Hans Christoph Friedrich von Hacke

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Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke in the new uniform of the royal regiment 1722 - painting by Johann Harper († 1746) - The picture originally hung in the king's bedroom in the Potsdam City Palace .

Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke (spoken: Hake) , (born October 21, 1699 in Staßfurt ; † August 17, 1754 in Berlin ) was a Prussian general and Berlin city commander.

origin

Hacke came from the Staßfurt line of the von Hake noble family from Brandenburg . His great-grandfather, Hans Christoph Hacke († 1649), an officer in the Thirty Years' War, had settled in Staßfurt in 1634, bought salt springs and landed property. In a few years he became the "heir of Staßfurt", member of the council, city treasurer and city bailiff. The father, Hans Christoph v. Hacke (1672–1713), was "Herr auf Staßfurt", the mother Marie Dorothea, née von Heysen, († 1716 in Staßfurt) also came from an aristocratic family from Staßfurt. Hans Christoph himself was still the "heir of Staßfurt" and in 1737 had the house where he was born replaced by a new city palace in the Dutch late baroque style. The building at Steinstraße 4 is still preserved and has the Hacke-Creutz alliance coat of arms.

Life in military service

Hans Christoph von Hacke came to the soldier king's court in 1715 at the age of 16 . At 1.91 m tall, he entered the royal regiment , the famous Tall Guys . The "long hoe" was particularly noticeable through "precise" attention and obedience to orders, which should bring him a great career. At the age of 18 he became an ensign , at the age of 20 a lieutenant, at 26 premier lieutenant , at 29 staff captain, at 32 court hunter master.

His services were extremely valued by Friedrich Wilhelm I , which is why he had him painted in oil by hand on a saber in 1722. From 1740 he was royal adjutant general and thus one of the most important people in the immediate vicinity of the king and one of the most influential officers. The royal court in Berlin, Potsdam and Wusterhausen was subordinate to him. He also had far-reaching powers in personnel decisions. On July 28, 1740, Hacke was raised to hereditary count.

After the death of Friedrich Wilhelm I, he joined Frederick II as commander of the military police who protected the king . There he was also during the two Silesian wars , when the Prague fortress was taken and during the king's campaigns in Saxony and Germany Bohemia. In 1742 Hacke became chief of the Glasenapp on foot regiment . In 1745, when Berlin was threatened with a siege by the Austrians and Saxons, he was responsible for the defense.

In 1747 Hacke was promoted to lieutenant general and he was given sovereignty over the royal buildings of Berlin.

On November 10, 1749, Hacke was appointed city ​​commander of Berlin by Friedrich II . In addition to his already mentioned duties, personnel decisions, public order, the timber trade and press censorship were now also among his responsibilities.

Hacke'scher Market in Berlin (1780)

For the expansion of Berlin, Friedrich II had the fortifications and the Spandauer Tor demolished in 1750 . On the marshland in front of it, new houses and streets were built under the direction of Hackes, along with a spacious market square. As a sign of his absolute satisfaction and in recognition of Hackes services, the king ordered that this place be called Hackescher Markt from then on. As Schmonzette, the construction of this square at the gates of Berlin is also told as follows: Count Hacke was an avid hunter, and in this capacity he made the acquaintance of an injured boar . Because the hunting fanatic had broken the blade of his catching knife, he could not kill the boar. When it raced towards him, Hacke sat back on his back and clung to the fur and tail. The boar and rider were now racing through the undergrowth and only in the area of ​​the marshland in front of the Spandauer Tor could Hoe break away from the animal. He had got away with no wounds, but the king laughed at the tears of this hunting adventure. He ordered his loyal city commander to drain the place where he dumped and to have houses built on it. This is how the Hackesche Markt is said to have got its well-known name.

Hacke was buried in the crypt of the Berlin garrison church , in the immediate vicinity of Hackescher Markt. The Hackesche Höfe , which opened in 1906 and adjacent to Hackescher Markt, also bear his name.

family

His marriage to Sophia Albertine von Creutz (1710–1757), daughter and heir to the Minister of State Ehrenreich Bogislaus von Creutz (1670–1733). The couple had the following nine children:

  • Wilhelm Leopold (1733–1738)
  • Sophia Albertine Elisabeth Maria (* May 17, 1734 - December 16, 1755) ∞ General Hans Christoph von Königsmark
  • Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (born August 13, 1735; † 1738)
  • Charlotte Katharina (born March 19, 1737; † 1738)
  • Christoph Friedrich (* 1738; † 1738)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm (* June 13, 1740; † February 10, 1789) ∞ Antoniette Charlotte von Lehwaldt (* February 8, 1748; † May 5, 1823)
  • Elisabeth Sophie Ulrike (* October 20, 1741; † January 4, 1761) ∞ Georg von Eickstedt (* June 4, 1730; † November 25, 1807), District President later General Landscape Director in Pomerania
  • Johanna Albertine (1744–1804) ∞ General Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz .
  • August Wilhelm (1748–1749)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hacke-Palais in Staßfurt. Volksstimme.de, December 30, 2011; accessed on March 21, 2017
  2. ↑ The Hackesche Markt . In: The Stralauer Fischzug. Legends, stories and customs from old Berlin. Verlag Neues Leben Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-355-00326-3 ; Pages 78-79
  3. ↑ Barbara Kündiger, Dieter Weigert: The eagle does not give way to the sun - 300 years of the Berlin garrison church . Berlin 2004, p. 187
  4. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Volume 20, plate 6, hoe from the Saalekreis 2
  5. ↑ Daughter of Johann Siegmund von Lehwaldt Haus Klein-Ottlau (* June 24, 1709; † February 3, 1786) and Luise Wilhemine Frederike von Bredow († November 1, 1793) cf. worldhistory.de
  6. ^ Carl August Ludwig Freiherr von Eickstedt, family book of the dynastic family of the von Eickstedt in Thuringia , p.256ff
personal data
SURNAME Hacke, Hans Christoph Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hacke, Hans Christoph Friedrich Count von, Haake, Johann Christoph Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Staßfurt
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1754
Place of death Berlin