Johan Waldemar Neergaard

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Johan Waldemar Neergaard

Johan Waldemar Neergaard (born April 18, 1810 in Gisselfeld , † July 9, 1879 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish general and minister of war .

Origin and family

Neergaard's father was the land manager and large farmer Johan Henrik Neergaard (1771–1817), his mother was his wife Christine Marie, nee. Book (1785-1823). On December 27, 1849 Neergaard married Anna Hermandine Maria Spethmann (1823–1917), daughter of the businessman Franz Daniel Spethmann (approx. 1786–1851) and his wife Lucia Dorothea Henriette, née. Krus (approx. 1784–1871).

Life

After training at the Landkadetakademi , Neergaard became a secondary lieutenant in Schleswig's Jägerkorps in 1830 , but he did not want to continue training at the Royal Military College . He remained in the army and in 1835 first lieutenant , 1842 brigade adjutant , 1840 Captain , 1851 Lieutenant Colonel 1863 Colonel and 1865 Major General . In both Schleswig Wars he showed great skills as an infantry officer. On November 6, 1865, he joined the Frijs cabinet as Minister of War and was thus given the great task of creating a new army organization after Schleswig-Holstein ceded to Prussia. The border had thus moved closer to the fortresses Fredericia and the Little Belt was no longer an inner Danish body of water. He had to accept that the army could only be reformed after constitutional issues had been resolved, but he lacked political insight and negotiating skills and so Neergaard came into conflict with his ministerial colleagues and the Reichstag. The drafting of the new army statutes was entrusted to a commission chaired by Andreas Frederik Kriegers in February 1866 . The budget of the Ministry of War for 1866/67 was decided after a government decision without significant changes to the previous year, but Neergaard had to accept certain cuts in the Reichstag. He developed his plans for the future in the State Council, where he disapproved of Christian IX. awakened with the proposal to dismantle the cavalry. He put his main focus on the infantry. The army strength should grow to 35,000 men. Neergaard estimated the preliminary budget at 3.4 million Reichstalers, significantly more than the Ministry of Finance could approve. He received some support in the cabinet from Interior Minister Estrup and Culture Minister Christian Rosenørn-Teilmann . Neergaard sent the draft for an army order based on these standards to the Army Statute Commission, but resigned at his own request on September 30, 1866. The following year he was appointed general and command of a brigade and retired in 1877.

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Endnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Helge Larsen: Johan Waldemar Neergaard . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 10 : Moltke – Olrik . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1982, ISBN 87-01-77464-6 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
  2. ^ PN Nieuwenhuis: Neergaard, Johan Valdemar . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 12 : Münch – Peirup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1898, p. 163 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Neergaard, Johan Waldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish general and minister of war
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Gisselfeld
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1879
Place of death Copenhagen