Ludwig von Jenichen

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Albrecht Ludwig Wilhelm Rudolf Karl Jenichen , von Jenichen since 1841 (born April 11, 1783 in Gotha , † October 14, 1855 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

His parents were Johann Karl Friedrich Jenichen (1743–1809) and his wife Ernestine Auguste Sophie, née Sulzer. His father was the ducal Saxon-Gotha legation councilor and councilor in Gotha.

career

Jenichen joined the 3rd Artillery Regiment of the Prussian Army on March 15, 1799 , advanced to Second Lieutenant at the end of October 1805 and took part in the Fourth Coalition War. He was wounded in the battle of Auerstedt and then took part in the retreat in General von Blücher's corps .

After the Peace of Tilsit he joined the Brandenburg Artillery Brigade . He stayed there until the Wars of Liberation . Jenichen fought in the battles near Großbeeren , Dennewitz , Laon , Ligny and Waterloo as well as in the battles near Luckau and Halle . He also fought at Wittstock, Sevres, Issy, Antwerp and the storm on Arnhem, the crossing at Wartenburg and the sieges of Wittenberg and Soissons . For Hoyerswerda he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and for Leipzig the Cross 1st Class and the Order of St. Vladimir IV Class.

In the time he was in 1814 August 28, First Lieutenant and then on April 12, 1815, for riding Guard Artillery added. There Jenichen rose to captain at the end of June 1815 . On January 9, 1817, he was appointed adjutant to Prince August of Prussia . From the end of February 1817 he was also a member of the examination commission of the artillery premier lieutenant and was aggregated in mid-April 1817 while remaining in his position as adjutant of the Guard Artillery Brigade . On March 30, 1818, he received his patent promotion on April 11, 1818 to major . On February 11, 1822 Jenichen of the 6th Artillery Brigade was aggregated, assigned there on June 13, 1825 and awarded the service cross in the same year . On December 20, 1829 he was appointed brigadier of the 5th Artillery Brigade , and in this position Jenichen advanced to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1834 . In the same capacity, he worked from September 10, 1835 in the Guard Artillery Brigade. On March 18, 1836 he was transferred as chief to the General Inspection of the Artillery and re-aggregated to the Guard Artillery Brigade. In addition, from the end of March 1836 Jenichen was a member of the commission for the examination of military-scientific and technical objects. At the end of March 1836 he was promoted to colonel and on February 24, 1839 received the diamonds for the Order of St. Anne II. Jenichen was appointed inspector of the artillery workshops on July 5, 1831.

On February 20, 1841, he was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility at Prince August's shack and promoted to major general on April 7, 1842 . At the end of February 1843 he rose to the position of president of the examination commission for artillery premier lieutenants. On August 31, 1843, he was initially charged with running the business as inspector of the 2nd Artillery Inspection, and on January 4, 1844, he was appointed inspector. In this position Jenichen received the Order of St. Stanislaus 1st Class and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword . During the March Revolution in Berlin in 1848 he took part in street fighting. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary service King awarded him Friedrich Wilhelm IV. The Red Eagle , First Class with oak leaves before Jenichen on 20 March 1849 the character as Lt. Gen. his farewell with board took. He died in Berlin on October 14, 1855.

In his assessment, General August von Prussia wrote: “General von Jenichen is distinguished by an excellent scientific education, a truly rare clarity and sharpness of the mind, combined with great energy and spiritual strength. A theoretical artilleryman such as there are few, he is perhaps even more gifted through his great talent for the practical service of his weapon. The smallest detail of the same is not alien to him, having penetrated deeply into the innermost essence of the artillery, into its true spirit , he understands the service of arms from the highest point of view. In a word: I consider him an excellent artillery general and an excellent inspector. In the last war the General von Jenichen led a mounted battery with generally recognized distinction. Unfortunately, his hearing has suffered a little recently. "

family

He married Luise von Gablentz (1793–1842) in Fritzow on July 4, 1810. The daughters Amalie Agnes (1817–1819), Charlotte Friderike Karoline Julie (1812–1886) (married to Eduard von Höpfner ) and Wilhelmine Franziska Alexandrine (1814–1836) (married to Major General Hagemeier called von Niebelschütz ) resulted from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ducal Saxony Gotha and Altenburg court and address calendar to the year of Christ 1822. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Adels . Volume 1, WT Bruer, Berlin 1896, p. 649.
personal data
SURNAME Jenichen, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albrecht Ludwig Wilhelm Rudolf Karl Jenichen (until 1841); Jaenichen, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1855
Place of death Berlin