Carl von Bechtold
Carl Philipp Ludwig Bechtold , from 1829 von Bechtold , (born January 26, 1791 in Darmstadt ; † May 2, 1866 there ) was a Hessian officer and member of parliament.
origin
Carl Bechtold was the eldest son of the Hesse-Darmstadt Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff Johann Philipp Karl Bechtold (1762-1809, killed in the Battle of Wagram ) and his wife Caroline née Jäckel (1765-1823). His brother Friedrich von Bechtold became a Hessian minister, his brother Christian von Bechtold (born April 29, 1798 - February 1, 1880) became a colonel, his brother Ludwig von Bechtold died at the age of 31 as an accessist (candidate in administrative service). The family was raised to the grand ducal Hessian nobility on February 17, 1829 and then bore the name of Bechtold.
Life
Like his father, Carl von Bechtold also embarked on a military career. In 1805 he joined the army of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt as a free corporal . In 1806 he became second lieutenant in the 1st Leibfüsilier Battalion and took part in the campaign against France in the same year. Then he served from 1808 in the Guard Fusilier Battalion. From November 1808 to March 1809 he completed war studies in Metz and from March 1809 to January 1810 took part in the war against Austria on the French side, as Hessen-Darmstadt had joined the Rhine Confederation in 1806. In 1809 he became Premier Lieutenant in the Guard Fusilier Battalion and was awarded the Ludewig Order. A second study visit to Metz lasted from June 1810 to March 1811. From February 1812 to March 1813 he took part in the Russian campaign. In 1813 he became captain of the 2nd Life Guard Battalion and from March took part in the sixth coalition war. During the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, he was taken prisoner by the Prussians. After Hessen-Darmstadt left the Rhine Confederation in November 1813, he was able to return to Darmstadt in December to take part in the campaign against France from February 1814 to July 1814 and from May 1815 to November 1815.
In 1829 he became major and commander of the 2nd Leibregiment. In 1833 he moved as a major to the War Ministry of the government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , where in 1841 he became head of the 1st section. In 1841 he was promoted to colonel, in 1847 he was given the character of major general.
After the March Revolution he resigned from the Ministry in 1848 and became the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade. After the September riots , on October 24, 1848, he became supreme commander of the federal troops in the Free City of Frankfurt . When the Baden uprising broke out in 1849, he was given command of the 2nd Division of the Neckar Corps. In the battle near Gernsbach an der Murg (June 29, 1849) he successfully commanded the Neckar Corps, which was composed of Prussian, Mecklenburg, Bavarian, Kurhessian and Nassau troops. This prompted him to write an article on the "necessity of an agreement on the same command words in the German armed forces" (Darmstadt 1856), a text that "primarily sought to fulfill the purpose of bringing the armed forces of the German Confederation to tactical unity and so on." far ahead of its time ".
On January 1, 1853, he was appointed commander of the residence. This was connected with the transfer to the suite du corps and the character of a lieutenant general. On January 20, 1853, he was temporarily retired on request. In 1865 he became the 2nd owner of the 1st Infantry Regiment. Among the many awards that he received in the course of his career were the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Grand Cross of the Zähringer Order of Lions.
From 1851 to 1856 he was a member of the first chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , appointed by the Grand Duke . On January 18, 1851, he took his deputy oath.
family
Carl von Bechtold, who was a Protestant denomination, married Helene Klees (1796–1865) from Frankfurt am Main on August 14, 1817 in Darmstadt. The following children were born from the marriage:
- Karl Ludwig Christian (1818–1879), captain a. D. ∞ 1851 Marie Sommer (born January 17, 1833)
- Ludwig (1820–1846), later became an architect,
- Georg Friedrich (1821–1880), Hessian court judge a. D. ∞ 1854 Anna Marie Sommer (* November 4, 1835; † September 2, 1857)
- Helene Karoline Friederike Elise (1825–1896) ∞ 1854 Georg Adam Wiener († October 5, 1887), kuK Konsul a. D.
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 66.
- Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , pp. 145-146.
- Military newspaper, Volume 19, 1866, Nekrolog
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1908 p.41ff older genealogy, 1913 p.41f
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the infantry regiment physical Grossherzogin (3. Grossherzogl. Hessian), Appendix p.122
- ^ Bernhard von Poten: Concise dictionary of the entire military sciences, with explanatory illustrations. Velhagen & Klasing, 1877, p. 444. ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bechtold, Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bechtold, Carl Philipp Ludwig von (full name); Bechtold, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hessian general and member of parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1866 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |