Eduard von Tuchsen

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Eduard von Tuchsen as Colonel and Commander of the 7th Artillery Brigade

Ernst Heinrich Eduard von Tuchsen (born August 21, 1775 in Potsdam , † June 26, 1839 in Bamberg ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian major Friedrich Wilhelm von Tuchsen (1739-1791) and his wife Charlotte Friederike, née Wollweber. His father took part in the Battle of Leuthen during the Seven Years' War and was awarded the Pour le Mérite order in December 1786 .

Military career

Due to the early death of his mother, Tuchsen was raised in the military orphanage from 1785 . On May 1, 1791, he joined the Prussian Army's riding artillery as a bombardier . Tuchsen took part in the battles near Pirmasens and Weißenburg in 1793/1795 during the First Coalition War against revolutionary France . In mid-October 1797 he was promoted to second lieutenant . As such, Tuchsen fought again against France in 1806 in the Fourth Coalition War . He took part in the battle of Jena and the battle near Halle and was captured by the French on October 28, 1806 through the capitulation near Prenzlau .

Tuchsen was soon released and remained in active military service. Since August 22, 1808 he acted as adjutant to the General Inspector of Artillery, Prince August of Prussia . He rose to Staff Captain on, was born on March 19, 1812 Captain and simultaneously as a company commander in the Silesian Artillery Brigade added. With this association Tuchsen fought in 1813/1814 in the Wars of Liberation near Großgörschen , Großbeeren , Dennewitz , Leipzig , Laon . His achievements were recognized by the award of both classes of the Iron Cross and the Order of St. Vladimir IV class. He was also promoted to major on April 23, 1814.

At the beginning of December 1815 he was appointed department commander. In this position, Tuchsen worked from May 23, 1816 to June 21, 1821 in the Guard Artillery Brigade in Berlin. He was then appointed brigadier of the 7th Artillery Brigade (Westphalian) in Cologne . In this role, took place on 30 March 1824 was promoted to lieutenant colonel , and on March 30, 1829 , Colonel . On the occasion of the festival of the Order, Tuchsen received the Order of the Red Eagle III on January 20, 1833 . Class with a bow. Under awarding of the character he was parting with the law on January 26, 1834 Major General Pension granted.

family

Tuchsen married Karoline Henriette Maximilliane von Birckhahn (1776–1846) in Neustadt on January 23, 1815 . She was the daughter of the later Prussian major general Jakob Albrecht von Birkhahn (1733–1801). The couple's grave is located in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne . It was later converted into a sponsorship grave.

Others

The writer Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer also served as a young man in the 7th Artillery Brigade. He put his colonel as Der Alte or Colonel v. T. a literary monument, in that he made him one of the main characters in his soldiers' stories. In addition to the description of Hackländer, there is another description of this original.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite. 1740-1918. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-7648-2473-5 , p. 101.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper , number 866 of January 26, 1833, p. 4866.
  3. ↑ picture of the tomb. In: findagrave.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tuchsen, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuchsen, Ernst Heinrich Eduard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1839
Place of death Bamberg