August von Oppermann

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Georg August Oppermann , von Oppermann since 1871 (born January 19, 1821 in Stade , † November 26, 1892 in Hanover ) was a Prussian major general and inspector of the 4th Engineer Inspection.

Life

origin

He was the son of the Hanoverian finance councilor of the same name and major a. D. August Oppermann (1793–1869) and his wife Amalie, née von Coulon (1797–1862).

Military career

After attending grammar school in Stade and the Polytechnic in Hanover , Oppermann joined the engineering corps of the Hanover Army in 1839 as a cadet. On February 10, 1841 he was transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Company as a second lieutenant , advanced to prime lieutenant at the beginning of June 1843, and from May 1844 to September 1850 he was in command of the fortress construction in Ulm . This was followed from October 1850 to August 1854 by a command to build the Hanover-Göttingen state railway . On January 1, 1854, Oppermann was promoted to captain with a patent dated November 11, 1853 , was active as a teacher at the military academy in Hanover from October 1854 and at the same time was also a member of the examination committee for artillery and engineer officers from the end of December 1855. When he was appointed chief of the 1st Engineer Company, he returned to service on December 3, 1857.

From May 18 to June 13, 1857 Oppermann was commanded to England to find out more about the construction of gunboats . In September / October 1860 he took part in siege exercises in Jülich . On April 20, 1862, he was commanded as the 2nd Hanoverian member of the Coastal Defense Commission of the German Confederation , and on August 10, 1862 he returned to his regiment. From September 27 to October 17, 1862 he was commanded to England to visit the London World's Fair and various technical facilities, and on May 27, 1863 he was promoted to major. During the German-Danish War he was from December 14, 1863 to December 14, 1864 director of genius at the staff of the commanding general of the federal troops for Holstein . After the war he was commanded from May 7 to June 19, 1866 to attempt shooting in Mainz .

During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against Prussia was Oppermann as a genius director on the staff of the command of the Hanoverian army and received on 19 June 1866 bore the character as a lieutenant colonel . He took part in the battle of Langensalza and after the lost war and the annexation of Hanover by Prussia resigned from Hanover on January 2, 1867.

Oppermann was then hired on March 9, 1867 as a characterized lieutenant colonel in the Prussian army and aggregated to the staff of the engineering corps . After orders to build a fortress in Königsberg and fortification in Neisse , he was an engineer officer from the square in Neisse from mid-January 1868 and received the patent for his rank as lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1868. During the war against France on October 8, 1870, Oppermann was transferred to the Army High Command of Crown Prince Albert of Saxony as commander of the engineers and pioneers of the Meuse Army and was chief engineer for the attack on the Northwest Front there during the siege of Paris . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , he came to the 3rd Army High Command on April 8, 1871 .

In recognition of his services , Emperor Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1871 .

On July 4, 1871, Oppermann returned to his peacetime position in Neisse, was given the character of a colonel on August 18, 1871, and on October 12, 1872, the patent for his rank dated August 18, 1871. At the same time, he was ordered to Mainz to exercise of the shops as inspector of the 5th fortress inspection. On January 9, 1873 he was appointed inspector. As such, from September 7, 1875 to April 1, 1876, he was instructed by the General Telegraph Directorate. Promoted to major general on March 22, 1876, he was transferred to Cologne on June 12, 1877 as inspector of the 4th Engineer Inspection. In this capacity he received on the occasion of the religious festival in January 1879 the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and was on 6 May 1880 with board for disposition made. His farewell to board you granted him on 22 March 1888th

family

Oppermann married on November 11, 1856 in Celle Auguste Schmidt (1837-1918). The couple had several children:

  • Natalie (* 1858) ⚭ 1880 Theodor Melior (1853–1940), Prussian general of the infantry
  • Anna (* 1859) ⚭ 1888 Ernst von Scheele (1852–1909), Prussian major general
  • Elsbeth (* 1862) ⚭ 1889 Gustav von Kortzfleisch (1854–1910), Prussian major general
  • Curd (* 1865), Prussian major ⚭ 1894 Margarete Bollmann (1873–1910)
  • Ernst (1866–1902), Prussian captain, place major in Neu-Breisach
  • Paul (1875-1912), lawyer

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SURNAME Oppermann, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppermann, Georg August von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and inspector of the 4th engineer inspection
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Stade
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1892
Place of death Hanover