Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm

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Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm (born April 17, 1743 in Niedersfeld , † February 15, 1827 in Olomouc ) was an Austrian officer.

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Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm (1743–1827)

Heinrich Kempen came from a farming family from Lower Field. On August 1, 1768, he left his home and became a soldier in the K. k. Chevaulegers Regiment Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, later the 39th Cavalry Regiment . In March 1769 he was promoted to corporal . In 1785 he was promoted to sergeant due to his bravery . On January 28, 1795 he was promoted to lieutenant . At the same time, Kempen was assigned to the peeling and remounting department in Pardubitz . In 1806 he was promoted to lieutenant . Three years later he was promoted to Rittmeister . He bought a small farm near Tabor . After leaving on December 1, 1818, he lived in Olomouc from March 31, 1819 , where he died on February 15, 1827 at the age of 84. Heinrich Kempen never saw his homeland again.

Battle calendar of the 39th Cavalry Regiment (-1795)

Kempens Regiment was involved in the following wars / skirmishes during his membership:

family

He was married to Elisabeth Winterssohn. The following children are known from this marriage:

  1. Josef Kempen von Fichtenstamm, * 1784; † June 9, 1850 Grätz ,
    1848 State Artillery Director in Italy,
    1848 K. k. Major general
  2. Johann Franz Freiherr Kempen von Fichtenstamm , born June 26, 1793 Pardubitz , Eastern Bohemia ; † November 29, 1863 in Schwarzau am Steinfeld , Lower Austria ,
    1848 K. k. Lieutenant Field Marshal ,
    1849 General Inspector of the Gendarmerie,
    1852 Chief of the Supreme Police Authority,
    1859 K. k. Feldzeugmeister
  3. Anton Kempen von Fichtenstamm, † March 18, 1856 Schlan ,
    1816 cadet in the 25th Bohemian Infantry Regiment,
    later he is said to have served in Hungarian units.

Honors

On December 5, 1814, Rittmeister Kempen asked to be awarded a nobility diploma. Due to his merits, during his 46 years of service in the K. k. Army, he was raised to hereditary nobility in 1815 as Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm.

The square in Niedersfeld, where Kempens was born in 1567 until 1931, was renamed Kempen-Platz in his honor.

literature

  • Cramer, Hugo: K. u. K. Feldzeugmeister Freiherr von Kempen father and son in: De Suerlänner 1958 home calendar for the Sauerland in the Electorate of Cologne , page 15
  • Cramer, Hugo: Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm and Johann Kempen von Fichtenstamm in: The Hochsauerland around Niedersfeld , Niedersfeld 1952, pages 152–157
  • The Kempen vom Fichtenstamm in Austria farmer boy from Niedersfeld was honored in: Sauerländer Hinkende Bote 1968 , pages 42–44
  • Schulte, Wilhelm: The Kempen of Fichtenstein in: Westfälische Köpf , Münster 1963, 3rd edition 1984, pages 147-149 u. 398, ISBN 3-402-05700-X
  • Josef Karl Mayr: The Diary of Police Minister Kempen from 1848 to 1859 , Vienna 1931
  • Military schematism of the Austrian Empire , Vienna 1815, 1816, 1817

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cramer, Hugo: Heinrich Kempen von Fichtenstamm and Johann Kempen von Fichtenstamm in: Das Hochsauerland um Niedersfeld , Niedersfeld 1952, page 155
  2. ^ Josef Karl Mayr: The Diary of Police Minister Kempen from 1848 to 1859 , Vienna 1931, page 390
  3. Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire , Vienna 1816, p. 186.

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