Wilhelm von Pochhammer (Lieutenant General)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilhelm von Pochhammer , 1856

Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Pochhammer , from 1836 by Pochhammer , pseudonym Wilhelm Martell (born January 25, 1785 in Berlin , † February 15, 1856 ibid), was a Prussian lieutenant general , pomologist and writer .

Life

origin

His parents were the Prussian Privy Councilor and Justice Commissioner Georg Friedrich Pochhammer (born November 13, 1758, † January 9, 1839) and his wife Karoline Rosine Reuter.

Career

Pochhammer attended the gray monastery grammar school . He showed an interest in fiction and science at an early age. Nevertheless, he underwent legal training at the General Tax Office Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Köhler (1753-1819), which he finished with the first state examination. On June 10, 1806 he was sworn in as an auscultator at the Berlin City Court. After receiving a position at the Berlin City Court , he was appointed assessor in 1811 after another state examination . In the same year he married Henriette (1789–1861).

A rapid rise led him to the offices of a cathedral judge and legal advisor for the royal casket and on July 1, 1812, to the position of judicial councilor of the Berlin city court. At the beginning of the Wars of Liberation , he joined the Bornstädt battalion of the 3rd Kurmärk Landwehr Regiment as a captain . As such, he took part in the battle near Hagelsberg and in the sieges of Magdeburg and Wesel. In 1814 he decided to remain an officer in the Royal Prussian Army . On March 6, 1814 he was transferred to the 1st Kurmärk Landwehr Infantry Regiment and attended the military school in Berlin. He fought at Wavre and Sombres in 1815. In the battle at Fleurus , an operation in the context of the Battle of Ligny , Pochhammer earned special services through his military achievements, which were recognized with his appointment as major on October 2, 1815 and the award of the Iron Cross, second class. Soon afterwards he took part in the entry into Paris . On February 9, 1816, he joined the salaried tribe of the Berlin Landwehr Regiment, and on December 10, 1816, he also received the Russian Order of St. Anne, 2nd class .

He was back in Berlin on March 31, 1819, when he was transferred to the 22nd Infantry Regiment in Breslau as battalion commander. From 1825 he appeared in literary terms, as the author of novels and stories as well as a comedy . His further military career promoted him on March 30, 1829 to the rank of lieutenant colonel . On March 30, 1832 he was appointed commander ad interim and on January 18, 1833 commander of the 23rd Infantry Regiment in Neisse . In Neisse he began studying ornithology . On September 9, 1835 or with a diploma from February 10, 1836 Friedrich Wilhelm III raised him . into the nobility . In addition, on September 30, 1835, he received the diamonds for the Order of St. Anne, 2nd class. On January 28, 1837, he was also awarded the 3rd Class Red Eagle Order . On March 30, 1838, he was transferred to Trier as commander of the 16th Landwehr Brigade and on April 7, 1838, he was aggregated into the 23rd Infantry Regiment . In his private life he devoted himself particularly to growing roses . On March 30, 1839, he was promoted to major general. On September 12, 1842, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, and on January 3, 1844, he was appointed commander of the 5th Division in Frankfurt (Oder) . On March 31, 1846 he was promoted to lieutenant general there, on March 6, 1848 he was then put up for disposition with a statutory pension . In Frankfurt he increasingly turned to pomology. After his retirement he moved to Berlin, where he joined the Association for Gardening Friends and the Association for the Promotion of Horticulture in the Royal Prussian States . In 1854 and 1855 Pochhammer took on a leading role in national exhibitions and meetings of fruit growing . In 1855 the text about the success of the appeal to all pomologists and fruit growers in Germany appeared , in which he underlined the economic importance of fruit growing. On January 15, 1856 he died of a stomach ailment and was buried on February 18, 1856 in the garrison cemetery in Berlin .

In his assessment from 1834, General von Zieten wrote : “The particularly favorable praise that his superiors give him is based on the respect he has earned from officers and soldiers; his actions are guided by justice. Experienced in service and scientifically educated, also gifted with quick decisions, he leads the regiment exemplary. "

family

Pochhammer married on September 19, 1811 in Berlin (St. Marien) Charlotte Henriette Zöllner (* September 7, 1789; † May 3, 1861), the daughter of the pulpit speaker, senior consistorial councilor and provost of St. Mary's Church in Berlin , Johann Friedrich Zöllner . The couple had several children:

  • Edmund (June 16, 1812 - October 23, 1891), Dr. med., court doctor in Potsdam ⚭ 1845 Elisabeth (Betty) Wilken (* May 27, 1818; † February 18, 1899)
  • Bernhard (1816 - January 27, 1817)
  • Anna (May 4, 1819 - September 13, 1858)
  • Viktor (* May 1, 1821; † October 11, 1890) ⚭ 1854 Bertha Frederie Luise Kolbe (* May 11, 1832)
  • Max (December 16, 1822 - December 2, 1895), clergyman of the Catholic Apostolic Movement
  • Klara (February 8, 1830 - November 27, 1867) ⚭ 1856 Sir George Hewett, 3rd Baronet (1818–1876), parents of Harald George Hewett

The saber that Pochhammer received as a Landwehr officer in the Wars of Liberation was given to his grandson and son of Viktor, Major General Erich von Pochhammer († October 4, 1914), killed at Bagatelle Pavilion.

Fonts (selection)

  • Moonlight acquaintances , comedy, performance on February 4, 1825 in the Königsstädtisches Theater , Berlin, and on July 14, 1826 in the Aachen theater .
  • Victor and Claudine . Roman, 1826.
  • Sternberg Castle . Roman, 1828.
  • The Tempest , novella, 1830.
  • Cursorius isabellinus . Novella, 1841.
  • Lame Hans. A village story . Story, 1842.
  • The heir to Thronstein . Novella, 1843.
  • The Luisenhütte . Novella, 1845.
  • The singer . Novella, 1846.
  • Maria Remy. A crime story . Story, 1848.
  • About the success of the appeal to all pomologists and fruit growers in Germany , 1855.

literature

  • Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Pochhammer . In: Negotiations of the Association for the Promotion of Horticulture in the Royal Prussian States . New series, fourth year, Berlin 1856, pp. 44–59 ( Google Books ).
  • Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze (Hrsg.): Outline of German poetry from the sources . Second edition, tenth volume: From World Peace to the French Revolution of 1830 . Eighth book, third section, published by L. Ehlermann, Dresden 1913, p. 241, no. 102 ( Google Books ).
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 399-401, no. 1616.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Seventh volume, Leipzig 1869, p. 189 ( Google Books ).
  2. ↑ Monthly for pomology and practical fruit growing . Stuttgart 1856, p. 112.
  3. ^ Marcelli Janecki (arr.): Handbook of the Prussian nobility . Volume I, Berlin 1892, p. 459.
  4. ^ Daughter of Johann Friedrich Wilken (1777-1840), Professor of the History of Oriental Languages ​​and Literature in Heidelberg, and Caroline Tischbein (1783-1843), cf. Wilken, Caroline. Hessian biography (as of April 29, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on October 20, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Edward Walford: The County families of the United Kingdom . R. Hardwicke, 1869, p. 486.
personal data
SURNAME Pochhammer, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pochhammer, Karl Heinrich Wilhelm von (full name); Martell, Wilhelm (pseudonym); Pochhammer, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, pomologist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1856
Place of death Berlin