Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim

Karl Friedrich David von Lindheim (born September 7, 1791 in Königsberg , † August 5, 1862 in Bad Teplitz ) was a Prussian infantry general , head of the military cabinet and since 1859 military governor of the Prussian province of Silesia .

Life

origin

Karl Friedrich David was the son of Johann Philipp von Lindheim (* 1747 in Gießen ; † February 13, 1825 in Berlin) and his wife Katharina Luise Anna, born von Werner (* 1760). His father was a Prussian major a. D. , most recently in the 4th East Prussian Infantry Regiment , knight of the order Pour le Mérite and postmaster von Graudenz . His mother was the daughter of the Hessian Lieutenant General Leopold Christoph Daniel von Werner (1712–1780) and his wife Christine Louise Roth (1725–1780).

Military career

Lindheim joined the fusilier battalion “von Stutterheim” of the 2nd East Prussian Fusilier Brigade of the Prussian Army on February 15, 1802 as a private corporal . There he became second lieutenant on October 18, 1805 and took part in the 1806/07 campaign against the French. He fought in the battles of Jena and Prussian Eylau and was in the battles at Lauenburg, Schippenbeil, Heilsberg, Braunsberg, Wachern and Königsberg. After the Peace of Tilsit , Lindheim was initially part of the 3rd East Prussian Infantry Regiment and in June 1809 the fusilier battalion of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot . With this regiment he took part in the wars of liberation of 1813/15, first as a prime lieutenant , later as a staff captain and as a captain and company commander . For his achievements during the battle of Großgörschen he received the Iron Cross 2nd class and fought at Bautzen , Dresden , Kulm , Leipzig and Laon . After the peace agreement, Lindheim rose to become major and battalion commander. On March 30, 1829 he became a wing adjutant to Friedrich Wilhelm III. Lindheim remained in this position even after he was appointed adjutant general of the king on May 16, 1834. At the same time as his promotion to major general on June 13, 1840, he was appointed adjutant general of the new King Friedrich Wilhelm IV .

Lindheim was then appointed commander of the 12th division in March 1846 and promoted to lieutenant general on March 27, 1847. The following year he gave up this command and was appointed commander of the 11th Division in Breslau on March 7, 1848 . He was then commissioned on September 10, 1849 to represent the commanding general of VI. Army Corps . The appointment to this position finally followed on March 23, 1852. In August 1853 he attended the large military exercises of the Russian Guards and Grenadier Corps at Krasnoye Selo . Finally, Lindheim was promoted to General of the Infantry on October 15, 1856, and was appointed Military Governor of the Province of Silesia on June 14, 1859.

Due to his poor health, Lindheim took a cure in Bad Teplitz and died while there. He was buried on August 9, 1862 in Erdmannsdorf.

Honors

On September 18, 1858, the king appointed Lindheim chief of the 10th Infantry Regiment . Since 1831 he was Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John . In addition, Lindheim was the holder of the following high orders :

• Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus II class on November 27, 1834
• Order of St. Vladimir III. Class on September 30, 1835
• Commander 1st class of the Ludewigs Order on November 15, 1835
• Russian Order of Saint Anne 1st Class on September 26, 1843
• Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class on June 21, 1849
• Cross of Honor 1st Class of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern on April 29, 1852
• Alexander Nevsky Order on June 3, 1852
• Order of the Red Eagle 1st class with oak leaves and diamonds on April 23, 1853
• Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle on October 17, 1861

family

Lindheim married Amélie Agnes Leopoldine, née Countess von Waldersee (* July 25, 1799, † October 16, 1826 in Potsdam) in Dessau on December 26, 1821 . She was the daughter of the writer Franz von Waldersee . After her death, Lindheim married Luise Alexandrine Dorothea on November 16, 1835, born von Borstell (born September 7, 1804 in Berlin; † March 9, 1889 ibid). She was the daughter of the Prussian lieutenant general Emil von Borstell (1778-1856) and lady-in-waiting of Crown Princess Elisabeth of Prussia . The marriages produced five children, including:

• Karoline (1782–1867) ∞ Karl Bernhard von Budberg (1810–1867), Prussian major general
• Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Heinrich Karl (born July 18, 1836 in Sanssouci ; † October 15, 1897), retired Prussian major. D. and director of Paket AG

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 447-449, no. 1639.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm von Redern , Sabine Giesbrecht : Under three kings. Böhlau publishing house. Cologne / Weimar 2003. p. 204.
2. ^ Lindheim, Philipp von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
3. ↑ Knights of Malta (Brandenburg): Johanniter-Ordensblatt: Official monthly of the Balley Brandenburg. Volume 1. 1960, p. 165.