Heinrich Wieland (officer)
Heinrich Wieland (born February 7, 1822 in Basel , † April 3, 1894 there ) was a Swiss officer .
Life
Heinrich Wieland grew up in the Basel region , his father August Heinrich Wieland died in 1833 as a major in the city artillery during the battle of the Hülftenschanz . His younger brother was the later chief instructor of the infantry Hans Wieland .
Wieland completed the recruiting school in the Klingenthal barracks , in 1846 he became a lieutenant, during the uprisings in Baden he spied for two years for Basel, in 1850 he was recruited into the Neapolitan service. After his return to Switzerland, he became a colonel in 1866, in 1890 in command of the VIII Division and in 1891 in command of the IV Corps .
literature
- Hans Adolf Vögelin: Heinrich Wieland, Colonel Corps Commander. In: Basel Army Leader from the Sonderbund War to the Second World War. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1963, pp. 55–65.
- Rudolf Brüderlin: Wieland, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 497-501.
- Peter Müller-Grieshaber: Heinrich Wieland (officer). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wieland, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wieland, Johannes Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1894 |
| Place of death | Basel |