Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn

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Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn (born December 13, 1778 in Moritzburg , † November 9, 1839 in Radeberg ) was a German officer and major (Saxony) of the artillery of the Saxon Army and knight of the French Legion of Honor . In 1839 Probsthayn was given a memorial in the Radeberg churchyard , see list of monuments, sculptures and honorary plaques in Radeberg .

Life

Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn began his career in the Saxon Army in 1795. He was promoted to Rittmeister of the Royal Saxon Artillery Corps and subsequently to Rittmeister of the Artillery and held the rank of Major and Commander of the 2nd Brigade of Horse Artillery. On April 18, 1800, he advanced to the rank of junker. After phases of barracks service, the winless battles against Napoleon's army in Jena and Erfurt followed in 1806 . He received his patent as a junker on January 8, 1806. After the Peace of Posen on December 11, 1806, the Saxon king subordinated his army to the Rhine Confederation . Thus Probsthayn participated with the French in 1807 in the siege of Linz , the successful battle near Dornach and the victorious battle near Wagram on July 5th and 6th, 1809 against Austria .

1812

In March 1812 the Saxons marched eastwards as part of the Federation of the Rhine. The victorious Battle of Podobna (Battle of Gorodeczno) on July 31, 1812 was part of Napoleon's Russian campaign and brought Probsthayn promotion to Prime Lieutenant on April 18, 1813. The further advance to Moscow there was one from August 26 to September 7 bitter successful and costly battle near Borodino , on September 14 the remnants of the Saxon army marched into Moscow. The retreat of the armies of the Rhine Confederation from Moscow began on December 14, 1812. The losses of the Russian campaign were very high for the Saxons, of the 28,000-strong army only a small fraction survived. During the Wars of Liberation , Probsthayn took part in the successful battle of Großgörschen with the Rhine Confederation Army . Further battles with the Rheinbund army followed at Reichenbach , Haynau and Großbeeren . This was followed by the lost battle at Dennewitz on September 6, 1813 . There, Prussian, Russian and Swedish troops defeated the French army and the Saxons allied with it. The Battle of the Nations near Leipzig from October 16-19, 1813 was also the decisive battle for the Saxon Army. For his services at the Battle of Bautzen on May 20 and 21, 1813, Probsthayn received the cross of the French Legion of Honor, Orden Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur No. 41,538, patent issued October 12, 1813.

1813

In November 1813 the Saxons besieged the Torgau fortress . Then the corps gathered near Merseburg for reorganization under General von Thielmann.

In December 1813 the Saxon army with Major Probsthayn was incorporated into the 3rd German Army Corps and took part in the campaign against France. On February 2, 1814, the Saxon army marched west under the command of General Le Coq . In March the army corps was reinforced with General von Thielmann and another 7,000 men. The Saxon corps with Probsthayn then moved to the Maubeuge and besieged it from March 21st. Other Saxon troops took part in the siege of Antwerp . With the conquest of Paris and the fall of Napoleon, General Nicolas-Joseph Maison signed an armistice and ended the spring campaign of 1814. The 3rd Army Corps was deployed in Flanders as an army of occupation.

1815

During the summer campaign of 1815, Saxon units were used to siege Schlettstadt and to observe the city of Neu-Breisach . The Saxon corps was relocated to the Nord department in January 1816. In December 1818, the Saxon troops marched home.

1818

After the return of the Saxon troops from France, the army was reformed again. However, due to the territorial and population losses of Saxony as a result of the Congress of Vienna , this did not develop much. During the first years of peace after the Napoleonic Wars, new regulations for military justice, exercise, administration and disciplinary sanctions and their application were created.

1821

According to the Federal War Constitution of April 9, 1821, Saxony provided the fourth largest contingent in the armed forces of the German Confederation after Austria, Prussia and Bavaria. For this army corps, the Kingdom of Saxony also provided the general staff and held the high command. On December 1, 1825, Probsthayn was granted the title of captain 1st class and was appointed major in the Artellerie Horse Brigades . During the unrest of the July Revolution of 1831, the Saxon military was sometimes used to suppress it. The new constitution of the Kingdom of Saxony in 1832 resulted in a further military reform, in whose participation Probsthayn was also significantly involved, as well as in the conscription introduced from 1834. Probsthayn died on November 9th, 1839 in Radeberg, the location of the Saxon artisan brigades. His tombstone, a memorial of honor, was erected by Lieutenant and Adjutant Ludwig Albert Schmalz and Pastor and Superindentant Ernst Wilhelm Martini on the churchyard at the town church in Radeberg . The memorial has the following inscriptions:


Front
Mr. Friedr. Gottl.
Probsthayn
Königl. Saxon. Major and
commander of the brigade riding.
Artellerie zu Radeberg
born December 13th 1778
zu Moritzburg
died November 7th 1839
zu Radeberg


Service period 44 years
Campaigns:
1806, 1813, 1814 and 1815
Battles:
near Jena, Bautzen, Großbeeren and Leipzig
Battles:
near Reichenbach, Leopolshayn, Altjauer, Nunsdorf,
Wittstock and Kleinwelka
Blockades:
near Torgau, Antwerp, Lille, Courdray and Neubreisbach

Left side :
Knight of
the Royal. french Legion of Honor
with this, in the case of a glorious deed
in the battle of Bautzen,

back of the plinth:
This memorial
erects
those left behind out of love and gratitude


Renewed on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bautzen
on May 20 and 21, 1813
Restored in April 1906

literature

  • Jürg Nagel: Saxon soldiers 1810 to 1815: Brief illustrated history of the Royal Saxon Army and its regiments in the Wars of Liberation. Engelsdorfer Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95744-727-2 .
  • German book of soldiers, hiking and drinking songs. Publishing house “Der Kamerad”, Berlin-Wannsee 1913, No. 3.
  • Manfried Rauchsteiner: The battle near Deutsch-Wagram. (= Military History Series. Issue 36). East Bundesverlag, Vienna 1984, p. 17.
  • Jörg Tietze: The Saxon Artillery Corps: The Regimental Artillery 1806-1815. Books on Demand, Norderstedt: 2017 ISBN 978-3-7460-1664-1 .
  • Jörg Tietze: The Saxon Artillery Corps: The History of Horse Artillery 1810–1813. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0615-5 .
  • Konrad Probsthain, Jörg Titze: Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn - Diary from May 14, 1813 to March 29, 1814. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2016, p. 34ff.
  • Wolfgang Müller, Sächsische Zeitung , ed. 4th / 5th July and 11./12. July 1981.
  • Dieter Miedtank, Rolf Rehe, Manfred Beyer: Disappeared monuments - destroyed - forgotten. (= Military writings of the working group Saxon military history e.V., issue 7). Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-9809520-1-0 , p. 29.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Memorial to Mr. Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn; Print CSKrausche Camenz
  2. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner: The battle near Deutsch-Wagram. (= Military History Series. Issue 36).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f The Saxon Artillery Corps. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0615-5
  4. ↑ a b c d e Friedrich Gottlieb Probsthayn - Diary from May 14, 1813 to March 29, 1814. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2016, p. 34ff.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Jörg Tietze: The regimental artillery 1806–1815. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017
personal data
SURNAME Probsthayn, Friedrich Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Probsthain, Friedrich Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and major and commander of the mounted artillery brigades of the Saxon Army and knight of the French Legion of Honor
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Moritzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1839
Place of death Radeberg