Hans von Hagen

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Hans Wilhelm Siegmund Leopold von Hagen (born August 4, 1775 in Stettin , † November 8, 1851 in Saarlouis ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Hans was a son of the Prussian Colonel Leopold von Hagen (1742-1823) and his wife Luise Tugendreich, née von Schöning (1745-1818). The father was in command of the III. Battalions in the “von der Goltz” infantry regiment .

Military career

Hagen was brought up in his parents' house and received private lessons from an engineer officer in Stettin. On March 1, 1787, he joined his father's infantry regiment as a private corporal and was promoted to second lieutenant by July 1794 . On September 13, 1799 he received his resignation .

On January 10, 1807, Hagen was employed again in the Prussian Army and came as a Premier Lieutenant in the Grenadier Battalion "von Waldenfels". With this association he took part in the defense of Kolberg in 1807 . After the Treaty of Tilsit , he was transferred to the Captain of the Staff on July 15, 1807, and to the Infantry Regiment (No. 8) on August 20, 1808 . There Hagen rose to captain and company commander on March 27, 1809 . During the Russian campaign in 1812 he fought in the battles near Eckau, Mesothen and Olai.

On May 31, 1813, Hagen was promoted to major with a patent dated June 29, 1813 and appointed battalion commander. During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the Battle of Bautzen . For the battle near Königswartha , Hagen acquired the Iron Cross II. Class, but was also seriously wounded. During the Mainz blockade , he fell from his horse while exploring and broke his leg, forcing him to stay home for the rest of the year to relax.

On April 10, 1815, he was transferred to Substitute Battalion No. 3 and on October 3, 1815, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On May 31, 1816 he was accepted into the salaried tribe of the 2nd Trier Landwehr Regiment. On March 2, 1820 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Landwehr Regiment and in this capacity was promoted to colonel on March 30, 1821. On 26 March 1828 he received his due to his injury parting with inn . King Friedrich Wilhelm III. gave Hagen on May 23, 1828 the character of major general. He was also given permission to wear the uniform without a badge. He died on November 8, 1851 in Saarlouis.

In his 1826 assessment, his commanding general wrote : “Regardless of his wounds, seeks to diligently perform his duties and properly train his battalion. He is not suitable for commander of a line regiment because he has not progressed with the military sense of time and has not shown sufficient caution and appropriate use of the terrain in the last army exercises. "

family

Hagen married Friederike Dorothea von Weger (er) (1777-1825) in Stettin on January 21, 1798. She was a daughter of the captain Heinrich Wilhelm von Wegerer in the infantry regiment "von Ruits" . The couple had several children:

  • Adelheid Leopoldine Luise Karoline (1798–1805)
  • Angelika Luise (1804–1805)
  • Maria (1807–1878) ⚭ Wilhelm von der Osten-Sacken (1769–1846), Prussian lieutenant general

After the death of his first wife, he married Wilhelmine Ernstine de Savigny (1804–1874) in Mainz on June 5, 1828. Of the five children, two reached adulthood:

  • Friedrich (1829–1878), Prussian major a. D. ⚭ 1863 Georgine von Hagen (* 1837)
  • Natalie (* 1831) ⚭ 1859 Baron Hermann von Keyserling († July 28, 1866), captain

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und learned things. 1818, 4/6 p. 20. Obituary notice
  2. ↑ She was the daughter of District Administrator Wilhelm Richard von Schöning (1709–1781). In: Historical news of the von Schöning family. P. 65f. her husband is wrongly called van der Hagen .
personal data
SURNAME Hagen, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hagen, Hans Wilhelm Siegmund Leopold von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1851
Place of death Saarlouis