Franz Wilhelm von Barfus-Falkenburg

Franz Wilhelm August von Barfus-Falkenburg (also Barfus-Falkenberg; born January 15, 1788 in Berlin , † November 16, 1863 in Lindow ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He comes from the ancient aristocratic family Barfus in Altmark , which also includes Field Marshal Hans Albrecht von Barfus (1635–1704). His parents were the Prussian major Franz Heinrich von Barfus (born June 11, 1740 in Arendsee; † November 11, 1796 in Berlin) and his wife Leopoldine Wilhelmine Ernestine Charlotte, born von Young (born May 26, 1769 in Berlin; † 20. December 1816 in Berlin).

Military career

Barfus-Falkenburg became a cadet in Stolp in 1798 and then in Berlin in 1800. As an ensign he was employed on July 29, 1805 in the infantry regiment "von Kunheim" of the Prussian Army and took part in the battle of Auerstedt the following year . He was captured in the battle near Wismar and only put back into service after the Peace of Tilsit . As a secondary lieutenant (since 1808) he was assigned to the General War School from 1810 to 1812 . There he was among other things a student of Gerhard von Scharnhorst . He took part in the Wars of Liberation as Prime Lieutenant (from June 18, 1813) and adjutant to General von Horn and fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , the Katzbach , Leipzig ( Iron Cross II class), Ligny (Iron Cross I. . Class) and Waterloo . In recognition, he was on 16 November 1814. Staff Captain and on 10 April 1815 Captain transported.

After various adjutant positions he became major on August 9, 1817 and director of the division school of the 11th Division on September 24, 1820. On April 12, 1823 he was battalion commander in the 17th Infantry Regiment , on April 30, 1834 lieutenant colonel and on March 30, 1836 colonel . In the same year Barfus-Falkenburg became a knight of honor of the Order of St. John . On May 19, 1838 he was appointed commander of the 28th Infantry Regiment , which he had been in charge of since August 18, 1837. Since a wound on his thigh prevented him from riding, he could no longer be used at the front. Therefore, on April 7, 1842, he was promoted to major general and commander of Graudenz . A few months later he received the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with a bow. On July 11, 1850, he retired from active service with the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves.

In 1834 he acquired Reichenstein Castle on the Rhine and built a tower into his apartment. Because of the large number of kestrels he called them Falkenburg and on March 27, 1852 he received permission to name himself and his descendants "von Barfus-Falkenburg". He was a member of the Association for the History of the Mark Brandenburg and wrote a monograph on the most famous representative of his gender, Hans Albrecht von Barfus .

family

Barfus-Falkenburg married the captain's daughter Emma Agnes von Moellendorff (born February 1, 1796, † September 28, 1876 in Hanover) on November 4, 1819, from the Wudike family. The marriage had six children:

• Balduin Kuno Adelhard Franz (born October 2, 1822 in Breslau; † April 17, 1823)
• one daughter (born April 14, 1824 in Frankfurt (Oder))
• Adelbrecht Günther Eginhard Karl (* October 23, 1825 in Frankfurt (Oder); † January 18, 1890) ∞ Elisabeth von Saldern-Ahlimb (* December 10, 1835; † July 22, 1902)
• Berengar Konrad Wichart Ermanerich (born September 12, 1827 in Frankfurt (Oder); † November 17, 1828)
• Otto Berengar Balduin Theoderich (born January 4, 1830 in Düsseldorf; † August 26, 1870) ∞ Countess Clementine Marie von Bretzler (born October 24, 1830)
• Lothar Friedrich Werner Kuno Berengar (born June 23, 1835 in Wesel; † March 19, 1836 ibid)

With the sale of the castle in 1877, his descendants lost the right to call themselves “Barfus-Falkenburg”.

Works

• HA Count von Barfus . Royal Prussia. General Field Marshal. A contribution to the history of the Electors Friedrich Wilhelm and Friedrich III. of Brandenburg, especially the campaigns against the Turks in 1683, 1686, 1691 . Published by Wilhelm Hertz, Berlin 1854, as Digalisat at the Munich Digitization Center

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 45-47, no. 1684.
• Theodor Hermann Pratsch: Officer master list of the Infantry Regiment Graf Barfuss: (4th Westphalian) No. 17, from the establishment of the regiment on July 1, 1813 to October 1, 1907. Mittler, Berlin 1908
• Marcelli Janecki , Handbook of the Prussian Nobility, Volume 2, 1893, p.42

Individual evidence

1. ↑ His grave is the oldest still preserved in the garrison cemetery