Friedrich von Dankbahr

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Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav von Dankbahr (born May 12, 1797 in Posen , † August 20, 1878 in Grabow ) was a Prussian infantry general and governor of Königsberg .

Life

origin

Friedrich was a son of Friedrich Wilhelm von Dankbahr (1749–1800) and his wife Auguste Henriette, born von Sydow (1766–1843). His father was a captain and company commander in the Crousaz infantry regiment and a knight of the Pour le Mérite order .

Military career

Dankbahr visited the cadet houses in Stolp and Berlin . On May 31, 1813, he was transferred to the 3rd Reserve Battalion in the 3rd East Prussian Infantry Regiment as a porter ensign. At the end of October 1813 he was promoted to second lieutenant in the 4th Reserve Infantry Regiment, from which the 16th Infantry Regiment emerged in March 1815 . During the Wars of Liberation , Dankbahr took part in the sieges of Wittenberg and Gorkum and was wounded near Soissons . He took part in the assault on Arnhem and fought in the battles near Großbeeren , Leipzig and Laon . For Dennewitz , Dankbahr received the Iron Cross 2nd class.

After the war, he joined the 3rd and 4th Rifle Departments on February 8, 1816, and was assigned to the General War School on October 1, 1816 . After completing his education there in 1821 was followed in early May his commanding the Topographic office before thanks Bahr on March 30, 1822 First Lieutenant in the General Staff was moved. At the end of March 1824 he was then transferred to the General Staff of the 9th Division and in mid-June 1825 to the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps , where he became captain on March 30, 1827. With the promotion to major , Dankbahr was transferred to the General Staff of the II Army Corps on April 24, 1835 . In this position he received the Order of St. Stanislaus III at the end of February 1839 . Class. He was Chief of the General Staff of the VII Army Corps from August 5 to November 9, 1843 and then worked in the same capacity in the Guard Corps . At the beginning of September 1846 he was assigned to the staff of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia as a lieutenant colonel to inspect the Austrian troops. Dankbahr was appointed colonel on March 27, 1847 and on April 11, 1850 commander of the 3rd Landwehr Brigade in Stettin , and on March 20, 1850, he was aggregated to the General Staff . After his promotion to major general , Dankbahr was given command of the 6th Infantry Brigade, which was also stationed in Stettin, on May 4, 1852 . This was followed from January 7, 1856 to July 23, 1861 as a commander of the 4th Division in Bromberg and the meanwhile promotion to lieutenant general . On the occasion of the festival in January 1861, Dankbahr received the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves. At the end of July 1861 he took over the post of governor of Königsberg. In March 1863 he was awarded the Order of the Crown, 1st Class, and on May 27, 1863, on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, the character of General of the Infantry. When he was awarded the Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern , he was put up for disposal on June 20, 1864 with the statutory pension .

For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the war against France , Dankbahr was commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the II Army Corps in Berlin in 1870/71 . He died on August 20, 1878 in Grabow near Stettin.

family

Dankbahr married Leopoldine Emilie Natalie Freiin von Zedlitz and Neukirch (1808-1896) on November 16, 1831 in Königsberg . She was the daughter of the police director of Brieg Ernst Ferdinand von Zedlitz and Neukirch (1773-1814) and Constanze Caroline von Krafft (* 1770). The couple had eight children including:

  • Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor (1835–1917), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ 1880 Sophie Auguste Muhle (1849–1912)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Ernst (1849-1892), retired Premier Lieutenant D.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus (1851–1916), Lieutenant Colonel ret. D.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans von Sydow: Genealogy of the family von Sydow. P. 82.
  2. ↑ Constanze Caroline von Krafft was the daughter of Major General August Christian Lebrecht von Krafft
personal data
SURNAME Dankbahr, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dankbahr, Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry and governor of Koenigsberg
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1878
Place of death Grabow