Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck (born February 13, 1774 in Kaiwen near Tuckum ; † May 7, 1830 in Kolberg ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the Kolberg fortress.

Life

family

Friedrich Wilhelm came from the old Kurland noble family von Funck. The family first appeared in a document in Courland at the end of the 14th century and is still a member of the Courland Knighthood . His father Wilhelm Ernst von Funck (1739–1794) was majorate ruler of the family estates at Kaiwen and Kahren. In 1766 he married Anna Maria Wilhelmine von Funck (1752–1813) from the Allmahlen family. Friedrich Wilhelm was one of the couple's twelve children.

Military career

Funck left his law degree at Königsberg University in 1792 and joined the guard regiment of the Prussian Army in the same year . In 1793/95 he took part in the siege of Mainz (April 14 to July 23, 1793), the battle of Pirmasens (September 14, 1793), the battle of Kaiserslautern (November 28 to 30, 1793) as well as during the First Coalition War participated in the battles at Kettrich and Trippstadt. In November 1805 Funck became an adjutant to Lieutenant General Julius von Grawert . He was wounded in the Battle of Jena (October 14, 1806) during the Fourth Coalition War , and a year later, in July 1807, he was promoted to major . During the Russian campaign in 1812, Funck took part in the battles near Eckau, Garossenkrug, Dahlenkirchen, Neumühle and Tomasna. For his services during the battles from September 26th to October 1st, 1812 and earlier, he received the order Pour le Mérite , the highest Prussian honor for bravery, on October 18th, 1812 .

With the outbreak of the Wars of Liberation in March 1813, Funck was appointed adjutant to General Friedrich Wilhelm von Götzen and later transferred to the 2nd East Prussian Infantry Regiment. He fought, among other things, in the siege of Wittenberg , in the battle of Halle (May 2, 1813) and in the battle of Bautzen (May 20 and 21, 1813). After the siege of Wittenberg he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and after the battle of Halle with the Cross I. Class and appointed commander of the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment. In the autumn campaign of 1813 he fought in the battles near Dresden (August 26 and 27, 1813), Kulm (August 29 and 30, 1813) and in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (October 16 to 19, 1813). For the latter he received the Russian Order of St. George IV Class.

In January 1814, Funck was promoted to colonel . During the campaign against France in 1814, he took part with his association in the battles of Laon (March 9 and 10, 1814) and Paris (March 30, 1814), for which he won the Russian Order of St. Vladimir III. Class received. In 1815 Funck was given command of the 14th Infantry Brigade of the IV Army Corps . With this large association he fought in the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815). His commanding general Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz proposed Colonel Funck to be awarded the oak leaves for the Pour le Mérite:

" Versailles with the peculiar determination got him infantry XIV. Brigade and 13 July, .: led after the first attack on Planchenoit had failed, the troops soon back in order, he led again profitably against the village and whose removal promoted. "

King Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Prussia wrote a very high cabinet order to General Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , in which he agreed to the award.

" Berlin , November 3rd: In recognition of his excellent service in the completed campaign, I have given Colonel von F [...] the VO with Oak Leaves and instructed the General Order Commission to send him one, with which you acquainted him like to do. "

In 1817 Funck was promoted to major general and in 1821 appointed in command of the Kolberg Fortress. In August 1825 he received the service cross . Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck died on May 7, 1830, at the age of 56 in Kolberg.

Marriage and offspring

Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck married Josepha von Dresky (1779–1845), the daughter of a Prussian Rittmeister , in May 1806 . The couple had two sons and two daughters. The eldest son Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolph von Funck (1807–1866) became a Prussian lieutenant and imperial Russian staff captain and chief forester. He married Loide Baroness von Funck, the abbess of St. Katharinenstift. They had eleven children, ten sons and one daughter. His younger brother August Gustav Wilhelm von Funck died as a Prussian major out of service . Her two sisters Emilie Wilhelmine Charlotte and Wilhelmine Johanna von Funck became canons in West Prussia .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Oskar Stavenhagen : Genealogical manual of the Courland knighthood. Volume 1, pp. 279-293, Starke-Verlag, Görlitz, undated
  2. ↑ a b c Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, Volume 2, pp. 29-30 and 369-370.
  3. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Volume 1, 1896 p. 517.
personal data
SURNAME Funck, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the Kolberg Fortress
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiwen at Tuckum
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1830
Place of death Kolberg