Peter Becker (officer)

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Karl Peter Becker , also Carl Peter Becker , from 1833 Karl Peter Ritter von Becker (born December 13, 1778 in Höfen , Bamberg district office , † November 14, 1848 in Munich ) was a Bavarian lieutenant general and master builder .

Life

Peter Becker studied mathematics and the art of drawing and from 1798 voluntarily embarked on a military career and from 1803 belonged to the engineering corps. With a decree of July 30, 1809, Emperor Napoleon appointed him a member of the French Legion of Honor . He had in 1806 as leader of the 6 . Bavarian line infantry - regiment the siege of Plassenburg commanded and signed the surrender of the Prussian troops. From 1812 to 1824 different uses in civil engineering positions followed, e.g. B. 1812 in building matters as subordination to the war economy council in Munich. At the beginning of 1817 he was sent to Ingolstadt as an engineer major from the Bavarian General Staff to prepare the fortress construction.

In 1826 he was appointed to the fortress building commission under Clemens von Raglovich .

In 1832 he replaced his competitor Michael von Streiter , who had been in the position since 1827, as fortress construction director of the Ingolstadt fortress and established a modern, polygonal architectural style in the fortress construction . In May 1836 he was promoted to major general and at the end of 1838 took over the post of head of the engineering corps in addition to the fortress construction director . On April 5, 1848 he was appointed lieutenant general. As early as April 12, 1848, after almost 17 years and almost 50 years of service, he was recalled as fortress construction director due to a serious illness.

On March 5, 1833 he was made a knight and thus raised to the nobility . On December 7, 1842, he was made an honorary citizen of Ingolstadt .

The right figure of a medieval knight at the New Feldkirchen Gate in Ingolstadt represents Peter von Becker.

He was married to Helene Karoline Maria Wilhelmina Haller von Hallerstein (* 1788) since 1809 . He had a son († 1848) and a daughter.

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Franz Xaver Ostermair: The honorary citizens of Ingolstadt – 3) Peter Ritter von Becker . In: Collective sheet of the historical association in and for Ingolstadt, Volume 16, 1891, p. 19 ff.
  • Edmund Hausfelder: The correspondence of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and other contemporaries with the Ingolstadt fortress construction director Peter Ritter von Becker . In: Collective sheet of the historical association in and for Ingolstadt, 107th year, 1998, p. 173 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingolstädter Wochen-Blatt (1848) - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Paul von Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach: Historical-genealogical-heraldic manual of the living council and judiciary families of the former imperial city of Nuremberg . Self-rel. d. Ed., 1869, p. 56 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  3. ^ Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria . 1833, p. 351 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  4. ^ The campaigns of 1806 & 1807: In a historical-political-military representation; In addition to the official files . 1809, p. 130 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  5. ^ The campaigns of 1806 & 1807: In a historical-political-military representation; In addition to the official files . 1809, p. 132 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  6. ^ Ludwig I (King of Bavaria), Leo Ritter von Klenze, Hubert Glaser, Franziska Dunkel, Hannelore Putz: King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Leo von Klenze: the correspondence . Commission for Bavarian State History, 2007, p. 295 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  7. Jump up ↑ Gerd: Ingolstadt: Small town history . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7917-6134-3 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Bavaria Army: Army Order May 22, 1836 . S. 6 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Bavaria Army: Army Order November 29, 1838 . S. 6 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  10. ^ Donau-Zeitung Passau: 1848 No. 100 . Donau-Zeitung, 1848, p. 9 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  11. ^ Donau-Zeitung Passau: 1848 No. 110 . Donau-Zeitung, 1848, p. 11 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  12. ^ Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria . 1833, p. 351 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  13. ^ Ingolstadt: Ingolstädter Wochen-Blatt . Schröder, 1846, p. 259 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Decision of fate for Ingolstadt. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  15. ^ Ingolstadt: Ingolstädter Wochen-Blatt . Schröder, 1848, p. 397 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  16. ^ Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria . 1833, p. 91 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  17. ^ Joseph Gerstner: History of the city of Ingolstadt in Upper Bavaria . Franz, 1852, p. 483 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  18. ^ Joseph Gerstner: History of the city of Ingolstadt in Upper Bavaria . Franz, 1852, p. 493 ( google.de [accessed December 8, 2019]).
  19. ^ Collective sheet of the historical association in and for Ingolstadt. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  20. ^ Collective sheet of the historical association Ingolstadt. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Karl Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Carl Peter (alternative name); Becker, Karl Peter Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian lieutenant general and builder
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Höfen , Bamberg District Office
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1848
Place of death Munich