Friedrich Hoffmann (General)
Friedrich Ludwig Hoffmann (born January 15, 1795 in Ludwigsburg , † December 8, 1879 in Karlsruhe ) was a Baden lieutenant general and minister of war .
Life
Hoffmann's father was an official of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and later of the Principality of Leiningen . After mediatization , he entered the service of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Hoffmann received his training at the Lyzeum Mannheim . At the age of 15, Hoffmann joined the Baden Army as a flag junior and in 1812 took part in the Russian campaign as a lieutenant . After crossing the Beresina , he was taken prisoner by Russia, from which he returned in 1814. In 1815 Hoffmann took part in the campaign against France. In 1828 he became a captain and wing adjutant - from 1832 in the war ministry. He remained in this position until 1840, but was promoted to major in 1835 and lieutenant colonel in 1838 . In 1840 he switched to the General Staff and at the same time became the commander of the infantry regiment "von Freydorf" .
On March 22, 1848 - shortly before the start of the Hecker uprising - Hoffmann (meanwhile major general ) was appointed Minister of War. His younger brother Karl Georg Hoffmann was head of the Ministry of Finance at the time. Hoffmann himself commanded the Baden and federal troops on April 23, which smashed the Freischar under Franz Sigel near Günterstal and took Freiburg on April 24 . On September 24, 1848, Hoffmann and his troops ended the Struve Putsch with the battle for Staufen . For this, Grand Duke Leopold awarded him the command of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit .
After a mutiny broke out among the Baden troops in the Rastatt fortress on May 11, 1849 , Hoffmann tried in vain to get the situation under control again on May 12 and had to flee with a few remaining troops. On May 13th, he covered the Grand Duke's flight from Karlsruhe to Germersheim with these remnants of the troops . All subsequent attempts by Hoffmann to collect loyal troop units failed, whereupon he dissolved his few departments and went to Frankfurt . On June 3, 1849, the entire cabinet of the grand ducal Baden - with the exception of Hoffmann - was dismissed; Hoffmann resigned from his ministerial office and active military service on June 8th.
In 1850 he was elected to the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament. For the sessions of the 20th ordinary state parliament (November 30, 1861 to July 23, 1863) the Grand Duke appointed him a member of the first chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly , where he also became vice-president.
Fonts
- Contribution to answering the question: What are the causes of the sudden dissolution of all discipline in the Baden Army Corps? Karlsruhe 1849 online in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital
- The new warfare. Flying leaves from a soldier's portfolio. 1869.
literature
- L. Löhlein: Friedrich Hoffmann. in: Baden biographies . (Editor Friedrich von Weech ), 1. Part, Heidelberg 1875, pp. 380–388 online in the Baden State Library .
- Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , p. 170.
Web links
Individual references / comments
- ^ Karl Stiefel : Baden 1648–1952. Karlsruhe 1979, Volume II, p. 1044.
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1876. Braun, Karlsruhe 1876, p. 63.
- ↑ see also Presidium of the First Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly 1861 to 1863
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Wilhelm Eugen von Freydorf |
Minister of War of the Grand Duchy of Baden 1848 |
August von Roggenbach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmann, Friedrich Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baden Minister of War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1879 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |