Peter Frederik Steinmann (General, 1812)

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Peter Frederik Steinmann

Peter Frederik (Friderich) Steinmann (born July 8, 1812 in Copenhagen , † February 16, 1894 on Tybjerggård ) was a Danish general and minister of war .

Origin and family

Steinmann's father was the division quartermaster and later lieutenant general Peter Frederik Steinmann (1782–1854) and his wife Johanne Birgitte Mette Dorthea, née. Neergaard (1792-1824). On April 22, 1841 Steinmann married Countess Anna Elisabeth Johanne Schulin (1813–1847), daughter of the liege count, later bailiff and chamberlain Sigismund Ludvig Schulin (1777–1836) and his wife Louise Elisabeth, born in Copenhagen . Brown (1785-1851).

Life

Steinmann volunteered in the artillery in 1821, and a cadet the next year. In 1826 he became " stykjunker ", the name for the youngest officer in the artillery, and in 1830 secondary lieutenant , dated back to 1826. From 1830 to 1834 Steinmann was a general staff student in the first group of the Royal Military College . In 1834 he was given the character of a prime lieutenant . In 1841 he was reserved as a year of service for the rank of captain and became first-class captain the next year. In the following year he was often on trips abroad for health or business reasons. In May 1848 he became major and chief of staff in the right flank corps , but was later transferred to the General Command in Funen , in the first place because the Corps Olaf Rykes was missing a chief of staff. Ryke initially had reservations about an academic like Steinmann, but over time he came to appreciate him. In June 1849 Steinmann was given the character of a lieutenant colonel , and in the next year the real rank. Because Ryke decided to follow the infantry to Fredericia , Steinmann was left with the strong cavalry of the corps. In 1850 he was chief of staff in the Moltke division. Between the wars he was Moltke's chief of staff in Fredericia, and later he held the same post at de Meza in Flensburg . During these years he was given the character of colonel in 1854, and that of major general in 1860; In 1862 he became a real major general. Steinmann was highly valued by War Minister Thestrup and his right-hand man, Reich . In 1861 he had undertaken a thorough reconnaissance of Schleswig and southern Jutland with younger general staff officers in order to find favorable combat positions for a retreating army. He was convinced that the fortifications in the Danewerk should serve both for powerful defense and offensive movements. In March 1863 he became brigade commander, but in the following year, after Georg Schøller's sudden death, he took command of the third general command in Kiel; From December of the same year he was in command of the third division in the army's war division. During the German invasion in 1864, Steinmann led the non-fighting withdrawal of the Danish troops from Holstein and Lauenburg and occupied the center of the Danewerk. Steinmann was appointed senior general shortly afterwards, at the same time he was given the character of lieutenant general. In November 1864 the high command was abolished and Steinmann became chief of the 2nd general command. With the army statute of 1867 Steinmann became general . On July 26, 1874, he took over the War Ministry in the Fonnesbech government , which had previously been headed by Interim Minister Ravn . Steinmann's predecessor Thomsen had previously failed due to the mandatory revision of the Army Statute of 1867, and Steinmann should now do this. His proposal was a comparatively strong army, strong sea fortifications near Copenhagen and only weak facilities on land; but his proposal also failed in parliament. In doing so, he was always in favor of permanent Danish neutrality. In 1877 he again took over the 2nd General Command. In 1882 he took his leave.

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SURNAME Steinmann, Peter Frederik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steinmann, Peter Friderich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish general and minister of war
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1894
Place of death on Tybjerggård