Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Baurmeister

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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Baurmeister (also: Bauermeister , born January 29, 1787 in Rotenburg an der Fulda , † September 18, 1840 in Cologne ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 15th Landwehr Brigade.

Life

origin

He was the son of Jakob Karl Leopold von Baurmeister and his wife Friederike Auguste Anne Dieffenbach, née von Sontra. His father was a major general in Hesse and a ministerial resident at the court in London .

Military career

Baurmeister attended the 1803 University of Göttingen and joined the end of the year as an ensign in the Grenadier Guards of Kurhessische army one. After the defeat by France, the army was on leave on November 1, 1806, and with it the master builder. In 1808 he went into Westphalian service , where he came as a second lieutenant in the 1st Line Regiment. On July 3, 1808, he was promoted to prime lieutenant and transferred to the government in Kassel as adjutant . On May 1, 1809 master builder was promoted to captain and adjutant to General von Lehsten . He took part in the Iberian campaign with the regiment 1809/10 and was appointed company commander on May 2, 1810 . Baurmeister returns to Germany to take part in Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 . There he fought in the battle of Borodino and in the battle of Valontina-Gora (August 19). Due to illness he returned to Kassel, after his recovery he became adjutant of the city governor on May 1, 1813 and later fought in the defense of the city against the Cossacks of the Russian army under Alexander Ivanovich Tschernyschow . At that time he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on November 10, 1813 (the elector Wilhelm I took over the reign on November 21, 1813). After the collapse of the Kingdom of Westphalia , Baurmeister changed to Prussian services , where he came to the 4th Elb Landwehr Infantry Regiment as a staff captain . On April 22, 1815 he was transferred to the General Staff of Field Marshal Blücher . In the summer campaign of 1815 he fought at Ligny and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for Belle Alliance . At the beginning of October 1815 he was transferred to the adjutantage .

After the war Baurmeister was promoted to major on September 24, 1816 and awarded the Order of St. Vladimir IV class on December 10, 1816 . On November 23, 1817, he was transferred to Trier as head of the brigade school and also president of the examination commission there. On March 21, 1821 he was transferred as an adjutant to the General Command of the VIII Army Corps and from there on March 30, 1825 to the 25th Infantry Regiment . On October 17, 1826, Baurmeister received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class, and on June 15, 1828, the Service Cross . On March 30, 1832 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Guelph Order in mid-November 1832 . He was promoted to colonel on March 30, 1834, with the leadership of the 38th Infantry Regiment and appointed master builder on March 30, 1835 as regimental commander. In this capacity he received the Order of the Red Eagle III on January 18, 1839. Class with a bow. On March 30, 1840 he came as a commander in the 15th Landwehr Brigade and on May 16, 1840 was aggregated to the 28th Infantry Regiment . Baurmeister was promoted to major general on September 10, 1840 before he died unexpectedly of a stroke on September 18, 1840 in Cologne . In addition to her widow's salary, his widow received a pension of 200 thalers from the king .

In his 1829 assessment, General von Borstell wrote: “Moral, diligent and punctual, of an unusual military and scientific education, a hopeful staff officer. Recommended. "

family

Baurmeister married Henriette Friderike Güntherine von Hopfgarten (born October 22, 1792 - April 11, 1865) on November 8, 1811 in Sondershausen , a daughter of the princely Schwarzburg governor and lords of the Schlotheim August Friedrich Ernst von Hopfgarten. The later Privy Councilor of Justice Friedrich Ludwig Karl (born September 10, 1812, † January 25, 1891) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Priesdorff accidentally relocates the battle to Spain
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . Volume 19, p. 5121.
personal data
SURNAME Master builder, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauermeister
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general, commander of the 15th Landwehr Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotenburg on the Fulda
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1840
Place of death Cologne