Gotthilf Benjamin Keibel

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Gotthilf Benjamin Keibel (born November 29, 1770 in Pasewalk , † October 21, 1835 in Berlin ) was a Prussian engineer officer and major general .

Life

origin

Gotthilf Benjamin came from an old and wealthy Berlin merchant family. He was the son of the businessman and senator from Pasewalk Johann Martin Keibel and his wife Anna Sophie, née Tauchert.

Military career

His military career began in his hometown with a dragoon regiment, the later cuirassier regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 , before he attended the Prussian engineering academy in Potsdam , where on March 14, 1788 he became second lieutenant . After completing his training, he joined the engineering corps . In 1794 he took part in the suppression of the Kościuszko uprising and received the order Pour le Mérite on September 8, 1794 for the removal of a Polish battery from Warsaw .

Until 1800 he was involved in the expansion of the Lenczyc fortress as well as surveying work for a water connection between Bzura and Ner , before he played a major role in the expansion of the Cosel fortress until 1806, where a. a. designed the plan for a Montalembert tower . In 1804 he was promoted to staff captain. For his services during the successful defense of the Cosel Fortress against the troops of Napoleon I , he was appointed field engineer, then moved to the same position at the Glatz Fortress and was also promoted to captain on June 10, 1808 .

Since March 13, 1813 Major, he then drafted the plans for the re-fortification of Schweidnitz . During the wars of liberation he took part in the sieges against Antwerp , Mezieres , Montmédy and Longwy . For the conquest of the Flesche La Bourgogne near Longwy on September 14, 1815, he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. Since October 5, 1815, Lieutenant Colonel , he took over the inspection of the 2nd Rhenish Fortress Inspection in Cologne on December 15, 1815 . He directed the expansion of the new Prussian fortifications on the Cologne fortress ring (here he designed the plans for forts No. 2 - Nikolaus, No. 6 - Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands and No. 10 - Prince Wilhelm of Prussia) in Cologne-Deutz , Jülich , Wesel (here Fort Blücher was planned by him) and Minden . Promoted to colonel since 1818 , he took over the 1st Rhenish fortress inspection in Koblenz on February 3, 1819 , where he a. a. directed the restoration of the Ehrenbreitstein fortress and the expansion of the fortifications in Saarlouis . With the character of a major general, he was retired on March 19, 1822 due to illness.

He moved from Koblenz to Berlin , where he died on October 21, 1835 and was buried in a grave of honor in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai cemeteries .

Honors

The lunette No. 23 of the fortress Saarlouis was named after him and the apex of the field-side arch at the moat gate of the fortress Ehrenbreitstein bears his name.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo Rachel, Johannes Papritz, Paul Wallich, Johannes Schultze: Berlin wholesale merchants and capitalists. Verlag de Gruyter, 1967. p. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Keibel, Gotthilf Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian engineer officer and major general
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasewalk
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1835
Place of death Berlin