "

Hakewessel married on May 25, 1866 in Eutin Nanny Wallroth, a daughter of the secret church council , superintendent and chief pastor of Eutin Anton Friedrich Christoph Wallroth . The couple had a daughter who died shortly after giving birth in September 1867.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum , Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 10, pp. 29-30, No. 3061

Individual evidence

1. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, 1856, p. 75
2. ↑ History of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91, p. 385 Appendix 4: Ranking list for October 1867,
3. ↑ History of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91, p. 373f.
4. ↑ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum , Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 10, p. 29.