Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Reichel
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Reichel (born March 12, 1798 in Berlin ; † September 16, 1862 there ) was a Prussian major general .
Life
origin
His parents were Johann Karl Reichel and his wife Maria Karoline, née Würst. His father was a Privy Councilor of War and Paymaster General at the General Military Treasury.
Military career
Reichel joined the 2nd Silesian Fortress Pioneer Company of the Prussian Army as a pioneer on May 26, 1813 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by mid-June 1815 . On August 20, 1816 he was transferred to the 1st Engineer Brigade, where on August 29, 1818 he became Premier Lieutenant and Adjutant to the Chief of the Engineer Corps. On April 27, 1822 he was promoted to captain and on April 7, 1827 he was transferred to the fortress building in Thorn . On September 29, 1828 he was appointed adjutant of the 1st engineering inspection and this aggregated . In addition, from April 18, 1834, Reichel was a member of the study commission of the artillery and engineering school . He came to Glogau as an engineer officer on April 18, 1837 and was transferred to the 2nd engineering inspection. This was followed on June 3, 1841 with the appointment as fortress construction director in Poznan, and he was transferred to the 1st engineering inspection. In 1843 Reichel received the Saxon Order of Civil Merit III. Class. On March 30, 1844, he was promoted to major and on September 39, 1851 , he was transferred to the 1st fortress inspection as an inspector. There he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 23, 1852 and to colonel on March 22, 1853 . Under awarding of the character as a major general Reichel was on May 4, 1858 Pension for disposition made and on October 18, 1861 on the occasion of the coronation of King William I of the Red Eagle Award II. Class with oak leaves.
He died on September 16, 1862 in Berlin and was buried on September 19, 1862 in the garrison cemetery.
family
On October 18, 1821, Reichel married in Berlin Christiane Caroline Wilhelmine Bychelberg (1796–1873), the daughter of the major of the artillery Christian David Bychelberg (1765–1836). His wife was buried in the garrison cemetery on December 10, 1873. The couple had several children:
- Karl Ernst Hermann (* 1822)
- Maria Auguste Wilhelmine Elisabeth (* 1823)
- Ulrike Wihelmine Auguste (* 1824)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 458-459, no. 2075.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichel, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1862 |
| Place of death | Berlin |