Max von Eelking (father)
Max Freiherr von Eelking , actually Martin Freiherr von Eelking (born June 4, 1782 in Bremen ; † August 19, 1857 in Bremen) was an officer and city commander in Bremen.
biography
Eelking is the name of a family resident in Bremen in the 16th century, from which several councilors and holders of Bremen offices emerged. The noble family since 1750 originally came from Friesland . Max Freiherr von Eelking was the son of the lawyer and Bremen Syndicus Johannes Freiherr von Eelking and his wife Almata, nee. Dwerhagen. On January 27, 1801 he received a prebend in the Lübeck cathedral chapter through the presentation of the cathedral dean Friedrich Ludwig von Moltke and thus became canon . Even after the secularization of the bishopric through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, he retained his privileges and income as a canon for life.
Like his father, he first studied law in Göttingen , but then joined the military. He fought as an officer in the wars of freedom from 1813 to 1815. From 1815 he was with the Bremen Uhlans volunteers . The squadron "Reuter" of the cavalry under Major Eelking and the volunteer Bremen Jäger Corps under the command of "Captain" Heinrich Böse were assigned to the Prussian Uhlan Regiment No. 6, whose commander was Lieutenant Colonel von Lützow . It fought mostly in Belgium.
From 1814 to 1817, the Bremen municipal military was reorganized . Böse became a colonel and commander of the town guard / vigilante group, consisting of three infantry battalions with a total of 12 companies . From 1816 Eelking was first major in command and adjudant general of Böse in the vigilante group in Bremen. In 1831 he was promoted to chief of the vigilante group and colonel of the vigilante group. In 1850 he was honored to leave the service. He was a member of the Bremen Freemason Lodge Zum Oelzweig .
Eelking family portraits are in the Focke Museum in Bremen. The historian and officer Max von Eelking (1813–1873) and the Bremen doctor Hermann von Eelking (1818–1884) were his sons.
Von Eelking's nature has been described as "restless and contentious" . Although he had a large fortune, he lost it through speculation and left his wife and children a year after his marriage.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Adam Storck : Views of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and its surroundings . Friedrich Wilmans Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1822 facsimile edition from Schünemannverlag, Bremen 1977, ISBN 3-7961-1688-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Prange : Directory of the Canon. In: Ders .: Bishop and cathedral chapter of Lübeck: Hochstift, principality and part of the country 1160-1937. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2014 ISBN 978-3-7950-5215-7 , p. 422 No. 430 (as Eeelking, Martin Freiherr von )
- ^ Roland Hoede: The Paulskirche as a symbol. Freemasons in their work for unity and freedom 1833–1999 . Bayreuth and Frankfurt am Main 1999, p. 72
- ^ Georg Brückner: Eelking, Max von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 653 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eelking, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eelking, Max Freiherr von (full name); Eelking, Martin Freiherr von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1857 |
| Place of death | Bremen |