Hans Karl Adam von Gagern

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Hans Karl Adam von Gagern (* December 20, 1774 in Moisselbritz, Bergen on Rügen ; † February 5, 1846 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Minden fortress .

Life

origin

His parents were Johann Nikolaus von Gagern (1723-1804) and his wife Ida Justine, born von Platen († November 24, 1810). His father was a master on Moisselbritz and Frankenthal on Rügen.

Military career

Gagern visited from July 2, 1786 the cadet school in Berlin and entered on June 19, 1790, Corporal Corporal in the Infantry Regiment "von Knobelsdorff" the Prussian army one. There he was promoted to ensign on June 10, 1793 . In the First Coalition War , Gagern was able to distinguish himself in the Battle of Kaiserslautern . He fought at Vicongnes, St. Amand, Valenciennes , Schwalm, Saarbrücken and Johannisberg and was promoted to second lieutenant on June 24, 1794 .

During the Fourth Coalition War , he took part in the battles near Gotha and Gransee in 1806 . Gagern was initially in the "Weimar" corps, then came to the " Blücher " corps and was taken prisoner after the surrender near Lübeck .

After the Treaty of Tilsit , he became lieutenant prime minister on August 9, 1807 . On January 2, 1810, he was staff captain and on May 20, 1810, the Leibgrenadier Regiment No. 8 aggregated . On May 27, 1811, he joined the normal infantry battalion as captain and company commander. Gagern resigned from the service as a major on December 21, 1812 , but on December 25, 1812 he came to the III. Battalion of the 4th East Prussian Infantry Regiment (No. 5) . On July 1, 1813, he became the commander of the 5th Reserve Infantry Regiment, from which the 17th Infantry Regiment emerged . During the Wars of Liberation Gagern fought at the siege of Spandau, acquired the Iron Cross 2nd class in the battle near Luckau and later fought near Wilmersdorf. He was wounded in the Battle of Dennewitz and awarded the Order of St. Anna II. Class. He later fought in the sieges of La Fere and Soissons .

On October 11, 1815 Gagern was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on March 30, 1819 with a patent from April 23, 1819 to colonel . On July 18, 1825 he received the service cross and on September 8, 1825 the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class. On November 28, 1829 Gagern was appointed commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade and promoted in this position on March 30, 1831 with a patent from April 1, 1831 to major general. The following year he received the Order of the Red Eagle III on September 24, 1832. Class with a bow. On May 24, 1834 he was appointed commandant of the Minden Fortress and on June 13, 1834 Gagern received 500 thalers for his move. On August 12, 1837 he received his farewell with statutory pension plus on 15 September 1837 the character as a lieutenant general. He died on February 5, 1846 in Berlin and was buried on February 7, 1846 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

General von Thile wrote in his assessment from 1830: “A very good officer and well-thinking man, who has a good detailed knowledge of the service, an active zeal for it and is perfectly capable of field service. He lacks a very secure spiritual foundation and the awareness of it, with a great liveliness of the temperament, often produces something unsteady in him. His moral change is very impeccable. "

family

Gagern married on September 30, 1804 in Zichtau Jeanette Sophie Friederike Juliane von Alvensleben (July 1, 1781 - July 7, 1876), a daughter of District Administrator Johann Friedrich von Alvensleben (1747–1829). The couple had several children, including:

  • Karl Friedrich Ludwig Georg Theodor (Fedor) (* July 4, 1805 - March 13, 1841), Premier Lieutenant in the 17th Infantry Regiment iment NN Burggraf
  • Karl Ludwig Gustav Alfons (* July 25, 1806 - March 8, 1868), Major a. D. , Colonel in Schleswig-Holstein, legal knight of the Order of St. John ⚭ 1839 Agnes von Dassel (* June 2, 1817, † June 18, 1878), daughter of August von Dassel

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ often incorrectly: Moissewitz
  2. ^ State and learned newspaper of the Hamburg impartial correspondent 1804. Wedding announcement
  3. ^ Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : Historical news of the Alvensleben sex. Volume 3, Berlin 1829, p. 371.
  4. ^ Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian nobility. Volume 1, Berlin 1892, p. 96.
personal data
SURNAME Gagern, Hans Karl Adam from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the Minden fortress
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Moisselbritz near Bergen on Rügen
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1846
Place of death Berlin