Karl Friedrich Peter von Brockhausen

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Karl Friedrich Peter von Brockhausen (born October 27, 1751 in Berlin ; † April 9, 1830 there ) was a Prussian major general in the artillery and lastly second in command of Spandau during the wars of liberation .

Life

origin

Little is known about its origin. All we know is that his father was in the army and his mother was born Herrmann.

Military career

Brockhausen came to the Joachimsthaler Gymnasium in 1763 and then went into Prussian service . On January 1, 1767, he joined the artillery and became a corporal in 1770 and a second lieutenant on October 13, 1772, with a patent from October 10, 1772. In the War of the Bavarian Succession he fought in the battle near Brüx in 1778/79. On October 30, 1791, as an award for Brüx, he received the entitlement to the next vacant prebend at the monastery of our dear women near Halberstadt . On November 26, 1791 he was then Prime Lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery Regiment . From 1793 to 1794 Brockhausen fought in the First Coalition War against France in the sieges of Mainz and Landau, in the battle of Kaiserslautern and in the battle near Frankenthal. On July 18, 1793 he received the order Pour le Mérite for Mainz and was promoted to staff captain on September 26, 1793 .

After the war he became captain and company commander on October 6, 1797 with a patent from October 14, 1797 and rose to major in the 2nd artillery regiment on July 9, 1804 . On September 14, 1805, he was transferred to the newly established regiment of mounted artillery in Königsberg . In the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the Battle of Preussisch Eylau and in the battle near Königsberg. For this Brockhausen received the Russian Order of St. George on June 17, 1807 .

After the war, Brockhausen was proposed by Scharnhorst on July 13, 1808 as a member of the commission of inquiry into the war events as the successor to Major Holtzendorf . But already on December 24, 1808 he received his farewell as a colonel , albeit with the pension of a lieutenant colonel. An application for resumption of service was provisionally rejected on August 19, 1809 and so Brockhausen came to the gendarmerie on October 24, 1810. On March 15, 1813, he was re-employed in the army as Colonel and 2nd Commander of Spandau. He stayed there during the Wars of Liberation .

On January 1, 1817, on his 50th anniversary in service, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class and his departure on February 5, 1817 with the character of major general and a pension of 800 thalers. However, this was increased to 1000 thalers on February 27, 1817. He died unmarried on April 9, 1830 in Berlin and was buried on April 13, 1830 in the Werderscher Friedhof.

In his assessment from 1804 it says: “A morally good officer, an excellent good drill master and a very zealous, capable and diligent artillery staff officer who precisely combines his scientific knowledge with practical experience and can be used for everything in artillery service. "

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Messenger for Tyrol. Official journal of the authorities, offices and courts of Tyrol. 1815, p. 392. He became commander in 1815
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . Volume 2, p. 34.
personal data
SURNAME Brockhausen, Karl Friedrich Peter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general of the artillery and finally 2nd in command of Spandau
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1830
Place of death Berlin