Max Hans Karl Adolf Heinrich Hermann Ihßen

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Max Hans Karl Adolf Heinrich Hermann Ihßen (also: Ihssen ; born September 23, 1830 in Poggenhagen (Neustadt am Rübenberge) ; † January 1, 1887 in Erfurt ) was royal Prussian major general and most recently the commander of the 15th infantry brigade.

origin

His parents were the chief commissioner and domain tenant Franz Ihßen († August 15, 1866) and his wife Antoinette Luise Sophie von Hinüber (* October 7, 1792; † November 7, 1840).

Life

He received his education first at the grammar school in Celle and then at the polytechnic school in Hanover. Then he went on June 25, 1848 as a cadet in the Hanoverian 5th Infantry Regiment. On January 1, 1849, he came to the 6th Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant with a patent on December 25, 1848. On July 1, 1856, he was transferred to the cadet school in Hanover as a teacher, and on September 21, 1856, he was appointed Premier-Lieutenant. He then served as a regimental adjutant from May 1, 1859 to January 9, 1860, during which time he was promoted to captain on December 1, 1859. But on May 27, 1863, he was transferred to the 2nd Infantry Regiment as a company commander. During the German-Danish War he was assigned to occupy the mouth of the Ems from April 14 to August 15, 1864 . During the German War of 1866 he was badly wounded in the head in the battle of Langensalza and received the Guelph Order 3rd class on November 21, 1866 . After the lost war, the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia and the army dissolved.

Ihßen switched to the Prussian Army and was employed on March 9, 1867 as a captain with a patent on December 1, 1859 in the 33rd Infantry Regiment. During the Franco-Prussian War he was commander of the Reserve Landwehr Battalion No. 33 from Königsberg from July 15 to December 21, 1870 and promoted to major on July 20, 1870. He fought in the battles at Bapaume and St Quentin and the battle at Tertry-Pouilly. For this he received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on January 3, 1871 .

After the war, on April 13, 1872, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Infantry Regiment. There he rose to lieutenant colonel on July 3, 1875 and was transferred to the 22nd Infantry Regiment as commander on April 12, 1879, and was promoted to colonel on June 11, 1879. On May 10, 1884, he was appointed major general and at the same time transferred to the 15th Infantry Brigade as commander. He died on January 1, 1887 in Erfurt of the long-term effects of his wound in Langensalza.

On January 1, 1885, General von Grollman wrote : Major General Ihßen is a stately, military figure. He combines an independent character with calm, objective judgment and a benevolent disposition. I have not been able to form a judgment about his performance as a troop leader, because he suffers from a serious illness and was unable to attend all of the summer and autumn exercises. His health is now restored.

family

Ihßen married Luise Jordan in 1866 . The couple had two children:

  • Antoinette Pauline Anna (* July 19, 1868) ∞ 1889 Max Hugo Ludwig von Borck (* November 2, 1853), retired Prussian senior government councilor. D.
  • Hans Emil Wilhelm (born October 29, 1875), Rittmeister in the Hussar Regiment No. 16

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1909, p.346
  2. ↑ Klinghammer, The Hanoverians in Thuringia & the Battle of Langensalza, p.203
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1930, part 2, p. 74
personal data
SURNAME Ihßen, Max Hans Karl Adolf Heinrich Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ihssen, Max Hans Karl Adolf Heinrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Prussian major general and finally commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Poggenhagen (Neustadt am Rübenberge)
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1887
Place of death Erfurt