Eduard von Kallee

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General Eduard von Kallee

Eduard Kallee , from 1852 von Kallee , (born February 26, 1818 in Ludwigsburg , † June 15, 1888 in Stuttgart ) was a German major general and archaeologist .

Life

From 1841 Kallee was adjutant to the Württemberg chief of staff and, as first lieutenant, received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown and the associated nobility in 1852 . He also wore the Prussian Red Eagle Order IV class, the Knight's Cross of the Baden Order of the Zähringer Löwen , the Knight's Cross of the Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous and later the Commander's Cross of the Frederick Order .

He married Malwine Majer, and on December 18, 1854 their son Richard Kallee , who later became the parish priest of Feuerbach, was born . As early as 1860, Kallee was promoted to colonel on the basis of extraordinary signs of confidence from King Wilhelm I , whose illegitimate son he is considered to be . “The brilliantly gifted, urbane and successful General von Kallee, favored by the king with a clarity that was tantamount to an acknowledgment of paternity and precisely for that reason little appreciated by the queen and the crown prince, especially the rejuvenated likeness of the king, had a natural scientific inclination and talent together, ”wrote the historian Hansmartin Decker-Hauff about the young officer.

His mother Juliana Eleonora Kallee, b. Schüßler, born in Stuttgart and died there in 1839, was married to the castellan in the Royal Palace, Christian Wagner, and his second marriage to the widowed Queen's court gardener, Gottlieb Kallee. It is said that the king "patted young Kallee on the shoulder when he announced his decision to become an officer (and not a painter)," which he found to be an extraordinary sign of favor, because "the king did not easily touch anyone, himself Princes could rarely boast that he shook hands with them. "

As major general he reluctantly took part in the battles at Tauberbischofsheim and Gerchsheim. Although the Prussians were able to push back the Wuerttembergians thanks to their superior firepower, as the Wuerttemberg general staff chief he described the battle at Tauberbischofsheim as "not unfortunate" because the task had been solved despite some mistakes that had been made.

Hypocaust of the Roman bath in Rottenburg . Watercolor by Eduard von Kallee in autumn 1884.

From 1869 until the end of his life he devoted himself to literary, artistic and archaeological studies, especially research on the Roman Limes . He was an early excavator at the castles in Köngen , Benningen , Schirenhof and Unterböbingen . He chose the sites for his excavations primarily through a combination of military-strategic considerations. At the Limestor Dalkingen , which he interpreted as a field guard at the time , and in Rottenburg am Neckar , he made great contributions to the knowledge of his homeland's Roman past.

At the beginning of the 20th century, near the Tübingen mountain cemetery on Galgenbergstrasse, the " Kalleehöhe " was set up and named after Eduard von Kallee, a public viewing point and cultural landscape with orchards and dry stone walls.

Fonts

Watercolors

Eduard von Kallee was a passionate and highly valued Biedermeier painter of sketches, watercolors, copperplate engravings and oil paintings:

Web links

Commons : Eduard von Kallee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1854 , p. 51.
  2. ^ A b Eduard Kallee: From the political Biedermeier period. Memories and experiences of General Eduard Kallee in the Württemberg General Staff, in the War Ministry, in the diplomatic service and at the court of King Wilhelm 1st of Württemberg as well as at foreign courts. With two portraits of the general. Ed. U. increased by Richard Kallee. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1921.
  3. ↑ a b Heinz Krämer: Finished Feuerbach! Richard Kallee, pastor and historian. DRW Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 2004, ISBN 3-87181-016-9 .
  4. ^ A b Paul Sauer: Reformer on the royal throne: Wilhelm I. von Württemberg , ISBN 3-421-05084-8 , p. 163 and 595.
  5. ↑ Wolf von Engelhardt, Hansmartin Decker-Hauff: Sources on the founding history of the natural science faculty in Tübingen, 1859-1863. Mohr, 1963, page 28.
  6. ^ Find reports from Baden-Württemberg , Volume 28, Issue 1, p. 244.
  7. ^ Ordre de bataille of the 1st (Royal Württemberg) Division of the VIII Federal Army Corps in the German War of 1866
  8. ↑ Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg: Research. Vol. 2-5, W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 196.
  9. ↑ Karin Heiligmann: "Sumelocenna - Römisches Stadtmuseum Rottenburg am Neckar." Guide to archaeological monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1073-X
  10. ^ Franz J. Moegle-Hofacker: Detailed knowledge does not have to hurt. Archive news, published by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate No. 29 December 2004.
  11. ↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart, inventory M 660/009: Military (and historical) estate of Eduard von Kallée, Württ. Major General, Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff, Chief of the General Staff at the headquarters of the Württ. Field Division, commander of the 3rd Inf.Bigade, * 1818 † 1888.
  12. ↑ corner tower. ( Memento from October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the municipality of Köngen.
  13. ↑ Peter Rempis: The Great Guide to the Limes Museum Aalen in the Internet revision of 2004. Camp village (vicus) of Fort Köngen / Grinario - in 1783 wall foundations become visible in the vegetation ( Memento from September 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ^ Roman fort ( memento of November 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , Benningen am Neckar community.
  15. ↑ Castle Unterböbingen.
  16. ↑ Dieter Griesshaber: History of the excavations in Koengen , history and culture association Koengen eV
  17. ↑ Sumelocenna, Römisches Stadtmuseum Rottenburg am Neckar , K. Theiss, 1992, ISBN 380621073X .
  18. ↑ Mayor's Office Tübingen: 100th amendment to the land use plan of the Reutlingen-Tübingen neighborhood association (7.156 - 7.160).
  19. ↑ Kalleehöhe on TÜpedia.
personal data
SURNAME Kallee, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kallee, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1888
Place of death Stuttgart