Heinrich Johann von Schaper

Heinrich Johann von Schaper (born June 8, 1782 in Köslin , † December 22, 1846 in Torgau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Origin and family

He came from a family originally from Lower Saxony and was the son of the Prussian Colonel Ludwig von Schaper (1734-1808), commander of the Weichselmünde fortress and commander of the III. Musketeer - Battalion of (no. 51) Infanterieregiemets "von Hanstein" and Friederike, nee von Billerbeck (* 1759).

Schaper married on March 28, 1815 in Kloetzen Sophie Freiin von Schleinitz (* 1792; † September 23, 1839 in Torgau), the daughter of the Prussian Supreme Court President Carl Anton Wilhelm Freiherr von Schleinitz (1751-1807) and Friederike von Rosenberg-Gruszczynski . The couple had at least four children, two sons and two daughters, including the later District Administrator Carl Heinrich von Schaper . The general superintendent in Posen, Friedrich Alexander Leopold Cranz , was his son-in-law.

Career

Schaper began his career in the Prussian army in 1795 as a private corporal in the infantry regiemets "von Langen" (No. 17) . He was promoted to ensign in 1797 and second lieutenant in 1800 . In 1806 he took part in the Fourth Coalition War , especially the battle near Halle, where he was captured and brought to Nancy . It was not until 1808 that he returned from captivity and in 1809 was aggregated into the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2nd East Prussian) No. 3 . In the same year he was assigned to the regiment as a prime lieutenant . He rose in 1812 to staff captain and then initially took his farewell to also still 1812 as captain and company commander in the First Battalion of the Russian-German Legion in Russian service to contact. His promotion to major was followed by participation in the Wars of Liberation . He was wounded in the battle on the Göhrde and received the Order of St. Anne, 2nd class. He also took part in the battles at Vellahn, Wilhelmsburg, Harburg, Sehestedt, Wavre, Rocquencourt and Chatillon, the sieges of Glückstadt and Hamburg ( Order of St. Vladimir IV class), and the Battle of Ligny ( Iron Cross II class ) part. As early as 1814 he had returned to the Prussian service as a major without a patent . In connection with the transfer of the Russian-German Legion to Prussia, he became battalion commander in the 30th Infantry Regiment in 1815 . Schaper was then transferred to the 29th Infantry Regiment in 1817 and changed again in 1819 to the 26th Infantry Regiment . He received the service cross in 1825 . In 1827 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1829 became commander of the 20th infantry regiment ad interim. With his promotion to colonel in 1830 he was confirmed as regimental commander. In 1832 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class received and became director of the division school as well as chairman of the examination committee for portepeefähnriche of the 6th division. Schaper was then in 1836 commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade and the 20th Infantry Regiment. In 1837 he was accepted into the Order of St. John and in 1838 he was promoted to major general . In 1840 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, and in 1743, the Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class. In 1844, Schaper left with the character of Lieutenant General and an annual pension of 2250 Taler , as well as the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class.

Already on 25 April 1834 he bought in his capacity as Colonel to Torgau and commander stationed there 20th Line Infantry - Regiment of Peter Wilhelm Graf von Hohenthal the manor Falkenberg with the Vorwerk lapwing and Mark Trebsdorf near Torgau ( Province of Saxony ).

Schaper was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

• Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses B Volume V, Volume 26 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1961, p. 324.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 354-355, no. 1592.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ludwig von Schaper made use of the title of nobility after joining the Prussian army in 1753 , the leadership of which he and his descendants in Prussia were not objected to. - Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , 1961, p. 322.