Eduard von Peucker

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Eduard von Peucker, copper engraving by Auguste Hüssener

Eduard Peucker , from 1816 von Peucker (born January 19, 1791 in Schmiedeberg , † February 10, 1876 in Berlin ) was a Prussian general of the infantry . In 1848/1849 he served as Reich Minister of War in the German central authority and then in the Federal Central Commission .

Life

origin

Peucker came from an old Silesian family who lived in Bernstadt an der Weide (Lower Silesia) in 1664 . He was the son of the merchant and landowner Christian Peucker and his wife Christiane Henriette, née Klaußen.

Military career

After attending the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau , Peucker joined the 4th foot company of the Silesian artillery brigade on June 24, 1809 . The suggestion for this came from the Prussian military leader Gneisenau , whom Peucker had previously met with relatives. He was appointed second lieutenant in 1811 and took part in the campaign against Russia from 1812 . He stood out with his military skills, received several awards and was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on June 7, 1815 . On May 16, 1816 he was raised to the nobility and transferred to the War Ministry in June.

Until 1842 he was promoted to major general and joined the Federal Military Commission in Frankfurt am Main as Prussian military commissioner in May 1848 . Here on July 15, 1848, the Reichsverweser Archduke Johann appointed him Reich Minister of War . Together with his ministerial colleague Anton von Schmerling , he published the homage decree , and in the days of September Peucker directed the subjugation of the insurgents in Frankfurt am Main. After he had been promoted to Prussian lieutenant general on May 8, 1849 , his cabinet resigned on May 10, 1849 after Prussia's rejection of the imperial constitution. But he was also a member of the last two conservative cabinets of the central government and, for a time, of the Federal Central Commission , which took over federal affairs from the Reich government.

On June 10, 1849, he received command of the federal corps that had been formed to overthrow the Baden Revolution . In December 1849 he became a member of the Federal Central Commission for the Preservation of the German Confederation for Prussia , and in December 1850 he went to Kassel as Prussian military commissioner . The mission only lasted until February 1851 (see autumn crisis 1850 ).

Peucker then lived in Berlin for a few years without official obligations, before he was appointed General Inspectorate of Military Education in 1854 and earned merit by reorganizing the Prussian military schools and improving teaching methods. On November 22, 1858, Peucker was appointed general of the infantry. From 1860 he was an honorary doctor of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Swords on the Ring on October 18, 1861 and knighted the Order of the Black Eagle on March 17, 1863 .

On November 21, 1872, he submitted his resignation. He was then granted a pension and at the same time appointed chief of the Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 6 . In addition, Peucker was appointed to the Prussian mansion for life on November 24, 1872 .

After his death on February 10, 1876, Peucker was buried on February 13 in the Dorotheenstadt cemetery .

family

Peucker was married twice. On December 8, 1816, he married Christiane (* December 8, 1792 in Berlin; † September 7, 1817 ibid), the daughter of the war council Werner Friedrich Rimpler. After her death, Peucker married on November 19, 1820 in Zeesen, Clara Countess von der Schulenburg-Ottleben (* February 8, 1802 in Ottleben; † August 17, 1837 in Berlin). The first marriage was childless. The following children emerged from the second:

  • Clara (born November 20, 1821 in Berlin) ∞ District Administrator von Niebelschütz on Dahwe
  • Eduard (born November 4, 1823 in Berlin, † April 13, 1897 in Flechtingen)
  • Werner (born March 19, 1825 in Berlin; † May 27, 1825 ibid)

Works

  • The German war system of primeval times in its connections and interactions with the simultaneous state and popular life. 3 parts (Berlin 1860-64) ( digitized volume 2 )
  • Contributions to illuminating some of the foundations for Germany's future military constitution. Frankfurt am Main 1848.

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personal data
SURNAME Peucker, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peucker, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmiedeberg
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1876
Place of death Berlin