Nikolaus von Rudersheim

Nikolaus Rudersheim , knight of Rudersheim since 1809 (born April 28, 1781 in Mannheim , † December 26, 1845 in Munich ) was a Bavarian major general .

Life

Nikolaus Rudersheim was born the son of a city judge. After completing the first four high school classes, he joined the 2nd Colonel von Regnier Company of the Mannheim Artillery Regiment as a volunteer . From 1796 to 1798 Rudersheim served in the headquarters company of the 2nd Artillery Battalion and was promoted to corporal on August 1, 1799 . As such, he took part in the campaign against France in 1800 . Promoted to second lieutenant on March 2, 1802 , he now served in the Leib Company of the 1st Artillery Battalion in Munich.

In 1805 Rudersheim fought in the campaign against Austria and was promoted to first lieutenant on September 24, 1806, and an adjutant on January 4, 1807 . A position that he retained until 1809. In 1809, at the beginning of the campaign against Austria and the rebels in Tyrol , Rudersheim was with the field artillery in the 1st Army Division. On the night of August 10th to 11th, 1809, there was a fierce battle with the rebels near Schönberg in the Stubai Valley , in which Rudersheim participated with distinction. It was only through his personal commitment that his own ammunition wagons were secured when crossing a bridge. A chapter of the Military Max Joseph Order held in Munich on April 30, 1810, chaired by Major General Anton von Vieregg , unanimously approved the admission of Rudersheim to the order. With an army order of October 22, 1810, he was named a Knight of the Military Max Joseph Order because of the award at Schönberg on August 11, 1809. With the award the elevation to the personal nobility was connected and he was allowed to call himself "Ritter von Rudersheim" after the entry in the nobility register .

At the beginning of February 1812, Rudersheim was transferred to the 11th Artillery Company of the 1st Mobile Army Corps and promoted to Captain 2nd Class on May 18, 1812 . In the 1813/14 campaign against France, Rudersheim led a battery that belonged to the 1st Infantry Division Rechberg and had several opportunities to distinguish itself during the fighting. On October 30th and 31st, 1813, during the defense of the Main Bridge near Frankfurt , its battery was mentioned several times. Likewise on December 25th and 28th, 1813 before Belfort , when a French sortie could be rejected. When the strategically important village of Chaumesnil was occupied during the Battle of La Rothière (February 1, 1814), his battery supported the storming infantry and subsequently defended the village from attacks by the French cavalry. For his circumspection during the fighting he was awarded the Russian Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class. In the battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (March 20 and 21, 1814) his battery lost numerous officers and men. Rudersheim, who received an honorable certificate from the Austrian General Stortnik, was mentioned in the army order of April 18, 1814, and was subsequently awarded the Knight's Cross of the Austrian Leopold Order for his courage, according to the army order of December 31, 1817 .

On February 22, 1815 promoted to captain 1st class, Rudersheim experienced the campaign of 1815 against France in the association of the 1st light cavalry division. When the 2nd Artillery Regiment was set up in October 1824, he was transferred to this unit , but on May 24, 1825, to Major in the 1st Artillery Regiment and on December 1, 1830 to Lieutenant Colonel , again in the 2nd Artillery Regiment , promoted. On June 13, 1838, Rudersheim received the Cross of Honor of the Order of Ludwig , with an army order of November 29, 1838, the Russian Order of St. Anna 2nd Class and on January 1, 1841 the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of St. Michael . On December 25, 1841, he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Luitpold", a position he held until October 1845. On October 31, 1845, Nikolaus Ritter von Rudersheim died on December 26, 1845 at the age of 64 in Munich, majoring in the artillery corps command "extra statum".

literature

• Joseph Karl Brennfleck: The Royal Bavarian 2nd Field Artillery Regiment Horn. Max Schick Verlag, Munich 1939, p. 289.
• Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. Oldenbourg, Munich 1882, Volume 2, pp. 709-713.