Karl von Schütz (General)

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Karl August Heinrich Wilhelm von Schütz (born May 19, 1784 in Saalbach bei Hof , † September 28, 1833 in Marseille , France) was a Prussian major general and inspector of the federal fortresses.

Life

origin

Karl was a son of Friedrich von Schütz (1751-1817) and his wife Christiane, née von Reitzenstein (1758-1816). His father was a Prussian Premier Lieutenant a. D. , Herr auf Saalbach and District Director in the Principality of Bayreuth .

Military career

On May 1, 1796, Schütz joined the Infantry Regiment "von Unruh" of the Prussian Army as a private corporal and was promoted to secondary lieutenant by the end of March 1800 . In 1804 he became a battalion adjutant and took part in the battles near Schleiz and Saalfeld in the First Coalition War. He was captured in the battle of Jena and then released.

After the war he was reinstated and on December 3, 1808, he was placed in the Leibinanterie-Regiment, on May 15, 1809 he came to the Guard Regiment on foot , where he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on June 9, 1809. In December 1810 he was sent to the General War School for further training . There he met Scharnhorst and Clausewitz . As early as January 2, 1811, he became a staff captain , and on March 21, 1812, a captain and company commander in the regiment of the Guard. On behalf of the king and Scharnhorst, he traveled to possible battlefields in Bohemia and Moravia in 1812 . On January 11, 1813, he was transferred to the General Staff and on March 10, 1813, he came to General von Roeder as General Staff Officer . During the Wars of Liberation he took part in the battles of Großgörschen , Bautzen , the Katzbach , Leipzig , Laon and Paris . He was badly wounded near Leipzig. For Großgörschen he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class on May 19, 1813 . After a promotion to major , Schütz joined Duke Karl von Mecklenburg's brigade in mid-July 1813 . For Katzbach he received the Iron Cross 1st Class on August 21, 1813. In the following battle near Möckern he was seriously wounded.

On April 13, 1814, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On May 31, 1814, he received the order Pour le Mérite with oak leaves. On October 5, 1814, he became Chief of the General Staff of the Chief of the Guard and Grenadier Corps, Duke Karl von Mecklenburg . The next year on April 18, 1815, he was transferred to the General Staff of the York Corps as chief.

After the war, on October 27, 1815, he became a colonel and chief of the general staff of the General Command in Saxony, the IV Army Corps . From February 13, 1816, as regimental commander, he received a salary of 2,600 thalers. On March 30, 1821, he was transferred to the 7th Infantry Brigade as commander. On March 30, 1823, he was also promoted to major general and was awarded the service cross in mid-August 1825 . On May 3, 1827, he was given three months full pay leave to restore his health. He left the field service and was appointed inspector of the federal fortresses on October 21, 1829. On January 26, 1831 he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class. But his health was still bad. Therefore, on July 24, 1833, he again received a full salary vacation and sought relaxation in the seaside resort of Marseille . He died there on September 28, 1833.

Mission during the armistice of 1813

At the beginning of the armistice of 1813 he received a special order from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. He was supposed to deliver the news of the armistice to the Freikorps Lützow and Colomb , which were operating behind the front. Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch was seconded to support Major von Schütz .

Schütz first made contact with the French authorities. So he reached Dresden on June 17, 1813, where he met the commanding General Louis-Alexandre Berthier Prince of Neuchatel. He spoke to the general about how to proceed and the possible return route for the troops. The prince denied knowing anything about the possible location of the troops, Schütz suspected them at court. Overall, the general was not telling the truth. At the same time, the French troops rallied to attack the Lützow Freikorps, who already knew about the armistice and were camped at Kitzen. Napoleon had ordered that the armistice did not apply to the Freikorps. In the meantime the chief of the general staff assured General Morthiou Schütz that nobody knew where Lützow could be found. Instead, he suggested going to Zerbst , where Major Friedrich von Hellwig was, in order to lead him to the Bülow Corps. Two days were estimated for this, the French meanwhile wanted to search for the corps. The major came back after the said two days and was very astonished to learn that the French had attacked the corps at the same time as he had been holding talks there. After Major Schiitz finally got as far as the Prince of Neuchatel, he could only protest sharply. The prince assured that there was a misunderstanding and that the matter would be investigated. Regardless of this, General von Bülow also sent a representative to the prince on June 21, 1813 about the incident. He then sent a message to the Russian General Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly that the strictest rules of conduct would be issued. Since the demand for satisfaction did not receive a satisfactory answer, the Allies decided not to have food supplied to the occupied fortresses of Danzig , Modlin , Zamorsk , Stettin and Küstrin (Article 5 of the Peace Treaty).

family

On March 19, 1818 in Weißenfels he married Karoline von Burkersroda (1797–1855), a daughter of the Prussian superintendent of the flute Adolf von Burkersroda. The couple had several children:

  • Ernst Adolf Albrecht Karl (1818–1848), trainee lawyer
  • Ludwig Wilhelm Karl (1820–1894), Prussian Higher Government Council
  • Maria Wilhelmine Karoline (1823–1900), unmarried

After the general's death, the estate was sold to Heinrich David von Koch.

Fonts

Schütz worked as the author of the six-volume work History of the Change of State in France under King Louis XVI.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marriage contract
  2. ↑ Sales in Saalbach
personal data
SURNAME Schütz, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schütz, Karl August Heinrich Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and inspector of the federal fortresses
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Gut Saalbach bei Hof
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1833
Place of death Marseille , France