Heinrich Köppen

Wilhelm Heinrich Köppen (born October 17, 1822 in Glatz ; † June 20, 1883 in Baden-Baden ) was a Prussian major general and commander of Saarlouis .

Life

origin

Heinrich was a son of the Prussian major of the 6th Artillery Brigade Johann Heinrich Arnold Köppen (1772-1829) and his wife Wilhelmine Henriette, née Krakow (1792-1849).

Military career

After visiting the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin , Köppen was transferred to the 11th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on August 9, 1840 as a second lieutenant . From July 1 to December 31, 1846 he was assigned to the Neisse rifle factory . In May 1849 he took part in the suppression of revolutionary unrest in Breslau . In July 1849 a brief assignment to the rifle factory in Sömmerda followed . After a three-month command as assistant teacher at the division school in Glogau , Köppen was posted to the Knight Academy in Liegnitz from April 1852 to September 1855 as a military inspector . By mid-September 1857, Köppen was promoted to captain and on February 12, 1859 he was appointed company commander. In this capacity he took part in the fighting at Langensalza and Üttingen and the bombardment of Würzburg in 1866 during the German War in the Main Army . For his work he received the Red Eagle Order IV class with swords.

With promotion to major, Köppen was aggregated into his regiment on August 16, 1866 and transferred to Rendsburg on October 30, 1866 with the appointment of commander of the 1st battalion in infantry regiment No. 85 . During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , he rose to lieutenant colonel on July 20, 1870 and led his battalion at Colombey , Gravelotte , Noisseville and before Metz . He was wounded in the Battle of Orleans . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Köppen was appointed commander of Saarlouis after the peace treaty on March 16, 1872 under position à la suite of his regiment. On March 22, 1873 he was promoted to colonel and on September 15, 1877 was awarded the Order of the Crown, Second Class. On January 18, 1879 Koppen received the character as a major general, and on February 11, 1879 be REQUESTED he was parting with inn with award of the Red Eagle approved II. Class with oak leaves and swords on rings. On November 6, 1879, he was put up for disposition and died on June 20, 1883 in Baden-Baden.

General von Goeben wrote in his assessment in 1879: “A prudent, energetic and endlessly active commander, who fulfills his position in an excellent manner and is also suitable as the commander of a more important fortress. He was suffering that year and was compelled to great sorrow to stay away from the service. Hopefully his health will be restored. "

family

Köppen married on October 15, 1856 in Liegnitz Marie Agnes Tschirmer (1832-1914), a daughter of the secret government councilor Adolf Friedrich Tschirmer. The daughter Marie (* 1860) emerged from the marriage.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 183-184, no. 3155.