Bernhard Otto von Hedemann

Bernhard Otto von Hedemann (born October 30, 1763 in Hemmelmark ; † January 10, 1818 in Schleswig ) was a German officer in the Danish service, most recently major general.

Life

Bernhard Otto von Hedemann was a son of the gentleman on Hemmelmark with Morberg and Grünenhof, Louisenberg and Hohenstein Johann Christoph Georg von Hedemann (born July 18, 1729 in Dorste ; † June 17, 1781 in Hemmelmark ) from his second marriage to Davidia Margaretha von Drieberg (* August 5, 1735 in Schleswig ; † November 23, 1795 in Hemmelmark ). He had nine brothers and two sisters; Hartwig Johann Christoph von Hedemann was his oldest brother.

At the age of 12 he entered the Danish military service as a cadet in 1775 and became a second lieutenant in the cavalry regiment in 1779 . In 1783 he was first lieutenant and received in 1788 the character as captain . From 1793 chief of a squadron , he was designated major in 1803 and prime major in 1806 . In 1809 he received the character and in 1810 the patent as a lieutenant colonel . Characterized colonel since 1812 , he became chief of the Holstein cavalry regiment on October 18, 1813. In the Battle of Sehestedt on December 10, 1813, he suffered a serious head injury. He lost an eye and suffered permanent damage; that he survived at all was attributed to the medical art of the Kiel surgeon Johann Leonhard Fischer . Fischer's life-saving treatment by Hedemann was considered by contemporaries to be the greatest masterpiece of the art of wound medicine .

In 1816 he took his leave, where he was given the character of major general. He was a royal Danish chamberlain .

Bernhard Otto von Hedemann died after a long suffering from the consequences of his wound.

He was married to Antoinette (Jeannette) Elisabeth Christiane, born in 1785. by Scriver (1764-1848). The couple had five children, including the Danish court marshal Adolph Otto Wilhelm von Hedemann (1793–1849). The Danish admiral Anton Rudolph von Hedemann (1816–1897) was his grandson.

literature

Danmarks adels aarbog 15 (1898), p. 169
Detlev Lorenz Lübker, Hans Schröder: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828. p. 228 (confusion with brother Hartwig Johann Christoph von Hedemann )
Paul von Hedemann-Heespen : History of the family von Hedemann. Volume 3, Augustin, Glückstadt 1919 digitized , p. 49f

Individual evidence

↑ See the stem series in Danmarks adels aarbog 15 (1898), pp. 162–186

↑ Otto Frederik Vaupell: Den danske haers historie til nutiden og den norske haers historie, indtil 1814. Copenhagen 1876, p. 589

↑ Hedemann-Heespen (lit.), p. 50

↑ Leipziger Zeitung . 1818, p. 252 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2017]).

^ C. With: Hedemann, Anton Rudolph . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 7 : I. Hansen – Holmsted . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1893, p. 189-190 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hedemann, Bernhard Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer in the Danish service, most recently major general
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hemmelmark
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1818
Place of death	Schleswig

[1] See the stem series in Danmarks adels aarbog 15 (1898), pp. 162–186

[2] Otto Frederik Vaupell: Den danske haers historie til nutiden og den norske haers historie, indtil 1814. Copenhagen 1876, p. 589

[3] Hedemann-Heespen (lit.), p. 50

[4] Leipziger Zeitung . 1818, p. 252 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2017]).

[5] C. With: Hedemann, Anton Rudolph . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 7 : I. Hansen – Holmsted . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1893, p. 189-190 (Danish, runeberg.org ).