Ferdinand Stucker

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Portrait of Ferdinand Stucker 1870

Ferdinand Stucker (born September 24, 1772 in Weyerhof ; † December 23, 1824 in Moravia ) was a German lawyer and freedom fighter at the time of the coalition wars, most recently as a lieutenant colonel in the Austrian army .

Life

His full name was Ferdinand Maria Stucker . He was the son of the lawyer Mathias Liborius Stucker, who lived on the Weyerhof . After completing his studies, he entered the judicial service in 1795.

The French period

The French era began for Bensberg in September 1795 when French troops marched in. This resulted in numerous looting in the whole area. Behind the new castle a camp was set up in 1795 with 800 infantry and 400 horsemen, all of whom had to be looked after. In this situation, Stucker teamed up with other freedom-minded friends, including the so-called hero pastor Johann Peter Ommerborn , in order to fight the looters with them. Overall, Stucker was able to fall back on around 200 helpers for his actions after a short time. This enabled him to face the French, kill many of them and snatch some of the booty away from them. A number of homesteads could also be protected in good time from the looting.

The fight on the Hohnsberg

For the November 18, 1795 had been planned, with a large number of gunmen on the Hohnberg between Much and Marialinden to meet and then together with the imperial outpost hussars under captain Grisar about Overath vorzubrechen to Bensberg, the general order there Lefebvre to retreat to to force. From Lindlar and Wipperfürth to the lower Agger , the church also called on to drive out the robber gangs. On the evening of November 17th, noisy fires burned on the heights on either side of the Agger, and the storm bells rang in the night . But this plan had been betrayed to the French. On the morning of November 18 armed peasants hurried from all sides towards Much to the Hohnsberg, where the assembly point was. Some wore shotguns and sabers , others had axes and scythes, or even medieval halberds . When the first country folk arrived, it turned out that they were surrounded by French troops. Most of them managed to escape. But there was also fighting. Stucker was seriously wounded.

The Bergisch hero

After his recovery he went to the Imperial Army as an officer. His comrades called him the Bergisch hero. In the Battle of Leipzig he saw Napoleon's troops being driven out.

Awards and honors

  • In 1802 he was elevated to the status of imperial baron as Ferdinand Stucker von Weyerhof under the nickname of the house where he was born .
  • The formerly independent town of Bensberg named Ferdinand-Stucker-Strasse after him between 1920 and 1930 .
  • In 1931 a memorial was erected to him on Deutsches Platz in Bensberg.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Montanus : The heroes and citizens and farmers on the Lower Rhine , published by Fr. Aug. Arndt, Opladen 1870
  2. ^ Richard Zörner: Das Kreisheimathaus in Bensberg , in the yearbook of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis 1938, p. 100
  3. ↑ Helden und Helden-Macher, Bergisch Landeszeitung, August 7, 2009, accessed on March 5, 2015
  4. ^ Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 301, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
  5. ↑ Willi Fritzen: Bensberg, there where we live , p. 61, ISBN 978-90-288-5439-0

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personal data
SURNAME Stucker, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Weyerhof (Bergisch Gladbach)
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1824
Place of death Moravia