Friedrich August von Etzel

Friedrich August von Etzel (originally O'Etzel ). (Born October 16, 1808 in Berlin ; † December 25, 1888 there ) was a Prussian infantry general and politician and a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

family

Friedrich August came from an originally Irish noble family . He was the son of the later Prussian major general Franz August O'Etzel (1784-1850) and his wife Elise Adelheid, nee Hitzig (1789-1866). After the Prussian recognition of the nobility on June 25, 1846, the von Etzel family called themselves.

Military career

Etzel attended schools in Berlin and Koblenz and studied in Berlin. After extensive travels, he joined the Guard Rifle Battalion of the Prussian Army on November 3, 1824 as a rifleman . Here he was promoted to second lieutenant until October 14, 1826 and attended the General War School from 1831 to 1834 . Between 1835 and 1837 Etzel was a teacher at the Corps School of the Guard Corps . In the years 1837 to 1840 he was assigned to the topographic office . In 1842 he became captain of the General Staff and in 1844 he moved to the General Staff of the II Army Corps . As a major , he served again in the Great General Staff from 1848. During the revolution of 1848/49 he was also the telegraph director. Etzel was chief of the general staff of the mobile division "von Hirschfeld" in Jutland during the campaign against Denmark in 1849 . He took part in the battles Alminde , Viuf , Veile and Aarhus and was wounded.

In 1850 he was entrusted with military negotiations in Copenhagen . Then he was from 1850 to 1851 teacher of tactics at the General War School. In 1853 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed head of department in the great general staff. Three years later, he was promoted to colonel . In 1857 Etzel was appointed commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment in Minden . Under position à la suite, he was commissioned on May 19, 1859 with the command of the 32nd Infantry Brigade . At the end of the month Etzel was promoted to major general and appointed commander of this brigade . In 1860 he was given command of the 29th Infantry Brigade in Cologne and again in 1863 of the 32nd Infantry Brigade. At the same time he was commander of the Prussian troops in the city of Frankfurt am Main . In the same year, on December 19, he was given the command of the 16th division , appointed commander on January 4, 1864, and in this position promoted to lieutenant general on June 25, 1864 .

During the war against Austria Etzel took part in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz in 1866 . In the same year he became director of the War Academy. During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France he was appointed Commanding General of the Deputy General Command of the IX. Army Corps . In this position Etzel received the character of General of the Infantry on July 26, 1870 . After the Peace of Frankfurt he was first transferred to the army officers and on July 22, 1871 Etzel was appointed governor of Stettin . His longstanding achievements found expression on August 29, 1871 when he was awarded the Order of the Crown, 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Order of the Red Eagle with oak leaves and swords on the ring. On October 19, 1871 Etzel was finally with the statutory board for disposition made.

politics

Etzel was in the second legislative period of the German Reichstag from 1874 to 1877 a member of parliament as a member of the constituency of Minden 1 (Minden-Lübbecke). He belonged to the faction of the National Liberal Party .

family

He married Fanny Luise Marianne Nernst (1816-1884) on November 5, 1838 in Tilsit . She was the daughter of the Chief Postal Director Hermann Nernst. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Fransiska Beatrix Martha (* 1840)
• Walter Franz August Albert (1847–1893), Prussian lieutenant colonel and knight of the Order of St. John ⚭ 1879 Countess Helene von Königsmarck (born January 23, 1856)

Like his father, he belonged to the Freemasons' Association and was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge "Zur Eintracht".

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 51-52, no. 2144.
• Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 6. Leipzig 1906, pp. 147-148. Digitized
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1913. Seventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1912, p. 208.

Web links

• von Etzel, Fri. August in the database of the members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Friedrich August von Etzel . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New General Adelslexikon. Volume 3, Leipzig 1861, p. 172. Digitized
2. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 81, no. 1714.
3. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition, Verlag Carl Heymann, Berlin 1904, p. 135; see. also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag. Verlag Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 85.