Karl Jachnick

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Johann Karl Benjamin Jachnick (born May 3, 1770 in Groß Tschirnau , Guhrau district , † July 22, 1851 in Cologne ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

family

Johann Karl Benjamin was a son of the mayor of Groß Tschirnau Johann Daniel Jachnick. His mother Karoline Amalie Textor was the daughter of the district tax collector.

In 1812 he married Friederike Wilhelmine Alexandria von Swietlicki, daughter of Major Gottfried von Swietlicki, in Narz , Braunsberg district . He had four children with her:

  • Alexandria Susanna Ida (* 1816)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander (born September 30, 1818 - † December 18, 1844), second lieutenant in the 3rd Engineering Inspectorate
  • Johanna Augustina Emilie (* 1820)
  • Ludwig (* 1822), engineer officer

Career

Jachnick attended school in Glogau from 1784 , and he also received private tuition in engineering. He began his career in the Prussian army in 1787 as a volunteer with the engineering corps. From November of the same year he attended the engineering academy in Potsdam , and in May 1791 he was still a student doing excavation work in Glatz . In 1792 he was promoted to second lieutenant in the engineer corps and took part in the First Coalition War , in particular the bombing of Verdun , the attack on Kostheim and the sieges of Mainz and Landau . He was transferred to Szczecin in 1795 , where he made field surveys. On July 7, 1799, he was transferred to Pillau, where he was in charge of dune construction on the Fresh Spit from 1800 , and in 1801 he was in Memel for a few weeks for similar work. When fortifications were planned at Wehlau, Jachnick was entrusted with the surveying and leveling work.

On October 10, 1804 he became an engineer officer from the Lenczyc Square, where the fortifications were further expanded. After the work was completed, he was transferred to Ortelsburg in 1806 . But after the outbreak of the Fourth Coalition War he was transferred to Danzig on October 1, 1806. He was in the fortress Weichselmünde and distinguished himself in 1807 in the defense of Danzig , for which he received the Pour le Mérite . after the surrender of Danzig, he came to Pillau, where he built entrenchments on the spit. Also in 1807 he was promoted to staff captain . At the beginning of 1810 he was appointed a member of the commission for building up the pioneer company and was transferred to Berlin. From autumn 1810 to March 1812 he took part in the practical and technical exercises of the Brandenburg pioneer companies. On March 25, 1812, he was transferred to the Silberberg Fortress as a field engineer and promoted to real captain . From January 20, 1813, he directed the work there on the fortress. In May he came to Glatz and then to Schweitnitz with the same assignment. For this he received a commendation from the king.

During the Wars of Liberation he was involved in the capture of Wittenberg , for which he was awarded the Iron Cross II class and the Order of Vladimir IV class . On April 7, 1815, he came to Koblenz to work on the fortress . After he was promoted to major on April 12, 1815, he became a field engineer in Cologne on June 10, 1815 and in 1816 came to the 3rd engineering inspection. On February 3, 1819 he became inspector of the 2nd Rhenish fortress inspection. On August 3, 1822 he received the Russian Order of St. Anne II. Class , on January 16, 1824 the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class and in addition the service cross in 1825 . Jachnick eventually became on April 7, 1828 to lieutenant colonel and on 4 April 1831. Colonel . On January 18, 1833 he was awarded the Red Eagle Order III. Class and received his departure as major general on March 4, 1837 . He initially retained his position as inspector. He died on July 22nd, 1851 at the age of 81 and was buried on July 25th in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich August Schmidt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 30, Part 2, 1852, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt , Weimar 1854, p. 1250, No. 963 ; According to Priesdorff (lit.), however, he did not die until July 29, 1851.
  2. ↑ Schlesische Instantien-Notitz , Breslau 1780, p. 255.
  3. ↑ Friedrich August Schmidt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 20, Part 2, 1842, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1844, pp. 996–997, No. 319.
  4. ↑ Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le mérite. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913, p. 515, no.299.
personal data
SURNAME Jachnick, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jachnick, Johann Karl Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Groß Tschirnau , district of Guhrau
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1851
Place of death Cologne