Johann Joseph Franz Maximilian von Brixen

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Johann Joseph Franz Maximilian von Brixen (born December 5, 1763 in Nassiedel , † January 16, 1836 in Dortmund ) was a Prussian major general and 2nd in command of the fortress of Stettin .

Life

origin

His parents were Joseph von Brixen (Brix and Monzel) and his wife Anna Minna, née von Brixen. His father was the state deputy of the Leobschütz district and heir to Jakubowitz and Raduschau.

Military career

Brixen came on November 12, 1775 as a page to the Berlin court of King Friedrich II. On September 26, 1781 he was employed as an ensign in the regiment of the Guard and on May 30, 1787 was promoted to second lieutenant. As such, he took part in the First Coalition War. Brixen fought in the battles near Pirmasens , Kaiserslautern , the battles near Kreuznach , Zweibrücken , Frankenthal and the sieges of Mainz and Landau . For Mainz he received the order Pour le Mérite on July 26, 1793 . From January 9, 1794, Brixen was captain of the army and adjutant general to General von Rüchel , to whom he remained personally connected for a long time.

On September 19, 1797 he was transferred to the Upper Silesian Fusilier Brigade as a major and company commander. Brixen wrote several memoranda , including 1803 the much-read attempt at a theory of the terrain . On July 5, 1803, he was given six months' leave to go to Paris . On September 21, 1805, he was reappointed adjutant to Lieutenant General Rüchel, leaving his position with the Upper Silesian Fusilier Brigade. During the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battle of Jena and later in the battle of Königsberg.

After the war, Brixen was given leave from June 14, 1807 to go to his estate at Köppenberg near Neisse. On March 28, 1809, he said goodbye with a pension of 400 thalers, but initially only received half of the pension. In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he was appointed Brigadier of the Landwehr in Silesia on May 6, 1813. On June 4, 1813, he became adjutant to Lieutenant General von Zastrow, but on November 19, 1813, he was appointed adjutant to General von Heister . On May 14, 1815, he was then sent to the General Staff of the 22nd Brigade and took part in the campaign of 1815.

On October 3, 1815, Brixen was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on October 16, 1816 , he was transferred to Stettin as 2nd commandant , where he was particularly responsible for Fort Prussia. In this capacity he advanced to colonel at the end of March 1819. In 1825 he was awarded the service cross and on January 18, 1832 the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class. Brixen took his leave on August 26th, 1832 with an annual pension of 1,750 thalers, conferring the character of major general . He died on January 16, 1836 in Dortmund.

family

Brixen married Sophie Freiin von Plettenberg zu Heeren (1772–1799) in Heeren on August 24, 1798 . After her death on May 28, 1800 in Neumarkt, he married Charlotte Freiin von Plettenberg-Heeren (1782-1803). On April 16, 1804 he married Wilhelmine von Bronikowski (1774–1835) in Heeren. After this marriage was divorced in 1810, Brixen married on February 5, 1819 in Borgholz Marie von der Betten (1783-1832). The following children emerged from the marriages:

  • Karl (1802–1826), Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot
  • Hermann Albert (* 1802)
  • Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (* 1805)
  • Friedrich (1807–1866), Prussian colonel
  • Karl Friedrich (1810–1858), Major, Commander of the 1st Battalion in the 20th Landwehr Regiment
  • Hans Wilhelm (1820–1870), Prussian colonel and commander of the 3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 16 , killed at Mars-la-Tour

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. 266 here: Brix and Monzel
  2. ↑ von Bock: list of the officers of the 2nd Guard Regiment on foot. June 19, 1813– May 15, 1913. Eisenschmidt Verlag, Berlin 1913, p. 64.
  3. ^ Death of Colonel von Brixen
personal data
SURNAME Brixen, Johann Joseph Franz Maximilian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, 2nd commandant of Stettin
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH Nassiedel
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1836
Place of death Dortmund