Karl von Herrmann

Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Herrmann (born August 19, 1794 in Kolberg , † July 6, 1876 in Schwedt / Oder ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian major general Johann Heinrich von Herrmann (1766-1849) and his wife Dorothea Luise Elisabeth, née Havenstein (1771-1837).

Military career

Herrmann visited the cadet houses in Kalisch and Berlin . Subsequently, on May 10, 1812, he was transferred as a second lieutenant to Leib-Infanterie-Regiment No. 8 of the Prussian Army . On the side of France, Herrmann took part in the battles near Eckau and Mesothen during the Russian campaign in the same year . At the beginning of the wars of liberation he fought in the battle of Bautzen . After the Battle of the Katzbach , Herrmann was promoted to Adjutant of the 1st Battalion and in this capacity took part in the battles near Leipzig , Paris and Ligny . For his behavior in Paris he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class.

After the peace treaty , Herrmann graduated from the General War School as Prime Lieutenant from October 1816 to May 1818 , was then assigned to serve in the Cadet Corps and transferred to the Cadet Corps in Berlin in mid-March 1820. On April 21, 1821 he was promoted to captain there . At the end of March 1834 Herrmann returned to the troop service, acted as company commander in the 7th Infantry Regiment and was promoted to major on March 18, 1835 . On March 14, 1836, he was appointed director of the division school and president of the examination commission for portepeef ensigns of the 9th division in Glogau . In February 1839 he was assigned to the War Ministry , commissioned Herrmann in May 1840 initially to take on the business as head of the army department and confirmed him in this position on October 14, 1841. Hermann rose to lieutenant colonel in March 1843 and, with his promotion to colonel on March 31, 1846, was appointed commander of the 14th Infantry Regiment in Bromberg . With his regiment Herrmann was involved in the suppression of the Polish uprising in 1848 . From June 6, 1848, he also acted as director of the division school of the 4th Division until Herrmann was appointed commander of Magdeburg on November 18, 1848 . As a major general, he commanded the 16th Landwehr Brigade in Trier from September 22, 1851 to May 3, 1852 . The 32nd Infantry Brigade , which Herrmann commanded until October 25, 1854, was then formed from this large formation . He was then transferred to Brandenburg an der Havel , appointed commander of the 6th Division and, in this capacity, promoted to lieutenant general on July 12, 1855 . From June 7, 1856, he was employed as commander of the 3rd division in Stettin . On behalf of the German Confederation , Herrmann was commanded to inspect the Württemberg Army in July 1858 . On April 30, 1859 he was transferred to the officers of the army in order to be able to restore his poor health. Since no improvement occurred, Herrmann received on July 1, 1860, farewell as general of infantry with the statutory pension .

For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the German War , Herrmann served as the commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the II Army Corps . In recognition of his many years of service, King Wilhelm I awarded him the Order of the Crown 1st Class with the enamel ribbon of the Order of the Red Eagle with oak leaves and swords on the ring on January 18, 1867 .

In 1850 he was a member of the state house of the Erfurt Union Parliament .

family

Herrmann married Karoline Wilhelmine Henriette Amalie Müller (1794–1868) in Berlin on November 21, 1820. She was the daughter of the war council in the war ministry Johann Karl Müller. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kroll: List of officers of the Leib Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1. Brandenburgisches) No. 8. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1899, pp. 178-179.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, o. O. [Hamburg], o. J. [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 200-201, no. 1826.
• Jochen Lengemann : The German Parliament (Erfurt Union Parliament) from 1850. A manual: Members, officials, life data, parliamentary groups (= publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia. Large series, Vol. 6). Urban & Fischer, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-437-31128-X , pp. 162-163.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 180-181, no. 1489.