Ernst von Schrader (officer)

Ernst von Schrader (born October 4, 1781 in Clausthal ; † March 18, 1848 in Braunschweig ) city commander of the garrison town of Braunschweig , was a Braunschweig lieutenant general who took part in the wars of liberation as an officer in the Braunschweig Hussars .

Early years

As the son of a senior mining official, Schrader first learned about mining and metallurgy, but in 1798 he joined the Rudorff (formerly Ziethen) hussar regiment, which was stationed in Berlin , as a volunteer . Since the Prussian army did not offer him any opportunities for advancement into the officer career, he quit his service and went to Bergeleve in 1804 to work in the profession he had learned. As early as 1806, after the battle of Jena and Auerstedt , he returned to Prussian service as a volunteer in the Hussar Regiment Count Götzen (2nd Silesian) No. 6 , where he was promoted to lieutenant.

In the service of the Black Duke

As one of the first Prussian officers, he left the army in 1809 without saying goodbye to join the black crowd of Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig in Nachod . He was quickly noticed by the duke and was appointed staff assistant master. On July 24, 1809, he was given command of the hussar regiment, which he retained even after the Black Company had joined English service.

The hussars of the Braunschweig contingent in English service were not moved to Spain until 1812.

On the Iberian Peninsula and Italy 1812 to 1814

With his hussar regiment, Schrader served under Sir John Murray, Lord William Bentinck and General Clinton. He stood out especially in the Battle of Villafranca . After the fighting in Spain, his unit was transferred to Sicily in the spring of 1814 , where he held the post of commander of the Citadel of Messina , and in the summer of 1815 to Genoa .

In Braunschweig after 1815

In 1816 the hussar regiment returned to Braunschweig, where it was disbanded. Schrader was put on waiting , promoted to colonel in 1818, and a member of the Military Administration Commission in 1822. He was ennobled by Duke Charles II in 1826, made Vice-President of the War College and Major General. The following year he became commander of the infantry regiment . Duke Wilhelm appointed him Garrison Commander of Braunschweig in 1835 and Lieutenant General in 1839. He retired in January 1847.

literature

• Bernhard von Poten :  Schrader, Ernst von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 427.
• Roger Reckewell: Schrader, Ernst von (1826). In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 542 .
• Jürgen Hodemacher: Braunschweig's streets - their names and their stories. Volume 3: Outside the city ring. Elm Verlag, Cremlingen / Braunschweig 2001, ISBN 3-926701-48-X .
• H. Dehnel: Memories of German officers in British service from the war years 1805–1816. P. 318 f. ( books.google.de ).