Heinrich Camin

Heinrich Camin

Heinrich Camin (* 1787 in Hornhausen , † 1848 in Hornhausen) was an officer in the army of the Kingdom of Westphalia and later in the army of Prussia , as well as landowner in Hornhausen. Camin became known through a report he wrote about his participation in Napoleon's Russian campaign .

Camin, who temporarily lived in Diesdorf near Magdeburg, was stationed as a non-commissioned officer of the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment in Aschersleben when his unit was assigned to participate in the Russian campaign in mid-April 1812. In this war, which was particularly devastating for the Napoleonic side, most of the Westphalian and French units deployed were killed. Seriously ill with typhus , Camin survived the campaign and later wrote an eyewitness report.

After his return from Russia and his recovery, he volunteered in the Prussian army in 1813. He took part in the Wars of Liberation for Prussia and received awards, as he did in Russia. In 1829 he took his leave as captain and became a landowner in his birthplace Hornhausen near Oschersleben . In Magdeburg-Diesdorf, a street was at times named as a Camin private road .

literature

• Franz Huschenbett: Das Heimatbuch von Diesdorf . Magdeburg 1934