Joachim Zachris Duncker

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Joachim Zachris Duncker (born November 12, 1774 in Kristina , Savo , Finland ; † July 6, 1809 in Hörnefors , Västerbotten , Sweden ) was a Swedish soldier, most recently with the rank of lieutenant colonel .

Life

Duncker is a descendant of Joachim Duncker , born before 1627 in Dobbin , Mecklenburg. He had come to Finland as a Swedish Rittmeister and had established a widely branching family there. It acquired real estate and was successful in military service. Joachim Zachris Duncker was appointed second lieutenant in the Savolax Jäger Regiment in 1789 . He proved his skills in the Russian – Swedish War of 1788–1790 and was promoted to captain .

In the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-1809 , Duncker was an important officer in the Swedish army. During the retreat of the army of General Johan Adam Cronstedt of Mikkeli about Iisalmi and Leppävirta in March 1808 after Oulu commanded Duncker up the rear. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Pulkkila on May 2, 1808, so that the Swedish general Johan August Sandels commissioned him to bring the news of victory to the king. Duncker's promotion to major followed . His skills meant that in June 1808 he was able to take a large transport of supplies from the Russian invading forces.

Memorial stone for Duncker and the Russian General Aërekoff in Umeå

The last victory of the Swedes in this war, the battle of the Virtabrücke on October 27, 1808, was won by General Sandels through the use of Duncker and Colonel Fahlander and Major Malm . After the surrender of part of the Swedish army in Kalix in the Swedish province of Norrbotten (approx. 50 km west of today's Finnish-Swedish border) on March 25, 1809, Duncker fought on in the province of Västerbotten to the south . On July 5, 1809, he was seriously wounded in the battle of Hörnefors as commander of the rearguard, so that he died a day later in the Russian camp. He was buried in Umeå in the churchyard next to a Cossack chief . In 1897 a memorial stone for Duncker and the Russian General Aërekoff was erected in the churchyard.

literature

  • Bertil Nelsson: Duncker and Savolax Brigades. Finska kriget 1808-09. Historiska Media, Lund 2000, ISBN 91-88930-81-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martha Müller: Mecklenburg in Eastern Europe , in: Scientific contributions to the history and regional studies of Eastern Central Europe, edited by Ernst Bahr on behalf of the Johann Gottfried Herder Institute. Marburg 1972, pp. 1-10.
personal data
SURNAME Duncker, Joachim Zachris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soldier, most recently with the rank of lieutenant colonel
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristina , Finland
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1809
Place of death Hörnefors , Sweden