Hermann von Bychelberg

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Hermann Bychelberg , from 1871 von Bychelberg (born March 14, 1823 in Stolp , † April 18, 1908 in Görlitz ) was a Prussian general of the artillery .

Life

origin

Hermann was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel and commander of the Invalidenhaus in Stolp Christian David Bychelberg (1766-1836) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Teichert († 1870). His sister Caroline (1796–1873) was married to the Prussian Major General Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Reichel (1798–1862).

Military career

Bychelberg attended the higher middle school in his hometown as well as the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . On August 9, 1840, he was as aggregated second lieutenant of the Guards Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army transferred and completed from October 1841 for one year the United Artillery and Engineering School . He was then appointed artillery officer on October 13, 1842 with a patent dated October 8, 1840, and at the end of January 1844 he was assigned to the Guards Artillery Brigade. In 1846/49 Bychelberg was assigned to the artillery testing commission and in March 1848 took part in the suppression of street fighting in Berlin . As a prime lieutenant , Bychelberg was the investigating officer of the I. Department from 1854, rose to captain at the beginning of January 1857 and at the end of April 1859 became the commander of the craftsmen's company. On February 23, 1861 he was appointed battery boss . In this position Bychelberg took part in the siege of Fredericia and the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen in 1864 during the war against Denmark and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords , for his work .

On March 21, 1865 Bychelberg became a member of the Artillery Examination Commission and on September 23, 1865 was placed in this position à la suite of the Guards Artillery Regiment. At the same time, from mid-October he was also a member of the examination commission for prime lieutenant of the artillery and advanced to major on November 7, 1865 . On May 13, 1866, he resigned as commander of the 1st Division of the Guards Artillery Regiment and took part in the fighting at Thrush , Queen's Court and Königgrätz during the following German War . He was awarded the Order of the Crown III. 1st class awarded with swords and promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-June 1869. As commander of the 1st foot detachment, he went to war against France in 1870 and took part in the battles at Gravelotte , Beaumont and Sedan, as well as the siege of Paris . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry .

After the peace treaty , Emperor Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1871, "because of the bravery he had shown in the war against France" . On August 18, 1871 Bychelberg received the character as a colonel , and on 21 September 1871, the patent to his rank. At the same time he was appointed Chief of Staff of the General Inspection of Artillery and released from his relationship as a member of the examination committee in mid-October. After receiving the rank and duties of brigade commander at the beginning of June 1874, he was appointed commander of the 11th Field Artillery Brigade in Kassel on May 2, 1875 under position à la suite of the General Staff of the Army and promoted to major general on March 22, 1876 . With the promotion to lieutenant general followed on June 28, 1881 his appointment as inspector of the 3rd field artillery inspection in Hanover . In this capacity he received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, on the occasion of the festival in January 1884. Under ceremony of the Crown, First Class with swords Bychelberg was on 24 September 1886 Pension for disposition made.

After his departure , Emperor Wilhelm II gave him the character of general of the artillery on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fighting at Le Bourget .

family

Bychelberg married on October 14, 1857 in Schweidnitz with Agnes Huebner (1829-1916), daughter of the judiciary Johann Huebner. The daughter Klara (* 1859) and the later Prussian Major Robert (1859-1905) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 64.
personal data
SURNAME Bychelberg, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bychelberg, Friedrich Wilhelm August Hermann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the artillery
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Stumble
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1908
Place of death Goerlitz