Theodor Ernst von Eicke

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Ernst Christian Theodor von Eicke (born April 14, 1764 in Niederkesselsdorf , † October 2, 1850 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer , most recently a lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was one of eight children of Andreas Gottlob von Eicke (born July 2, 1736 in Bremenhain ; †> 1803) and his first wife Charlotte Juliane, born von Schindel und Dramsdorf adH Steinkirch (born June 17, 1742 in Steinkirch; † 13. November 1767 in Wenig-Rackwitz). His father was a landscape director , founder of an educational institution for girls in Silesia and a gentleman in Niederkesselsdorf, Andreashof and Wiersebenne.

The von Eicke family, originally von Eicke and Polwitz, belong to the Silesian nobility and are first mentioned in a document on August 14, 1334 with Peczko Eycke.

Military career

In November 1778 Eicke was employed as a first standard junker in the “von Roeder” cuirassier regiment of the Prussian army and was baptized by fire during the one-year war . On May 14, 1783, he was promoted to cornet , on March 29, 1787 to second lieutenant and on October 24, 1790 to prime lieutenant. 1806 is the same third major of the royal cuirassier regiment " von Dolffs ", now from Henkel zu Breslau and on May 5, 1810 he was transferred to the 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment . First, Eicke was commissioned from October 31, 1810 to lead the regiment, before he was appointed commander on October 17, 1811. He took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 (proven: Czawle, Dahlenkirchen, Bauske) and received the order Pour le Mérite in the same year (October 18, 1812) . On October 30, 1812, he received the Order of Merit for the Battle of Schockhof. He also took part in the Wars of Liberation (proven: Dresden , Meuselwitz, Gelnhausen, Brienne le Chateau , Montmirail, Neuilly, Laon ). In June 1813 his Majesty appointed him lieutenant colonel and on January 4, 1814 colonel . In February 1814 he took over command of the brigade, after Prince Biron had come under a horse and his arm was paralyzed. On August 20, 1816 he was appointed brigade commander in Trier.

last regimental order (September 16, 1816):

Colonel v. In his last regimental order on September 16, Eicke recommended himself to the regiment. He thanks himself for the confidence shown in him. But I feel particularly obliged to testify publicly here that in all the campaigns I have covered I have always found the regiment on the path of honor. I never had cause to be dissatisfied with it, and I count the days which I spent in the middle of it among the happiest of my life. If I leave the regiment myself, I consider it the greatest honor that the King's Majesty has awarded me a brigade in which the 2nd Silesian Hussar Regiment is, and I hope that this will often enable me to do so to prove my true devotion to the regiment. A father passed away from among his children.

On March 30, 1818 he was appointed major general and resigned from military service on December 6, 1819 (last commander of the 10th Cavalry Brigade ). At first it remained at the disposal of the king, with a salary of 2000 thalers a year. On October 31, 1825, by the grace of his monarch, he was given the character of Lieutenant General and on December 31, 1825 he was retired as Lieutenant General. D. retired.

Count Reiserling described him as an extraordinarily good officer who, if it was true, would have attacked Hell with his hussars. At another point in his memoirs the Count said of him that he was of a tough nature and an excellent rider. According to a regimental veteran, his own personal courage was evident during the fighting by foaming in the corners of his mouth. One of Eike's peculiarities was that he never drank any liquor before an action, so that nobody had to look for his extraordinary bravura in an external motif. As a former cuirassier, it often happened to the old warrior that he commanded “open sword” in violation of the regulations. But whether saber or sword on, just on it and always on it, this was the old rough and ready way. He was always unconcerned about its name when passing rivers, only always asking for the Oder. He had set out into battle before her, and he wanted to see her again victorious.

He spent his twilight years in Berlin. After his death on October 2, 1850, he was buried on October 7, 1850 in the Charlottenburg cemetery.

family

Eicke had married Charlotte Florentine Groß (* 1780 in Breslau; † July 3, 1842 in Charlottenburg) in Breslau on January 30, 1800. She was the daughter of the royal Prussian savings bank and building tenant Ernst Friedrich Groß († 1803). The two remained childless.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Gehring and E. Friedrich (Eds.): Pedagogical Classics, For the introduction to their lives and their writings; The elementary school pedagogy of Frederick the Great and the Prussian teaching administration of his time. tape 7 . Schroedel, Halle ad Saale 1902, p. 146 .
  2. ↑ von Eicke on schlossarchiv.eu; accessed on October 11, 2019
  3. ↑ Ernst zur Lippe-Weissenfeld: History of the royal. Preuss. 6th Hussar Regiment (formerly 2nd Silesian) . Publishing house of the royal secret Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin 1860, p. 265 .
  4. ↑ Ernst zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, History of the King. Preuss. 6th Hussar Regiment formerly 2nd Silesian , p.25
  5. ↑ Johannes Kunisch and Michael Sikora (eds.): Gerhard von Scharnhorst: Private and official writings: Tragische Vollender (Prussia 1813) . tape 8 . Böhlau, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22184-3 , pp. 42 .
personal data
SURNAME Eicke, Theodor Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eicke, Ernst Christian Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederkesselsdorf
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1850
Place of death Berlin