Karl von Decker
Karl von Decker (also Karl Otto Johann Decker ; born April 21, 1784 in Berlin , † June 29, 1844 in Mainz ) was a Prussian major general and a military and fiction writer .
Life
origin
Karl von Decker was the son of Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Decker (1744–1828), who died on July 14, 1828 in Carlsruhe (Upper Silesia) , and his wife Sabiene Sophie, née Moelter (1755–1785).
career
He began his military career in 1797 in his father's artillery regiment . In 1800 he became a lieutenant , took part in the campaigns of 1806 and 1807 and acquired the order Pour le Mérite near Eylau . In 1809 he joined the Corps of the Black Duke as Rittmeister, and in 1813 he returned to Prussian service as a captain in the General Staff and took part in the battles of Dresden , Kulm and Leipzig and in the campaigns of 1814 and 1815.
In 1816 he became the conductor of a department of the topographic bureau , in 1817 a major , in 1818 a teacher at the artillery and engineering school and on May 16, 1819 ennobled. From 1829 he was Brigadier 8th, the 1st Artillery Brigade, participated as Colonel in 1841 his farewell was even promoted to major general in 1842 and died on 29 June. 1844
With Otto August Rühle von Lilienstern , von Decker founded the military weekly paper in 1816 and was co-editor of the military literary newspaper from 1821 . Decker also wrote several comedies under the pseudonym Adalbert vom Thale . He was a member of the Berlin Freemasons' Lodge at the Golden Plow .
family
He married Amalie von Heydebrandt and the Lasa (1790–1864) in Königsberg on August 17, 1808 . The couple had several children including:
- Amalie (1809–1877) ⚭ Stanislaus von Leszczynski († 1852), Major a. D.
- Karl Friedrich Albert (1813–1867), retired lieutenant. D., Lord on Babalice and Gorzechowko
- ⚭ June 29, 1840 Bertha Julia Rafalski (1820–1860)
- ⚭ October 26, 1862 Natalie Schüßler (* 1832)
- Hermann (1815–1872), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ 1838 Julia von Kybusch (1818–1874)
- Sidonie (1817-1880)
- Adolph (1821-1853), Prussian captain
plant
Karl von Decker
- 1815: The military take-up. Berlin; Digitized
- 1816: The artillery for all weapons. 3 volumes, Berlin, volume 1
- 1817: Views on Warfare in the Spirit of Time. Berlin; Digitized
- 1819: The combat theory of the two combined weapons: cavalry and mounted artillery. Berlin; Digitized
- 1819: History of guns and artillery in Europe. Berlin, digitized , digitized
- 1822: The little war in the spirit of modern warfare. Berlin (4th ed. 1844); 3. Edition
- 1825: Bonaparte's campaign in Italy in 1796 and 1797. Berlin, digitized
- 1828: Basic principles of practical strategy. Berlin, digitized
- 1828: The Prussian pocket artilleryman. Berlin, digitized
- 1830: General Staff Science. Berlin (revised by his son, 1862); Digitized version (handbook for officers part 8)
- 1833–1834: Tactics of the three weapons: infantry, cavalry and artillery. (Berlin 1833-34, 2 parts.); Part 1
- 1835: The troop meeting at Kalisch in the summer of 1835. [Self-published], on commission from JH Bon, Königsberg 1835.
- 1837: The battles and main skirmishes of the Seven Years' War. Berlin; Digitized
- 1837: Supplementary tactics for field artillery. Berlin;
- 1839: Views of the use of artillery in the field maneuvers of the line troops. Digitized
- 1842: Algeria and the warfare there. Berlin, Volume 1 , Part 2
- 1840: Announcements of a trip through the southern states of the German Confederation. Digitized
- 1842: The Shrapnels. Establishment and theory of the effect of this projectile. Digitized
Adalbert vom Thale
- 1827: The bath of fate and birthday games
- 1828: Margot Stofflet
literature
- Richard von Meerheimb : Decker, Karl von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 8-10.
- Decker, 3) Karl von . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 606.
- Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian Nobility . First volume, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1892, p. 106.
- Robert and Clara Schumann's correspondence with correspondents in Berlin from 1832 to 1883. ed. by Klaus Martin Kopitz , Eva Katharina Klein and Thomas Synofzik (= Schumann-Briefedition. Series II, Volume 17), Cologne: Dohr 2015, pp. 117–121, ISBN 978-3-86846-028-5 .
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 69, no. 1704.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses. 1908 . Second year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1907, pp. 204f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl von Decker in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon or geological and diplomatic news . Leipzig, 1836, p. 403 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Literature Sheet No. 1, January 2, 1827, p. 183; ( Digitized version )
- ^ Margot Stofflet, Verlag Ernst Siegfried Mittler , Berlin, Posen and Bromberg, 1828, 170 p. ( Digitized version )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Decker, Karl von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1784 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1844 |
Place of death | Mainz |