Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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Memorial plaque in the Michaelskapelle of Hohenzollern Castle

Anton Egon Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern (born October 7, 1841 in Sigmaringen , † August 5, 1866 in Königinhof ) was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and a Prussian officer .

Life

Anton was a son of the Hohenzollern prince and Prussian Prime Minister Karl Anton (1811-1885) from his marriage to Josephine (1813-1900), daughter of the Grand Duke Karl von Baden (1786-1818). His brother Karl later became King of Romania as Carol I , and his sister Stephanie became Queen of Portugal. The candidacy of his brother Leopold von Hohenzollern for the Spanish succession to the throne 1868-1870 was the cause of the Franco-German War .

Anton joined the Prussian Army in 1859 and served as a second lieutenant à la suite in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot . He went on a trip to the Orient.

Anton took part in the campaigns of his regiment during the German War . He took part in the battles of Staudenz, Burkersdorf and Königinhof. During the Battle of Königgrätz , he was badly wounded in the thigh by four bullets in the village of Rosberitz. The future General Field Marshal Remus von Woyrsch saved him from the battlefield. When he tried to put an emergency bandage around the shattered knees of the prince, both were captured by Austrians, but were released again immediately. In the impression of the battle, King Wilhelm of Prussia wrote to his wife :

“ You will already know that General Hiller stayed with the Guard, a great loss! Anton Hohenzollern has four bullets in his leg! I don't know how he's doing today! he is said to have been extremely good. "

Anton lived in the hospital in Königinhof for 33 days before he died of the consequences of his severe wound. While still in the hospital, he received the order Pour le Mérite from the Prussian king . His last words were:

"It gives me great comfort to be the one among the Hohenzollerns who, through his death, bears new testimony to the bravery of our brave army."

The prince's death aroused great sympathy. Paul von Hindenburg , then second lieutenant of the 3rd Guards Regiment on Foot, reports on Anton's wounding in his memoirs; he had taken the prince's gold watch into safekeeping.

In 1888, Rosberitzer Strasse near Sigmaringer Strasse and Hohenzollerndamm in Wilmersdorf near Berlin was named in memory of the prince.

Survival

Georg Horn wrote the following verses about his death in battle :

On the death of Prince Anton von Hohenzollern
So the breath of death passed through his features,
So the envious fate has demanded a
Hohenzollern son as a reward For Hohenzollern's glorious victories
.

In Greece's lofty monuments
And in the hot colors of the Orient, the German youthful heart was awakened to
you in eternal ideals of beauty
.

Whatever stimulus the stranger offered you,
it was the duty that was close to you above all.
And when the war threatened the weather at home.
Then your heart flew - Prince Anton was already there.

How wild the fight - and oh! how many
the arm sank and how the wound burns!
Chlum, Rosberitz, these are the Thermopylae of
Prussia's First Guard Regiment!

Oh, hill, red with noble youth's blood,
hotly wetted by a thousand mother's
tears, there you sank in holy fighting courage,
you young prince, injured to the point of death!

Von Helldorff, Knesebeck, the Wedell,
Von Alvensleben - it is these braves, Who keep
their loyal hearts high and noble,
In death engaged - and now the Prince too.

You followed
your good comrades, death suddenly struck you in the brave heart;
You were not only
good by deeds, you also became a hero by enduring the pain.

And if, after winning the heated argument,
crowned with leaves and cheering
home, the victorious columns -
you six of the regiment are not there.

Nothing tarnishes the shine on your coat of arms,
your life was so pure and bright!
And whoever feels mildness in your manners,
will remember you until his heart breaks.

That you must pale so early in death
and that your last word was a goodbye!
That we no longer take hold of your dear hand! -
the tear falls - the heart - oh how painful!

Farewell, you noble rice from Zollern's oak, your
mother's happiness, your father's pride!
The laurel crowns your forehead, the pale one,
And the voices of angels sing you to rest!

- Quoted from: Friedrich Carl Esbach

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ludwig Ernst Hahn : Two years of Prussian-German politics, 1866–1867. Collection of official rallies and semi-official statements, from the Schleswig-Holstein crisis to the establishment of the customs parliament. W. Hertz, Berlin 1868, p. 160.
  2. ^ Theodor Fontane: The German War 1866. In: Theodor Fontane: works, writings and letters. Department 3: Memoirs, Selected Writings and Reviews. Volume 5: On German history, art and art history. Hanser, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-446-11833-0 , p. 286.
  3. ↑ Paul von Hindenburg : From my life . Hirzel Verlag, Leipzig 1920, p. 24 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Rosberitzer Strasse . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  5. ^ Friedrich Carl Esbach: Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. A picture of life. Schroedel, Halle 1906, p. 32. (See also: first-garderegiment.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenzollern, Anton Prince of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Prince Karl Anton zu Hohenzollern
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1866
Place of death Queen's Court