Heinrich Harnickell (General)

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Heinrich Karl Hermann Harnickell (born January 23, 1836 in Wabern ; † May 16, 1920 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Heinrich was the son of the Hessian forest inspector of the same name, Heinrich Harnickell (1793-1860) and his wife Marie, née Keßler.

Military career

After his education at the military academy in Kassel Harnickell was on May 26 in 1854 as Portepeefähnrich the rifle battalion of Kurhessische Army transferred. He was promoted to secondary lieutenant in mid-September 1854 and worked as an adjutant from the end of January 1862 . In this position he rose to prime lieutenant at the end of April 1866 and was hired after the lost war against Prussia and the annexation of the electorate on October 30, 1866 with his rank in the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3 of the Prussian Army .

While being promoted to captain , he was appointed company commander on November 21, 1869 . During the war against France , Harnickell first led his company at Spichern . Due to a wound sustained in the battle of Mars-la-Tour , he could not take part in the further fighting of the war. For his work he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class and after the peace treaty was transferred on March 11, 1873 to the Rhenish Jäger Battalion No. 8 in Wetzlar . As a supernumerary Major Harnickell was the on September 15, 1877 5. Pomeranian Infantry Regiment. 42 aggregated and September 25, 1877-budgetary staff officer einrangiert in the regiment. In the autumn of 1880 Harnickell took part in the general staff training trip of the XV. Army Corps . In the course of the army expansion, he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 130 in Trier with effect from April 1, 1881 , and was appointed commander of the Fusilier Battalion in the middle of the month. This was followed from June 13, 1885 to June 13, 1888 as a lieutenant colonel and budgetary staff officer in the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 . Subsequently, Harnickell was commissioned under position à la suite initially with the leadership of the 2nd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 23 and on July 21, 1888 he rose as a colonel to regimental commander. With promotion to major general Harnickell was on 15 December 1890 as commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade of Rendsburg added. In this position he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, on the occasion of the Order's festival in January 1893 , before he was put up for disposal on March 16, 1893 in approval of his resignation request with a pension .

Once adopted Harnickell lived in Kassel and received on 11 September 1903 the character as a lieutenant general.

literature

  • August Maurhoff: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment v. Winterfeldt (2. Oberschlesisches) No. 23. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913, pp. 23–24.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 266.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 101 of September 12, 1903, p. 2389.
personal data
SURNAME Harnickell, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harnickell, Heinrich Karl Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Wobble
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1920