Heinrich Ernst von Hoff

Heinrich Ernst von Hoff (born September 29, 1782 in Gotha ; † March 11, 1851 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German officer and civil servant.

Life

Heinrich Ernst von Hoff was the son of Johann Christian von Hoff (1722–1801), a secret assistant councilor and member of the ducal ministry and his wife Johanna Friederike Sophie (1751–1806), a daughter of Heinrich Ludwig von Avemann (1696–1761), Secret senior consistorial councilor in Gotha, born. His brothers were:

• Karl Ernst Adolf von Hoff , natural scientist and geologist;
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich von Hoff (born February 3, 1779 in Gotha; † 1862), major and commander in Vlissingen .

In February 1798 he joined the royal Prussian infantry regiment von Götze in Berlin as a Junker and was promoted to officer in 1799. In 1803 he was assigned to Regiment No. 59 Waiting life to Erfurt and later transferred to the grenadiers of this regiment in Mühlhausen .

In 1806 he was involved in the battle of Auerstedt . The Prussian troop corps was completely blown up and he got right in the middle of the French lines. Only through cunning and courage could he avoid being captured, but then needed weeks before he could join a Prussian troop detachment near Boizenburg on the Elbe . This military unit he came across the towards Luebeck marching corps of Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher . He was in the battles with the French in and around Lübeck involved; his left arm was crushed and he was taken prisoner by the French. After the conclusion of the Tilsit Peace he was bid farewell as captain and was able to leave Lübeck in April 1807.

He traveled to Gotha via Mühlhausen and found a job there, where he was involved in the work when a topographical map of Germany was drawn up consisting of 204 sheets, the publication of which had begun by the geographical institute in Weimar .

In May 1808 he managed to get a job as a captain in the Württemberg service. On July 15, 1809, after the outbreak of the Tyrolean uprising, he was involved in the battle near Eglof and was seriously wounded again, which led to his quitting his service and asking for a position in community service.

In 1809 he was appointed postmaster in Biberach and in April 1812 he was promoted to chief postmaster in Tübingen . In 1822 he was appointed to the General Postal Directorate in Frankfurt am Main and in 1823 to the General Postal Directorate Council.

Both in his military career and in his civilian career, he produced topographical and postal maps, some of which were published in print.

Heinrich Ernst von Hoff was in 1st marriage with Clara Elisabeth von Werking and in 2nd marriage with Wilhelmine von Moser (* August 8, 1790 in Neuenbürg ; † March 20, 1861 in Stuttgart )

Awards

• In 1809 he received the Württemberg Military Merit Order because he had personally distinguished himself in the battles at Eglof.
• In 1836 he received the Württemberg Civil Merit Order for his postal services .

Cards (selection)

• Charter of the Kingdom of Würtemberg . Augsburg: Walch, 1812.
• Chart of the Kingdom of Würtemberg: after the Gränz correction of 1810 and using the latest and greatest most reliable tools on 6 sheets . Augsburg: Walch, 1819.
• Map of the Württemberg Danube District . Stuttgart 1843.
• Map of the Württemberg Black Forest district . Stuttgart 1845.
• Map of the Württemberg Jaxt district . Stuttgart 1846.
• Map of the Württemberg Neckar District . Stuttgart 1847.

literature

• Heinrich Ernst von Hoff in New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 29th year, 1st part. Weimar 1853. pp. 207 f.