Gustav von Hoffstetter
Gustav von Hoffstetter (born March 5, 1818 in Aschaffenburg , † February 8, 1874 in Thun , from 1850 entitled to reside in Eggenwil ) was a Swiss officer .
Life
Gustav von Hoffstetter grew up Catholic as the son of an officer. He later married Anna Albertina von Room from Germany .
In 1829 he entered the cadet school in Munich and in 1841 became an officer in a contingent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . Six years later he fought as a lieutenant in a Bern battalion in the Sonderbund War . When the uprising in the Grand Duchy of Baden was suppressed in 1848 , he fled to Switzerland so as not to be arrested. There he joined the Freikorps of Giuseppe Garibaldi and was appointed chief of staff in 1849 . After this assignment, von Hoffstetter became the chief instructor of the canton of St. Gallen . He was promoted to colonel first at the cantonal level (1859) and then at the national level (1860) . In 1865 he was appointed Chief Instructor of the Infantry and Adjunct of the Federal Military Department.
Von Hoffstetter played a major role in the reforms of St. Gallen and federal military training.
Web links
- Andrea Weibel: Hoffstetter, Gustav von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffstetter, Gustav von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschaffenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1874 |
| Place of death | Tuna |