August Schuberg (officer)

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August Schuberg (born March 19, 1823 in Mannheim , † June 14, 1902 in Karlsruhe ) was a colonel from Baden and later a Prussian major general and most recently director of the artillery workshop in Strasbourg .

Life

origin

His parents were Colonel Georg Schuberg from Baden († March 15, 1859) and his wife Amalie Umrath († July 6, 1859).

Career

He attended the Lyceum in Karlsruhe and after graduating on April 1, 1839, became a gunner in the Baden Artillery Brigade. On February 25, 1841, he was promoted to Portepeefähnrich and on May 26, 1841 to lieutenant. On July 12, 1845, he switched to the engineer inspection and was promoted to first lieutenant on October 28, 1845. During the suppression of the Baden Revolution of 1849, he took part in the siege of Rastatt . On July 20, 1850, he returned to the Baden Artillery Regiment. There he became a captain on April 19, 1854, with a patent on March 22, 1854. On August 2, 1854, he was appointed director of the munitions company and on November 20, 1856 director of the factory. But on May 18, 1858 he returned to the artillery regiment, in the same year he was also awarded the Order of the Zähringer Lion . From November 7, 1859 to August 2, 1862 he was employed as a teacher at the higher officers' school in Karlsruhe. From June 13, 1860 to December 31, 1863, he was also head of the Military Building Commission in Kehl . During this time he was promoted to major on May 9, 1862 and transferred to the War Ministry as a voting member. On October 26, 1862, he became a lieutenant colonel in the war ministry and adjutant to the war minister. Promoted to Colonel on April 27, 1869, he was still President of the Military Examination Commission in Karlsruhe on January 6, 1871.

With the establishment of the Reich in 1871, he changed to the Prussian Army as a colonel on July 15, 1871 and was aggregated into the War Ministry with the fees of a regimental commander . But already on December 19, 1871 he was aggregated into the 7th Artillery Brigade and transferred to the artillery workshop in Deutz for service. On May 23, 1872 he was posted to Strasbourg to represent the sick director of the artillery workshop. Retaining his command, he was aggregated into Foot Artillery Regiment No. 7 on October 26, 1872. It was not until April 15, 1873 that he was confirmed as director of the artillery workshop, and he was also placed à la suite of the foot artillery regiment No. 7. On January 17, 1875, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd class with ribbon . On September 26, 1875 he was given the character of major general and was put up for disposal with a pension . He died in Karlsruhe on June 14, 1902.

Schuberg was a talented artillery officer. He spoke and wrote in English and French and spoke Italian and Spanish. But he was also very short-sighted and therefore never received a field command. Schuberg was also the author of a manual for artillery officers.

family

He was married to Christiane Lebrun.

plant

  • 1856, Handbook of Artillery Science, Malsch und Vogel publishing house, ( digitized version )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commander of the Artillery, cf. Genealogical-Historical-Statistical Almanach for the year 1848, p. 191.
  2. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogthums Baden: 1858, p. 62.
  3. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogthums Baden: 1868, p. 439.
personal data
SURNAME Schuberg, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colonel from Baden and Prussian major general, director of the artillery workshop in Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1902
Place of death Karlsruhe