Theodor von Dechen
Ernst Heinrich Theodor von Dechen (born October 8, 1794 in Berlin , † September 3, 1860 in Cologne ) was a Prussian major general and fortress inspector for Cologne, Wesel and Kolberg.
Life
origin
Theodor was a son of the privy councilor Theodor von Dechen (1768-1826) and his wife Elisabeth, née Martinet (1773-1859), daughter of the Berlin watchmaker Augustin Martinet (1742-1812). His brother Ernst Heinrich (1800–1889) was a professor of mining science .
Military career
Dechen received his training in a private school until 1805, then at the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. He intended to study mining science. When the king called for a war of liberation against Napoleon in 1813 , he left high school as a primary school student and joined the Prussian army as a volunteer hunter . He took part in the whole campaign as a second lieutenant and stayed with the occupation troops in France until 1816.
From 1816 to 1819 he attended the General War School in Berlin and was then transferred to Kolberg as a lieutenant engineer . In 1832 he came back to Berlin as a captain in the Guard Pioneer Company. It was in 1837 Major and in 1842 with the extension of the fortifications Konigsberg and Lötzen entrusted. In 1850 he took part in the Schleswig-Holstein War as an engineer at the headquarters . After the end of hostilities on July 2, 1850, he returned to Berlin, from where he was transferred to Cologne in 1852 as colonel and fortress inspector for Cologne, Wesel and Kolberg. On May 2, 1857, Dechen took his leave , conferring the character of major general with pension .
However, he continued to live in Cologne, where he died unmarried on September 3, 1860.
Dechen was the owner of the Red Eagle Order II. Class with swords on the rings and a knight of the Military Order of St. Henry .
Freemasons
Dechen was a Freemason and from 1846 to 1856 a member of the Zum Todtenkopf and Phoenix Lodge in Königsberg.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 433-434, no. 2052.
- Georg Schmidt: The von Dechen family: extinguished February 15, 1889.
- Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian Nobility . Volume 1, 1892, p. 106.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Hieber : History of the United Johannis Lodge to Todtenkopf and Phoenix zu Königsberg i. Pr. Königsberg 1897, self-published by the author
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dechen, Theodor von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dechen, Ernst Heinrich Theodor von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, fortress inspector for Cologne, Wesel and Kolberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1794 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1860 |
| Place of death | Cologne |