Johann Otto Damm
Johann Otto Damm (born July 6, 1765 in Dresden , † June 5, 1837 in Berlin ) was a royal Prussian major general and most recently at the 3rd engineering inspection. In 1813 he was interim director of the Saxon engineering academy in Dresden.
Life
origin
His parents were Johann Christoph Damm - cupbearer to Duke Karl von Kurland - and his wife Juliane Dorothea Schulz.
Military career
In 1781 he went to the Saxon Engineering Academy in Dresden as an apprentice . From there he came in 1785 as a non-commissioned officer in the Saxon engineering corps. On January 21, 1791 he was promoted to sub-lieutenant and on July 26, 1797 Premier-Lieutenant. From 1803 to 1809 he came to teach mathematics and war science at the Saxon Engineering Academy in Dresden. At that time he was promoted to captain on January 21, 1807.
During Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 he was part of the army corps of the French general Count Reynier . He fought in the Battle of Podobna and in the skirmishes near Lubisch, Turisk, Kliniki, Biala, Rudnia and Kalisch. On December 3, 1812 he was promoted to major, in 1813 he came back to the engineering academy in Dresden as interim director . In 1814, however, he took his leave from royal Saxon services.
He went into Prussian service and was aggregated as a major with a patent on December 3, 1812 in the engineer corps on June 22, 1815. On October 11, 1815, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On April 20, 1816, he was transferred to the 2nd Engineer Brigade and came to Glogau as an engineer officer . There he was promoted to colonel with patent on April 21, 1819 on March 30, 1819. On April 12, 1823, he was transferred to the third engineer inspection, before he left on March 30, 1827 as major general with a statutory pension. He died on June 5, 1837 in Berlin and was buried on June 9, 1837 in the garrison cemetery in Hasenheide.
In his assessment from the year 1821 by General von Rauch it says: An honest, solid, theoretically scientifically educated man, who, however, lacks practical experience in fortress building and sufficient knowledge of the spirit in which the Prussian service must be carried out. Petty, pedantic and to a high degree fearful, he sometimes lacks the right behavior towards superiors and subordinates. He must be encouraged to act more often, and if he is said to have served well with the Saxons in the war against Russia in 1812, I would still doubt that he should still be useful for field service at his age. I therefore think it should not be useful for higher promotion for field service. I do not consider it to be a higher promotion, but suitable for the subject.
family
He married on April 21, 1793 in Pillnitz Maria Wilhelmine Heindel (* May 4, 1776, † November 5, 1841), a daughter of the Saxon administrator in Pillnitz and tenant in Schönfeld. The couple had 3 sons and 2 daughters, including:
- Mathilde Wilhelmine (* 1802) ⚭ 1837 Johann Ernst von Bieberstein, Colonel a. D.
Individual evidence
- ↑ buried in the garrison cemetery on November 8, 1841
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damm, Johann Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Director of the Saxon engineering academy in Dresden, later royal Prussian major general, most recently at the 3rd engineering inspection |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1837 |
| Place of death | Berlin |