Ernst von Craushaar

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Ernst Adolph von Craushaar (1815–1870)

Ernst Adolph von Craushaar (born April 7, 1815 in Hohenbocka , † August 18, 1870 at St. Privat ) was a royal Saxon major general , commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade and portrait painter.

Life

origin

Ernst comes from the electoral Hanoverian noble family von Craushaar . He was the eldest son of the Saxon captain Ernst von Craushaar (1782-1822) and his wife Margarete, née von Götz (1787-1820).

Military career

Craushaar visited the cadet house in Dresden and joined the 1st Infantry Regiment “Prince Anton” of the Saxon Army on July 1, 1835 as porter ensign . There he was promoted to captain until 1849 and in the same year he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Veridnet for suppressing the revolutionary unrest in Zwickau . Craushaar rose to lieutenant colonel by 1863 . As commander of the 12th Infantry Battalion, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Heinrich on June 21, 1866 for his behavior in the Battle of Königgrätz during the war against Prussia .

After the death of Brigadier General von Carlowitz , Craushaar took over command of the 3rd Infantry Brigade "Prince Georg" during the war . He was promoted to colonel in 1866 and major general on June 18, 1867. On March 2, 1868, he joined the 1st Infantry Brigade as a commander. Craushaar was equally excellent physically and mentally, and he was also highly trusted by his subordinates.

In the war against France Craushaar led on 18 August 1870 by 5 am the vanguard of the Saxon army corps . At 6 p.m., during the battle of Gravelotte , he led his brigade's attack on St. Privat. After his horse had been killed and most of the horses of the officers and those around him were also incapable of fighting, he stormed the target on foot with the battalions of his brigade, which had been separated into company columns. Just in the process of issuing some orders for concentric action against the enemy, a bullet hit him in the shoulder and backbone about 200 paces from the curtain wall of St. Privat, from which Craushaar died minutes later. At 7 o'clock in the evening the generally respected general passed away.

On the night of August 18-19, his body was housed in Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes and handed over to the earth cemetery on August 19 in the presence of Prince George of Saxony . Relatives later brought the body to Dresden . The monument created by Gustav Adolf Knittel near St. Privat is still there. There is also a commemorative plaque in the garrison church in Dresden.

In addition to his military activities, Craushaar was also known as a portrait painter in all circles of Saxony. Numerous pictures of him have survived. He was a student of the painter Ferdinand von Rayski .

family

Craushaar married Franzisca von Puteani (1814–1900) on May 28, 1838. The couple had four children:

  • Ernst Emanuel (* / † 1839)
  • Franziska ("Fanny") Margarete Auguste (* 1840)
  • Rudolf Ernst (* 1841), Saxon major a. D. ∞ Doris Emmeline Scheffler (* 1843)
  • Margarete Antonie Charlotte (* 1845) ⚭ 1869 Eduard von Pape (1835–1870), royal Saxon captain

literature

  • Wilhelm Krause: Memorial hall for the German warriors who died in the 1870/71 campaign and who subsequently died. Volume 1, p. 31.
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, pp. 189f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families in an exact, complete and generally understandable description: with historical and documentary evidence. P. 98f.
  2. ^ Margarete Elisabeth von Götz . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Third volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1899, p. 152–152 ( dlib.rsl.ru - Hohenbocka House).
  3. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 58.
  4. ↑ http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/dkm_deutschland/dresden-neustadt_garnisonskirche_sachs.htm
  5. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. Twenty-ninth year, Gotha 1879, p. 686.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Krause: Memorial hall for the German warriors who fell in the 1870/71 campaign and who subsequently died. Volume 1, p. 379.
personal data
SURNAME Craushaar, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craushaar, Ernst Adolph von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Saxon major general and commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenbocka
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1870
Place of death St. Private