Ernst Heinrich Dannhauer

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Ernst Heinrich Dannhauer (born April 7, 1800 in Neuruppin ; † July 16, 1884 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ernst was a son of Johann Heinrich Dannhauer and his wife Sophie Gertrude, née Gutschmidt.

Military career

Dannhauer joined the Guard Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army as a gunner on March 15, 1816, and on November 13, 1817, was portepeef ensign . From 1817 to 1819 he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School and in the meantime advanced to secondary lieutenant . After his return to the troop service, Dannhauer worked as a mathematics teacher in the brigade school of the Guards Artillery Brigade in 1827/28 and rose to prime lieutenant on October 1, 1830 . On March 30, 1833, he joined the General Staff of the V Army Corps as captain . This was followed by assignments in the General Staff of the II and I Army Corps . After he had been promoted to major at the end of April 1841 , Dannhauer was appointed Chief of the General Staff in the 1st Army Corps on October 5, 1846 . By early April 1851 he was promoted to colonel . On June 21, 1855 he was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade and on July 12, 1855 he was promoted to major general . On April 4, 1857 he came to the 3rd artillery inspection as an inspector.

On February 27, 1858, Dannhauer was transferred to the army officers and appointed first representative of the Federal Military Inspection in Frankfurt am Main . On November 22nd, 1858, he was charged with leading the Prussian occupation troops in the city. In this capacity he was promoted to lieutenant general on May 31, 1859, and received an annual salary of 4,000 thalers from June 16 in his position. On July 28, 1859, his pension entitlement to his rank as Lieutenant General was confirmed. He was released from command of the Prussian troops in Frankfurt on October 23, 1859 and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown at the end of November 1859 . On the occasion of the coronation celebrations of King Wilhelm I , he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves on October 18, 1861 . Dannhauer was then commissioned from December 19, 1863 to March 2, 1866 with the leadership of the high command over the federal troops in Frankfurt. He was then put up for disposal with a pension . He died on July 16, 1884 in Naumburg (Saale).

General von Krauseneck wrote in 1847: “Skilful and quick at work, punctually on duty, with a correct understanding and good judgment. In possession of a good knowledge, especially in the field of artillery, which weapon he used to belong to. As an officer of the general staff, he gained the satisfaction of the commanding general during major exercises; he led a detachment, mixed up with all weapons, to the satisfaction of the inspector. Also suitable for his current position as Chief of the General Staff in the 1st Army Corps. The commanding general of the corps has shown him his particular satisfaction. "

family

Dannhauer married on November 12, 1839 in Stettin Dorothea Albertine Fidler (1802–1879), daughter of the chief preacher Fidler († 1835). The couple had a son named Heinrich.

Fonts

  • The Reisswitz war game from its beginning to the death of the inventor in 1827. In: Military weekly . 56 (1874), p. 527ff.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dannhauer was the son of Frau Kämmerer's daughter-in-law Ebell, the sister of General Johann Heinrich von Günther , who was married to Dannhauer in her second marriage. When the general was reburied in 1840, he received the Order of the Black Eagle . See Old Prussian Monthly Journal, 1864, p.498
  2. ^ New German necrology for the year 1835. Part 2, p. 1264.
personal data
SURNAME Dannhauer, Ernst Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuruppin
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1884
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)