Bernhard Friedrich Moritz Joseph von Jechner

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Baron Bernhard Friedrich Moritz Joseph von Jechner (born April 25, 1750 in Hackenberg near Bergneustadt ( Oberberg district ); † November 22, 1821 in Düsseldorf ) was a Prussian major general and most recently assigned to Minister Stein .

Life

origin

His parents were the Austrian Rittmeister Jakob Arnold von Jechner and his mother NN von Neuhoff called von Ley .

Military career

He was born on 26 April 1763 as a Corporal Corporal in the Infantry Regiment. 9, . He was born on July 4, 1763 Ensign and on August 16, 1772 Seconde Lieutenant . As such, he took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession . On April 2, 1785 he became Premier-Lieutenant and then took part in the campaign in Holland in 1787 . On January 15, 1790 he was promoted to staff captain and on December 4, 1792 he became captain and company commander . In the First Coalition War , he fought in the sieges of Mainz and Landau. Before Mainz he was the first to climb the Zahlbacher Schanze when he attacked it with a group of volunteers. He fought in the capture of Frankfurt and the battles of Hochheim and Deidesheim, also in the battle of Kaiserslautern , the cannonade of LaLune and the battle of Denningen.

On February 18, 1795 he became major and command of the demarcation line on the Wupper . For his services during the war he received the Pour le Mérite on February 23, 1798 . Then on June 1, 1799 he was appointed commander of a grenadier battalion . The battalion was formed from the grenadier companies from regiments No. 9 and No. 48 . On February 5, 1803 he received a new battalion in Wesel , formed from the grenadier companies from regiments No. 9 and No. 44 . On January 20, 1806 he came to the command of the infantry regiment No. 9. There he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 27, 1806 . He participated in the Fourth Coalition War and was made inactive on August 10, 1807 with half pay. On January 2, 1808, he was scheduled for re-employment. On June 11, 1809, he was given the task of investigating the behavior of the officers from Schill's corps . On March 7, 1810, he was promoted to colonel , but without the associated pay increase. It was not used again until the Wars of Liberation . The Allies had recaptured the Duchy of Berg , and on November 9, 1813 General von Bülow had also taken over the Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg . A Bergische Brigade should be formed as soon as possible, therefore Jechner was promoted to major general on November 19, 1813 and assigned to Minister Freiherr vom Stein . Jechner, who comes from the Bergisches Land , should reorganize the country. On November 29, 1813, the central administration department issued an appeal to all patriots to report to the Bergische Brigade . On July 21, 1815, he retired with a pension of 1,500 thalers. He died in Düsseldorf on November 22, 1821, the last of his family.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Karl von Vechelde : Ferdinand von Schill and his crowd , p. 75f.
personal data
SURNAME Jechner, Bernhard Friedrich Moritz Joseph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Hackenberg near Bergneustadt (Oderberg district)
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1821
Place of death Dusseldorf