Heinrich Beitzke
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Heinrich Beitzke (born February 15, 1798 in Muttrin , † May 10, 1867 in Köslin ; full name Heinrich Ludwig Beitzke ) was a German military writer.
Life
Beitzke was the son of a pastor. He died when Heinrich Beitzke was five years old. Heinrich Beitzke then grew up in poor circumstances, first attended the village school, then received lessons from the village pastor and was accepted by a clergyman in Kolberg in 1811 , where he attended secondary school. Subsequently, in 1813, he was forced to take on the job of a court clerk. A small inheritance enabled him in the spring of 1815 to join the Prussian army as a volunteer hunter and take part in the campaign against France.
In September 1815 he was appointed officer candidate in the 4th Pomeranian Line Regiment. After the peace agreement, he stayed in the army. He attended the war schools in Koblenz and Mainz , then, promoted to secondary lieutenant in 1817 , the general war school in Berlin, was used in the topographical work of the General Staff from 1823 to 1826 and was a teacher at the division school in Stargard in Pomerania from 1828 to 1836 . He was promoted to prime lieutenant in 1831 and to captain in 1839. At the end of 1845 he took his leave as a major due to persistent sickness.
After leaving the army, he moved to Köslin , where he devoted himself to writing. His works, first his History of the German Wars of Freedom in 1813 and 1814 in three volumes, were popular and recognized in their time. Beitzke was from the University of Jena to Dr. phil. doctorate and awarded the House Order of the White Falcon by the Grand Duke of Weimar .
From 1858 he belonged to the Prussian House of Representatives , in which he adhered to the Progressive Party and during the time of the conflict made a name for himself as a speaker in the negotiations on the military reorganization. In the House of Representatives election in 1858 he was elected for the constituency of Anklam. In the House of Representatives election in 1862 he was even elected in four constituencies and accepted the election for the constituency of Hamm-Soest. He died on May 10, 1867 in Köslin . In the local cemetery, a grave monument with a portrait bust was erected for him based on a design by the sculptor Melchior zur Strasse .
Fonts
- History of the German Wars of Freedom in 1813 and 1814 .
- History of the Russian War 1812 . Berlin 1856, 2nd edition, 1862 digitized
- History of the year 1815 . Berlin 1865.
- The Prussian Army before and after the reorganization, its strength and composition in the war of 1866 . Berlin 1867 digitized
- (Ed.) Left behind writings of the general auditor Dr. Friccius . Berlin 1866.
literature
- Johannes Henning: Heinrich Ludwig Beitzke. General staff and historian from Muttrin . In: Pomerania. Issue 3/1983 ISSN 0032-4167 . Reprinted in: Die Pommersche Zeitung . No. 27/2013, p. 3.
- Ulf Morgenstern : Bismarck as a family problem for the liberal bourgeoisie. The Schücking and Beitzke families between worshiping and criticizing Bismarck . In: Yearbook for Liberalism Research 27 (2015), pp. 49–63.
- Franz Xaver von Wegele : Beitzke, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 295 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Beitzke in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustrirte Zeitung No. 1252 of June 29, 1867, p. 449.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beitzke, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beitzke, Heinrich Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mother |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1867 |
| Place of death | Koslin |