Friedrich von Schmauß

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Statue at the Ludwigstor of the fortress Germersheim, which is supposed to represent Friedrich von Schmauß
Tomb of Friedrich von Schmauß in the Germersheim cemetery (2012)
Epitaph

Friedrich Schmauß , knight of Schmauß since 1838 (born January 13, 1792 in Munich , † April 28, 1846 in Germersheim ) was a Bavarian colonel and fortress builder who built the fortress Germersheim .

Life

origin

He was the son of the sergeant in the 2nd Electoral Bavarian Grenadier Regiment "Elector Prince" Mathias Schmauß.

Military career

Schmauß received a place in the military academy and was promoted to lieutenant in 1807 . He received his first military service in the French campaign against Austria in 1807 (Bavaria was on the French side). a. to fight in the Battle of Eggmühl and to save Schwatz from destruction by marauding Bavarian soldiers. In 1812/15 he fought in the Russian campaign , where he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honor and a first lieutenant .

After the war Schmauß returned to Bavaria and in 1816 was transferred to the genius management of the Rhine district in Landau in the Palatinate . In the following years he changed location relatively often. In 1827 he had to do with the fortress construction for the first time when he came to the fortress construction department in Ingolstadt . In the same year he was promoted to major .

In 1832 King Ludwig I commissioned him to work out a fortification plan for Germersheim. Since the construction of the fortress was making very rapid progress under his leadership, the king expressed him the greatest satisfaction several times. In 1838 he received the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown and was raised to the personal Bavarian nobility as a Knight of Schmauß . In the same year he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . In 1841 he was made a colonel . The following year, one of the main fronts of the fortress was named after him. Schmauß was also the commander of the Order of the Zähringer Lion .

In 1843 Schmauß fell seriously ill. Although he was able to partially recover by 1845, the disease struck him again the following year, until he consequently passed away on April 28, 1846. He was buried in the Germersheim cemetery. His grave has been preserved to this day. The tribute is written on the tombstone:

“ The Germersheim fortress, the plan of which comes from him in all parts, bears witness to what the king, fatherland and army lost in him. "

family

Schmauß's first marriage was on October 21, 1828 in Würzburg, Anna Barbara Franziska Kirchgessner († August 5, 1839 in Germersheim), the daughter of the royal councilor Franz Gottfried Kirchgessner. From this marriage came the two sons Gottfried (1829–1877), medical officer and from 1875 honorary citizen of Germersheim, and Joseph (1832–1897), who was also stationed as an artillery officer in Germersheim. In his second marriage he married Maria Aloisia Kremer. This marriage remained childless. His grandson was the Bavarian Lieutenant General Joseph von Schmauß (1863–1932).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ludwig Hans: 175 years for the Germersheim Fortress. Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH, Römerberg-Berghausen 2009, p. 15.
  2. ^ Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1846, p. 385. ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ a b Joseph Probst: History of the city and fortress Germersheim. 2nd edition, Verlag der Buchhandlung Johann Richter, Pirmasens 1974, p. 502.
personal data
SURNAME Schmauß, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmauß, Friedrich Ritter von; Schmauß, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian colonel and fortress builder
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1846
Place of death Germersheim