Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]

Friedrich Wilhelm , Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (* April 5, 1871 in Schwerin , † September 22, 1897 in the Elbe estuary off Cuxhaven ; full name: Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Günther ) was a German naval officer in the Imperial Navy .

Life

Family and education

Friedrich Wilhelm was the first son from the third marriage of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg ; his mother was Grand Duchess Marie, née Princess von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . He was a half-brother of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, who also died in 1897 . as well as by Duke Johann Albrecht and uncle of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg was baptized on May 17, 1873 in the Schwerin Castle Church by the court preacher Herrmann Jahn. In honor of his godfather, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia , the young duke was given the name Friedrich Wilhelm.

Friedrich Wilhelm spent the early years of his life with the grand ducal family in Schwerin. Also ensured his for his welfare nanny and later, the native of the UK Miss Belamy. In April 1877 the instructor Johannes Heinrich Wilhelmi took over the instruction and upbringing of the young duke. In contrast, the teacher Heinrich Stuhr from Schwerin gave elementary lessons. After training at home, Friedrich Wilhelm attended the public Vitzthum grammar school in Dresden from 1884 to 1888 .

Military career

Parchimer Dragoons

Good relations with the military were essential. Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II was always aware of this, which is why he had his sons assigned to a military unit garrisoned in Mecklenburg at an early stage. Duke Friedrich Wilhelm was assigned to the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 18 .

After Friedrich Wilhelm had already been promoted to private , he received his appointment as a surplus NCO on June 6, 1882 . Under the supervision of a vice sergeant from the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89, the 12-year-old then went through his first basic military training in the spring of 1883 . A short time later, on April 5, 1883, he was promoted to second lieutenant à la suite . The next day the Grand Duke and Friedrich Wilhelm traveled to Parchim , where the second lieutenant was officially introduced to the officers' corps . Friedrich Wilhelm took part in a parade that day and drilled together with the dragoons. Only a few days later, Friedrich Franz II died of the consequences of pneumonia that he contracted on April 6th in Parchim. Friedrich Wilhelm performed his first officer and honorary service at his father's coffin.

Naval career

Friedrich Wilhelm in work suit 1888/89.
In the background the training
ship Niobe .

The young duke showed an early interest in maritime events. In addition, during his lifetime, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II had the wish that his son Friedrich Wilhelm would begin an officer career in the Imperial Navy . It was also Friedrich Franz II who let his son visit the fleet parade in Kiel in September 1881.

The imperial cabinet order of November 12, 1887 finally enabled Friedrich Wilhelm to enter the imperial navy. However, he first had to pass the written and oral entrance exams at the naval school in Kiel . On April 8th, Friedrich Wilhelm and his assigned military companion, Leutnant zur See, Hans von Dambrowski , arrived in Kiel, where they moved into their temporary quarters in the “Germania” hotel. The Duke was able to successfully pass the several-hour entrance examination that took place on April 10, 1888.

Lieutenant to the sea Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg 1894/95.

On April 13, 1888, Friedrich Wilhelm boarded the Niobe school ship , built in 1849, in Kiel to begin his cadet training. Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm III appointed him in April. to the sub-lieutenant at sea . An appointment made for reasons of prestige, which had no influence on the further progress of the training as a midshipman . The first few weeks of training consisted primarily of infantry drills on land, under the command of the sea ​​battalion, officer Second Lieutenant Erich Ludendorff . At the end of May, the Niobe left for its first training trip. On the voyage, which lasted until September 12, the cadets received their basic seamanship and artillery training. After months of practical training, theoretical studies began on October 6, 1888 at the Kiel Naval School. This phase of study ended in March 1889. Subsequently, the cadets were relocated to Wilhelmshaven in order to begin a course lasting several weeks on the artillery training ship Mars . On April 9, 1889, the commanding Admiral Max von der Goltz sent the Mecklenburg Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. the report that the emperor, by order of April 9th, gave the sub-lieutenant to the sea the certificate of maturity as a midshipman. Friedrich Wilhelm was promoted to sea cadet on April 11 on board Mars . In the summer of 1889 the young lieutenant went on board the tank frigate Germany for further training . The Germany's training trips led to Great Britain and the Mediterranean , where the ports of Genoa , Piraeus and Constantinople were visited. After returning, further studies at the Kiel Naval School followed. Theoretical studies were not easy for Friedrich Wilhelm. Therefore, the Admiralty considered additional briefing measures to ensure the passing of the naval officer examination. On board the cadet training ship Stosch , he then took over his first command as a second watch officer in May 1891. The cruiser frigate sailed along the Danish coast and later visited England and Scotland . In October 1891, Friedrich Wilhelm's service on the Stosch ended. He then completed the eleven-month final course at the Kiel Naval School. His studies at the Kiel Naval School finally ended with the maritime officer professional examination in September 1892. After the platoon leader course that followed on the artillery training ship Mars , Friedrich Wilhelm began his service as a watch officer on board the torpedo training ship Blücher in December 1892 . On January 27, 1893, he was promoted to lieutenant at sea on board the Blücher . The young lieutenant was then assigned to a longer foreign command on the cruiser corvette Alexandrine . Friedrich Wilhelm served on the Alexandrine from April 4, 1893 to May 24, 1895 as an officer on watch. In the two years he visited Africa , North and South America and Asia . Noteworthy was Alexandrine's stay of several months in the port of Rio de Janeiro , where the uprising against President Floriano Peixoto raged in the turn of the year 1893/94 . Friedrich Wilhelm experienced many artillery duels there between the Brazilian warships commanded by Rear Admiral José de Mello and the port forts that were under the control of the government. Another highlight of the Duke's voyage was visits to the Japanese imperial court in Tokyo in February 1895. After returning home, the lieutenant awaited the service on board the small cruiser Gefion . Friedrich Wilhelm saw the inauguration of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal on the Gefion . The cruiser also accompanied the imperial yacht Hohenzollern during the summer voyage to Sweden and England in 1895. The Gefion then sought in vain in early September after the August 28, 1895 at the Skagen submerged torpedo boat S 41 , and his 13-strong crew. On October 1, 1895, Friedrich Wilhelm was transferred to the ironclad Württemberg as a watch officer . However, the young naval officer briefly interrupted his service on board the Württemberg in May 1896 in order to be able to take part in the coronation celebrations of Tsar Nicholas II in Russia . In October 1896 Friedrich Wilhelm was assigned to the newly formed V Torpedo Boat Division. He then took over his first command of the torpedo boat S 26, which was put into service in 1886 . He then undertook the first practice drives in the bay of Eckernförde . However, on November 30, the division was temporarily decommissioned. Friedrich Wilhelm then took a few days off. In the new year he first completed a three-month course on the torpedo training ship Blücher . At the beginning of April 1897, the 5th Torpedo Boat Division met again. Leutnant zur See Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg then took over command of the torpedo boat S 26 again . In the following time, the young commander had to prove himself during some attack and outpost maneuvers. However, his promotion to lieutenant captain was no longer carried out, the unexpected death in an accident on September 22, 1897 prevented the imminent promotion.

Sailor death in the Elbe estuary

Sinking of the S 26
S torpedo boats in maneuvers

In a storm on the morning of September 22, 1897 , the torpedo boat S 26 capsized on the way home from an exercise of the torpedo boat division in the Elbe estuary near Cuxhaven , at approximately the height of lightship Elbe 1 .

The torpedo boat S 26 was caught stern by a sea running up to the rear , then thrown sideways and capsized. Immediately after the accident, the division boat D 3 of Kapitänleutnant Schaefer tried in vain to tow the overturned boat. However, the rescue operation failed due to the steadily increasing swell. With the keel up, the boat swam for about an hour before the stern straightened and then sank. Friedrich Wilhelm and seven men of his crew drowned partly trapped in the intermediate deck. Eight men of the crew survived and were rescued. They probably only survived because after the loss of the torpedo sailor Schwabrowski from S 27 , their commander had given orders early on to put on life jackets .

The 37.74 meter long and 4.80 meter wide torpedo boat, which was built by the F. Schichau shipyard in Elbing , was located by salvage divers at a depth of 28 meters on September 28th . On the morning of September 30th, divers from the Nordic Salvage Association recovered the Duke's corpse, which had been found the afternoon of the previous day, from the intermediate deck of the wreck.

On the imperial orders, the Duke's body was to be brought to Kiel on October 3rd on board the coastal armored ship Beowulf , to be kept there for a short time in the garrison church. Grand Duchess Marie, however, requested the prompt transfer to Schwerin. Kaiser Wilhelm II complied with his mother's wish. Accompanied by the brothers Heinrich and Adolf Friedrich , Friedrich Wilhelm's body was transferred to Schwerin, where it arrived on the afternoon of October 3, 1897.

Until the burial, officers of the Imperial Navy and officers of the Parchim Dragoon Regiment , to which the Duke had been assigned à la suite since 1883 , kept the guard of honor in Schwerin Cathedral .

The late Duke Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg was buried on the afternoon of October 5, 1897 in the Holy Blood Chapel of Schwerin Cathedral .

Memorial culture

Friedrich Wilhelm Monument Kiel

Friedrich Wilhelm Monument in Kiel today.

In Kiel , a memorial created by the Mecklenburg sculptor Ludwig Brunow in front of the then garrison church (Pauluskirche on Niemannsweg) commemorates Friedrich Wilhelm and his early death. The polished Swedish Oppmannagranit erected obelisk bears on the face side a contemporary inscription and the portrait medallion of the Duke. In front of the obelisk there is also a wrought-iron ship's anchor with a chain, which symbolically represents the navy and the bond of comradeship. The ship's anchor with chain donated the then State Secretary of the Reichsmarinamt and former inspector of torpedoes Alfred von Tirpitz on February 11th, 1898. The memorial was inaugurated on September 22nd, 1898, the first anniversary of the accident.

The bronze portrait medallion fell victim to the metal donation of the German people during World War II . In 1957 the Kiel sculptor Alwin Blaue made a replica of the portrait medallion. In the same year, the monument was restored to a dignified state and inaugurated again on September 22, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its construction. Numerous former naval officers attended the inauguration ceremony, including Erich Reader , who was convicted of war crimes in 1946 .

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz with memorial stone

Memorial stone Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz.

Even before 1880, Friedrich Franz II named a place in Schwerin-Mueß after his son Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1899 the "Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gedenkstein" with an inscription was erected and inaugurated on the "Friedrich-Wilhelmsplatz". The design of the out of Rabenstein fields originating -Feldmark foundling took Hofsteinmetzmeister August Schaefer. A non-profit company placed the order for the construction.

The square was renamed on 23 August 1925. The SPD politician Carl Moltmann , who went on a Sunday excursion with the Schwerin branch of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold , renamed the square Friedrich-Ebert- Platz. In Schwerin he had previously been refused such a renaming.

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Allee

On April 3, 1905, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV had the “Wilde-Allee” in the Schwerin Palace Gardens renamed “Friedrich-Wilhelm-Allee”. Today it is called Burgseestrasse.

Friedrich Wilhelm Tower

In 1907 a lookout tower was built on Friedrich-Wilhelmsplatz, in the form of a castle-like ruin. Today the building erected on the old Wendish castle site is known as the Reppiner Castle . The observation tower was built on behalf of the non-profit society.

Epitaph in the Schwerin Cathedral

In memory of his half-brother who died in the accident , Duke-Regent Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg donated an epitaph in Schwerin Cathedral in 1898 . The colorful epitaph in neo-renaissance shapes is adorned with maritime motifs. The design for the epitaph comes from Albrecht Haupt .

Awards

Orders and decorations

(Source: including Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Calendar 1896 )

À la suite

literature

  • Hans von Dambrowski: Duke Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg: Life picture of a German naval officer. Paetel Brothers, Berlin 1898.
  • Dieter Flohr: The seaman's death of the Duke of Mecklenburg - Friedrich Wilhelm drowned in the North Sea. In: water level. Volume 6 (2004), p. 43 f.
  • Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: The sailor's death of a Mecklenburg duke in 1897. Contribution to the cultural and naval history (= writings of the studio for portrait and history painting. Volume 3). Schwerin 1999, ISBN 3-00-004911-8 .
  • Gerhard Beckmann, Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849–1990 (= writings on the history of Mecklenburg. Volume 18). Schwerin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8 , pp. 55-59.
  • Klaus-Ulrich Keubke: A fate that not only moved the people of Mecklenburg. Stone memories of the lieutenant at sea. Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg. In: Mecklenburg Magazin. No. 46 (2004), Schwerin, p. 16 f.
  • Hermann Neugebauer: Memories of His Highness Lieutenant to the Sea Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg. In: Ernst Rubien (Ed.): Deutsche Marine-Zeitung. No. 9/1933. Berliner Aktiengesellschaft für Druck und Verlag, Berlin 1933.
  • Military operations. In: Wilhelm Müller, Karl Wippermann (ed.): Political history of the present: XXXI. The year 1897. Julius Springer publishing house, Berlin 1898, p. 202.
  • Klaus Franken: The naval cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his first boss, Admiral Gustav Freiherr von Senden-Bibran. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-8305-3522-5 , p. 134.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Wilhelm zu Mecklenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  12. ^ Imperial cabinet order of April 24, 1888.
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personal data
SURNAME Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Günther, Duke of Mecklenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1897
Place of death Elbe estuary before Cuxhaven