Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Decker

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Decker , from 1819 von Decker , (born September 15, 1744 in Potsdam , † July 14, 1828 in Carlsruhe in Silesia ) was a Prussian officer and most recently in the rank of lieutenant general , commander of the mounted artillery and brigadier of the Brandenburg artillery brigade . He was raised to the nobility on September 16, 1819 .

Life

origin

His parents were the provost Johann Christoph Decker (* January 13, 1716; † July 6, 1757) and his wife Elisabeth von Gayette (* October 28, 1724; † 1782).

Military career

He joined the field artillery corps on May 21, 1763. There he became second lieutenant on December 4, 1765 and as such took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778/79 . On September 13, 1783 he became Premier-Lieutenant , on December 4, 1786 staff captain and on November 13, 1792 then real captain and company commander . During the First Coalition War he fought in the cannonade of Valmy , the Battle of Pirmasens and the battles at Meckenhaim and Trippstadt. For Valmy he received the Pour le Mérite on September 22, 1792 . On September 22, 1795 he was promoted to major .

On October 8, 1804 he was then appointed lieutenant colonel and commander of the mounted artillery in Warsaw . In 1805 he took part in the march to Silesia. In the Fourth Coalition War he took part in the fighting on the Vistula and in the Battle of Prussian Eylau .

After the lost war and the re-formation of the army, he was appointed chief of the Foot Guard Artillery Company on April 15, 1808. On May 5, 1808 he received the Russian Order of St. George 4th Class for Preussisch Eylau and on May 19, 1808 he was promoted to colonel with a patent on February 8, 1807. On December 1, 1808 he was then appointed adjutant with his adjutant posted to Silesia . But on February 21, 1809 he was appointed commander of the mounted artillery and brigadier of the Brandenburg artillery brigade. On February 20, 1813 - in the run-up to the wars of liberation - he was ordered to take command of the artillery companies remaining in Silesia should the army march . On May 16, 1813, he was promoted to major general on his 50th anniversary in service , and from July 27, 1813, he received a salary of 3,000 thalers. After the war, on March 9, 1815, he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class with a white ribbon . On April 12, 1815, he received his departure with the character of a lieutenant general. On June 3, 1815, his pension was set at 1,500 thalers. For his services he was raised to the nobility on September 16, 1819. He then died on July 14, 1828 in Carlsruhe in Silesia.

family

On August 23, 1777, he married Sabiene Sophie Moelter (* 1755; † February 9, 1785), a daughter of Senator Gottfried Moelter, in Berlin. The marriage produced a son.

• Friedrich Karl (* April 21, 1784; † June 29, 1844), Prussian Major General ∞ Amalie von Heydebrandt and the Lasa (* November 2, 1790; † May 19, 1864)

After the death of his first wife, he married Susanne Margarete Bernouilly on July 4, 1788 in Berlin (* August 17, 1770; † March 13, 1807). The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters.

• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (born May 26, 1789)
• Adelheid Christine Anna (* 1791; † June 25, 1792)
• Heinrich (born February 4, 1796)
• Julie Veronika Mathilde (born June 22, 1798)

On August 29, 1808 he married Friederike Johanna Elisabeth Puls (* July 15, 1779 - July 7, 1825), widow of Captain Koch and daughter of the Tribunal Councilor Friedrich Wilhelm Puls. This marriage was childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632780 , pp. 427-428, no. 1201.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ She was buried in the vault of the garrison church; See also: History of the (garrison) church.