Eduard Heinrich von Treitschke

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Eduard Heinrich Treitschke , from 1821 von Treitschke (born January 2, 1796 in Dresden , † March 10, 1867 ibid) was a Saxon lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the youngest son of parents Karl Friedrich Treitschke , court and judiciary in Dresden, and his wife Friederike Elenore Charlotte, née Lindemann (1761–1802), daughter of Karl Ferdinand Lindemann (1714–1782), vice president of the Chamber of Commerce in Dresden and Member of the Restoration Commission .

Treitschke's eldest son was the historian Heinrich von Treitschke (1834-1896).

Military career

Treitschke attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden and received a humanistic education there. His youth was increasingly influenced by Napoleonic rule in Germany. After graduating from high school and only a few days after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, his wish to become a soldier was fulfilled. In 1813 he joined the 1st Infantry Regiment "Le Coq" of the Saxon Army as a flag junior . A year later he took part in the wars of freedom against Napoleon in Bülow's Dutch winter campaign and took part in the blockade corps in front of Antwerp and then in Maubeuge . However , the young officer did not take part in the decisive armed conflict against Napoleon at Belle Alliance (Waterloo): Field Marshal Blücher punished part of the Saxon army, to which Treitschke did not belong, for lack of discipline, and sent the entire Saxon army contingent home. Treitschke was stationed in Alsace until the end of the war and then returned to Saxony.

From July 1821 Eduard Heinrich and his brother Franz Adolph (1793–1848) worked as travel companions and educators for the descendants of Count Schönburg, who belonged to the high nobility . For this they were both raised to the hereditary Saxon nobility (resolution of the king of July 25, 1821, diploma of September 12, 1821). Eduard Heinrich von Treitschke promoted his military career through contacts with the Saxon royal family. In 1847 he was appointed as a major to the royal Saxon wing adjutant and was therefore always in the immediate vicinity of the king.

In 1848, Treitschke led the 1st Infantry Regiment “Prince Albert” as a colonel and commander. His command was short-lived, as in 1849 he took over essential tasks for the Saxon army at the request of King Friedrich August II . On the one hand, there was the strategic orientation of the army as a federal contingent of 6,000 men to the operational army in Schleswig-Holstein under the leadership of the Prussian field marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel . On the other hand, Eduard Heinrich von Treitschke was in 1849 chief of the general staff of the royal Saxon lieutenant general Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha , the commander of the reserve brigade in the campaign in Schleswig-Holstein (1848/51). There, in 1848, Treitschke played a major role in the elimination and capture of the Danish fleet in the battle near Eckernförde through a situation-related authority . For this he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry on July 4, 1849 .

View of the Königstein Fortress , who Treitschke headed as the fortress commander from 1859

In 1849 Treitschke was promoted to major general and at the same time chief of the newly established Saxon general staff. This office was later held by his nephew, General Heinrich Leo von Treitschke . Treitschke ended his activity as chief of the general staff in 1854 and took over the business of the military governor of Dresden on an interim basis. He ended this activity when he was appointed lieutenant general in 1859 to command the Königstein Fortress . Since he was followed by a Prussian commander, he was the last royal Saxon fortress commander.

Due to publications by his son Heinrich von Treitschke against the continued existence of the Saxon royal family, such as The Future of the North German Middle States in 1866 , Treitschke, as one of the most respected Saxon generals, found himself in need of explanation to the court and to the general public in Saxony. He expressed his solidarity with the royal family through public statements to his son, which put a strain on his family relationships.

Treitschke died in Dresden in 1867, one year after his release from duty.

Awards

Treitschke has received several awards for his services. So he got u. a .:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 55.
personal data
SURNAME Treitschke, Eduard Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1867
Place of death Dresden