Carl von Cardell
Carl von Cardell (born April 24, 1764 in Demmin as Carl Friedrich Kobes , † September 17, 1821 in Stockholm ) was a German-Swedish officer and innovator of the Swedish artillery.
Life
He was the eldest son of Demmin mayor Carl Kobes and his wife Wilhelmine Kohlhard, a daughter of Demmin mayor Samuel Kolhard . His younger brother Friedrich Philipp rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Prussian army.
He first entered the Prussian military service, where he became an engineer and artillery officer. In 1789 he entered the Swedish service with the rank of captain in the Hintzenstern infantry battalion. After the battalion was disbanded, he became a captain in Psilanderhjelm's regiment.
In 1790 he was raised to the nobility (during the Saxon imperial vicariate ). Since then he has carried the name "von Cardell", which was chosen after his maternal grandmother.
In 1792 he was assigned to the artillery units lying in Swedish Pomerania . The following year he moved back to Sweden and became the commander of the mounted artillery after setting up a model company in Stralsund . Carl Gottfried Helvig accompanied him as his assistant . In 1799 he received the order to renew the artillery equipment of the Stralsund city fortifications . In 1799 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Wendesschen (Wendland) artillery regiment. In 1802 he became a colonel and in 1807 adjutant general and head of the regiment. During this time he was planning a complete reorganization of the Swedish artillery. During the Fourth Coalition War he distinguished himself on many occasions in 1807 in Pomerania and in 1813 he fought in the Wars of Liberation . In 1813 he was sent to reinforce the Prussian troops in the battle of Dennewitz , where his artillery brought about the decision in favor of Prussia. In the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig, he and the Swedish artillery reserve were under Blücher's orders and made a significant contribution to the displacement of the French troops from their positions. In the same year he was promoted to major general and awarded the order Pour le Mérite by the Prussian king .
In 1816 he was promoted to General Feldzeugmeister and commander of the entire Swedish artillery, which has now been renewed according to his proposals. In 1818 he founded the Higher Artillery School in Marieberg near Stockholm. In the same year he was raised to the status of Swedish baron. He was last promoted to lieutenant general in 1820.
In 1809 Carl von Cardell was admitted to the Swedish nobility , and in 1818 he was raised to the status of a Swedish baron . He was awarded successively with all levels of the Order of the Sword , most recently in 1817 he received the Grand Cross 1st Class. He was also awarded the Russian Order of Saint Vladimir .
Carl von Cardell's grave is at the Hedwig Eleonora Church in Stockholm.
He was married to Caroline Fliess from Berlin since 1790. She was a daughter of the Berlin banker Moses Isaak Fliess, who died in 1776, and converted to Christianity around 1780. There were no children from the marriage.
literature
- Cardell, Carl von . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 155 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Robert Oldach: Cardell, Carl Friedrich von . In: Dirk Alvermann , Nils Jörn (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern . Volume 2 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 48.2). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-22541-4 , pp. 56–60.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Members Inducted in 1813 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at pourlemerite.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cardell, Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kobes, Carl Friedrich; Cardell, Karl von; Cardell, Karl Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Lieutenant General, renewer of the Swedish artillery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Demmin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1821 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |