Hermann von Hanneken (Lieutenant General)

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Bernhard August Carl Hermann von Hanneken (born February 2, 1810 in Vicheln, † September 6, 1886 in Bad Neuenahr ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Origin and family

Herrmann was a member of the unopposed nobility leading Mecklenburg family of Hanneken. His parents were the Prussian major general and heir to the Mecklenburg estates Nütschow and Petershagen, Hans Ludwig von Hanneken (1780–1854) and Wilhelmine Leopoldine Elisabeth, née von Lettow (1783–1823). The Prussian Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Sommerfeld (1801–1871) had been his brother-in-law since 1839.

He married Anna Waldburga Kunigunde von Hanneken (1818–1882), a daughter of the Prussian major general Woldemar von Hanneken (1789–1849), in Torgau in 1845 . The marriage resulted in ten children, including the Imperial Chinese General Hermann Ferdinand Sidney von Hanneken (* 1854).

Career

Hanneken began his career in the Prussian army as a cadet , initially in Potsdam in 1820 and in Berlin in 1824 , before he was aggregated on foot as a second lieutenant in the renowned 2nd Guards Regiment in 1827 . In 1829 he was then aggregated to the 31st Infantry Regiment and assigned to the General War School for the years 1833 to 1835 . He was then transferred to the 13th Infantry Regiment in 1836 , where he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in 1840 . In the years 1842 to 1845 he was assigned to the topographic office , where he served in the surveying department of the Great General Staff from 1843 . In 1845 he was promoted to captain and in 1848 was transferred to the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps . He then took part in the suppression of the revolution in Baden in 1849 and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords , in the same year . In 1850 he became company commander in the 29th Infantry Regiment , advanced to major in 1852 and finally in 1855 received the position of commander of the 1st Battalion ( Aachen ) of the 25th Landwehr Regiment. Since 1857 he was commander in the 17th Infantry Regiment , where he rose to lieutenant colonel in 1858 . In the course of mobilization in 1859 he was given the position of commander of the 17th Landwehr Regiment. In 1860 he was initially charged with the command of the 17th combined infantry regiment, then promoted to colonel and at the same time appointed commander of the 57th infantry regiment . In 1861 he received the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with swords on the ring and in 1864 became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade under position à la suite of the 57th Infantry Regiment. After his promotion to major general in 1864, he took part in the German War in 1866 , in particular the Battle of Königgrätz . In the same year he was honored with the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, made an officer of the army and received his patent for Lieutenant General. Removed from his position as officers of the army, he became the last commandant of the federal fortress of Luxembourg in 1867 , and exchanged this position for the same position in Mainz . In 1868 he received the Grand Officer 's Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown , in 1871 he returned to the officers of the army and also received the Grand Cross of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous in 1871 . After all, after the end of the war against France, he received his farewell and took up residence in Wiesbaden. After retiring from active service, Hanneken was still awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords.

Works

In addition to articles in military magazines, he published without mentioning his name:

  • The war for Metz , Berlin 1870
  • Thoughts and reflections on the war of 1870/71 , Mainz 1871
  • General conscription , Gotha 1873

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav von Lehsten: The nobility of Mecklenburg since the land constitutional hereditary comparisons (1755). Rostock 1864, p. 96.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. Old nobility and postal nobility , 16th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1922, p. 338.
personal data
SURNAME Hanneken, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hanneken, Bernhard August Carl Hermann von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Vichels
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1886
Place of death Bad Neuenahr