Friedrich von Hassel

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Friedrich Hassel as colonel and regimental commander (1883)

Friedrich Julius Hassel , von Hassel since 1887 , (born October 11, 1833 in Hamm , † October 14, 1890 in Ilsenburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Friedrich Julius was the son of the lawyer Heinrich Wilhelm Hassel († 1864) and his wife Marianne Friederike, born von Rappard († 1875). His father worked as a secret judicial and judicial advisor at the Hamm Higher Regional Court .

Military career

Transfer to Alsen

Hassel attended the Hammonense grammar school , where he passed his Abitur examination in 1853. In October of the same year Hassel became a musketeer in the 2nd Battalion of the 15th Infantry Regiment (Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands) of the Prussian Army in Wesel . In 1855, he became a second lieutenant promoted and due to favorable evaluation of 1858/61 at the Military Academy in Berlin commanded. After further assignments, including in Halberstadt and Erfurt , Hassel received his patent as Prime Lieutenant in mid-January 1863 and was transferred to the Fusilier Battalion of the 2nd Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 15 in Bielefeld . The regiment fought in the German-Danish War , with Hassel standing out on April 17, 1864 with a hussar piece : Together with a captain von Hoffmüller, his unit crossed the Alsensund by boat , made Danish cannons on the island of Alsen unusable and returned with material and ammunition back intact. For this, Hassel was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle IV class with swords the following day . The deed was later symbolized by a boat in the family coat of arms of the von Hassel family.

In the German war Hassel took them by the Elbe Army at the Battle of Chicken Creek and the battle of münchengrätz part. Hassel was promoted to captain on July 28, 1866 and was awarded the Order of the Crown, IV Class with Swords. In March 1870 Hassel was transferred to the Brandenburg Fusilier Regiment No. 35 as a company commander . With the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France he came to the general staff of the 16th division . In this position Hassel took part in the battles at Spichern , Vionville , Gravelotte , Amiens , at the Hallue and at Saint-Quentin as well as the siege of Metz . In the meantime promoted to major on December 22, 1870 and awarded both classes of the Iron Cross for his achievements , Hassel was transferred to the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps on April 16, 1872 after the peace treaty .

As a lieutenant colonel , Hassel was sent to Königsberg in February 1877 to represent the chief of the general staff of the 1st Army Corps . Due to a serious illness, he was aggregated to the General Staff of the Army in mid-October 1878 and, after his recovery under position à la suite of the General Staff, was employed as a department head in the secondary budget and as a teacher at the War Academy. In 1881 Hassel became chief of the 1st division of the Great General Staff and was promoted to colonel . His department dealt with the strategic intelligence regarding the Russian military system. On September 23, 1883, he returned to the service as commander of the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 before he was appointed to represent the Chief of the General Staff of the IV Army Corps on April 25, 1885 . With the rank and fees of a brigade commander, Hassel was appointed chief of this general staff on June 24, 1885 and promoted to major general on December 4, 1886 . For his many years of service , Kaiser Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on March 22, 1887 . From May 16, 1888 to March 21, 1889, Hassel commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade in Erfurt in order to then take over the 6th Division in Brandenburg an der Havel with the promotion to Lieutenant General . Due to illness, Hassel was put up for disposal on August 12, 1890 with the award of the Order of the Crown, First Class with Swords, with the statutory pension .

He died shortly afterwards in a sanatorium in the Harz Mountains .

family

Hassel had married Elise Helene Christiane Thormann (1846-1896) on November 11, 1866 in Rendsburg . The marriage had three children:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 18ff.
  3. ↑ Onward, in: Der Spiegel , 3 (1963), p. 20. (pdf)
  4. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 24f.
  5. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 32.
  6. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 34.
  7. ↑ Kilian 2013, p. 37.
personal data
SURNAME Hassel, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassel, Friedrich Julius von (full name); Hassel, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamm
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1890
Place of death Ilsenburg