Carl Zimmermann (Major General, 1813)
Carl Friedrich Zimmermann (born May 8, 1813 in Neuwedell ; † August 16, 1889 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian major general and cartographer and most recently head of the topographical department of the Great General Staff .
Life
origin
He was the son of the first lieutenant a. D. and government secretary Karl Heinrich Theodor Zimmermann (* 1778) and his wife Karoline Charlotte Dorothea Johanna, née von der Osten .
Military career
Zimmermann attended high school in Köslin and joined the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Stargard in Pomerania on January 15, 1831 as a musketeer and three-year-old volunteer . He worked his way up from a humble background. Due to his excellent achievements in the field of cartography and topography , he was also known outside of military circles. For the geographer Carl Ritter he drew maps for his description of the earth of Inner Asia and Africa. He also published his own works that caught the attention of Alexander von Humboldt and War Minister Boyen . Both contacted him personally and he was Boyen's adjutant from 1841 to 1843. He later worked in the land survey and introduced the tipping rule , which enabled a significant improvement in the survey.
As a major , Zimmermann worked in the General Staff of the V Army Corps from the end of May 1854 to the beginning of December 1857 , then in the General Staff of the 12th Division (German Empire) , where he became lieutenant colonel on May 22, 1858 . As such, he was appointed director of the United Divisional Schools of III on August 7, 1858 . Army Corps appointed. On the occasion of the mobilization due to the Sardinian War , Zimmermann was given command of the mobile 12th Landwehr Regiment in June 1859. In May 1860 he returned to the General Staff, became a colonel on July 1, 1860 , and in January 1865 head of the topographic department of the General Staff. For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the German War , Zimmermann was head of department in the Deputy General Staff in 1866. He was finally put up for disposition on August 12, 1873, with the character of major general .
He was buried on August 19, 1889 in the Luisenfriedhof.
family
Zimmermann had married Klara Friederike Johanna Engels (1827-1903) on January 30, 1851 in Berlin. She was the daughter of the later Prussian major general Friedrich Ludwig Engels (1790–1855).
Works
- Geographical analysis of an attempt to depict Russia's theater of war against Khiva. G. Reimer, Berlin 1840 ( digitized version )
- Geographical analysis of the map of Inner Asia. Volume 1, G. Reimer, Berlin 1841 ( digitized version )
- Theater of war in Inner Asia or remarks on the general map of Afghanistan, the Penjab and the countries on the lower Indus. EH Schroeder, Berlin 1842 ( digitized version )
- Reconquest of Frankfurt am Main by the Prussians in 1794.
- Memorandum about the lower course of the Oxus to the Karabugas lagoon of the Caspian Sea and about the stream of the Ochus, or Tedshen the modern, to the Balkan Bay; together with an appendix of strange news about the Turanian lands, as an addendum to the geographical analysis of an attempt to represent the Aralo-Caspian die. A letter to Mr. Alexander von Humboldt. G. Reimer, Berlin 1845 ( digitized version )
- Attempt to build the map of Galilee by Carl Zimmermann. Colonel aggr. the Gr. General staff. According to the research of the late Dr. Ernst Gustav Schulz , Royal Prussian Consul in Jerusalem . D. Reimer, Berlin 1861 ( digitized version )
- Geographical analysis of the attempt to build the map of Galilee along with the small maps of the Gilboa mountains, the Jafat rock and the Crusader stronghold of Accon. Mostly published after the research of the late Dr. Ernst August Schulz, formerly Royal. Preuss. Consul in Jerusalem . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1861 ( digitized version )
literature
- Heinrich von Löbell : Carl Zimmermann, Royal Prussian Major General z. D. In: Annual reports on changes and advances in the military. XVII. Volume, Berlin 1890, p. 452 ( digitized version )
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 411-412, no. 2671b.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpenter, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimmermann, Carl Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwedell |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1889 |
| Place of death | Charlottenburg |