Ernst von Braun (General)

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Lebrecht Johann Ernst Braun , von Braun since 1871 (born November 22, 1816 in Koblenz , † February 13, 1891 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and inspector of the 1st engineer inspection.

Life

origin

Ernst was a son of the Prussian major general Johann Braun (1771-1835) and his second wife Marie, née Michelsen (1784-1833).

Military career

After attending the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin, Braun joined the 1st Company of the Guard Pioneer Department of the Prussian Army as a pioneer on April 1, 1834 . For further training he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School for one year from October 1834 and on September 22, 1835 he became Portepeefähnrich . With promotion to Second Lieutenant , Braun was aggregated to the 1st Engineer Inspection on September 29, 1836 , returned to the Guards Pioneer Department in early October 1837, and was assigned to June 3, 1841. On May 15, 1843, he was promoted to adjutant of the department, was commanded for fortification in Poznan from July 1845 and was promoted to prime lieutenant at the end of December 1848 . With his promotion to captain on April 3, 1854, he was appointed commander of the 2nd company of his department. At the same time, from the end of May 1856, Braun also acted as a member of the examination commission for captains II class and prime lieutenants of the engineering corps . On June 27, 1857 Braun was appointed commander of the 6th Pioneer Division in Neisse and took over the Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8 in Koblenz on July 1, 1860 with promotion to Major . This was followed on February 8, 1861, a position as commander of the Guard Pioneer Battalion. In this capacity, Braun was awarded the Crown Order IV Class at the end of December 1862 and the Order of St. Stanislaus II Class in mid-June 1864 , and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on June 18, 1865 .

In the war against Austria , Braun led his battalion in 1866 in the battles near Burkersdorf and Königinhof . After the war, for his work with the Red Eagle IV. Class awarded with swords, he received on 31 December 1866 bore the character as a colonel . After being granted a patent on his rank of October 20, 1866, Braun was appointed inspector of the 1st Pioneer Inspection in Berlin on May 17, 1867. In mid-October 1867 he was awarded the Osmanje Order III. Class excellent.

When mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France in 1870, Braun was initially first engineer officer at the high command over the troops in the area of ​​the I. , II. , IX. and Xth Army Corps . He took part in the enclosures and sieges of Metz and Toul . At the siege of Soisson he was 1st engineer officer in the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps . Awarded the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross II. Class joined Brown after his demobilization on 25 April 1871 in its peace is back and was by Kaiser on June 16th, 1871 William I in the Prussian nobility raised .

After he had been assigned to the engineering committee on July 7, 1871 , Braun received the character of major general in mid-August 1871 and was appointed inspector of the 1st engineer inspection on October 12, 1872, with a patent for his rank of August 18, 1871 . At the same time, on February 11, 1873, he was also given responsibility for chairing the examination committee of the engineering corps. He was promoted to lieutenant general on November 21, 1877 and received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, on the occasion of the festival in January 1878. In approval of his resignation request , Braun was put up for disposal on April 13, 1878 with a pension . He died unmarried in Berlin on February 13, 1891 and was transferred to Gotha for burial on February 24, 1891 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 32 of April 19, 1878, p. 555.
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun, Lebrecht Johann Ernst von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and inspector of the 1st engineer inspection
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1891
Place of death Berlin