Wilhelm von Safft

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Karl Wilhelm Theodor Safft , von Safft since 1810 , (* July 5, 1780 in Berlin , † July 1, 1861 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Wilhelm was the son of Karl Ludwig Safft (1748-1815) and his wife Margarete Wilhelmine, née Becker (1755-1835). His father died as a regimental surgeon in the Brandenburg Hussar Regiment during the Wars of Liberation in the battle near Versailles .

Military career

Safft joined the Artillery of the Prussian Army as a bombardier on December 17, 1794 and came at the beginning of December 1802 as Second Lieutenant Riding Artillery . During the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battle of Auerstedt and Nordhausen and was captured by the surrender near Prenzlau . Safft was then made inactive. After the Peace of Tilsit he came on February 21, 1809 to the Riding Guard Artillery Company of the Brandenburg Artillery Brigade .

On March 6, 1810, Safft was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on the proposal of Prince August of Prussia . As a prime lieutenant he took part in the battle for Halle during the wars of liberation and received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. Safft also fought near Möckern , Luckau , Antwerp , Großbeeren , Dennewitz , Leipzig , Laon and the sieges of Maubeuge , Landrecies , Philippeville, Wittenberg, Rocoy and Givet. For Soissons he was awarded the Iron Cross First Class.

On June 1, 1814, he was transferred to the Guards Artillery Brigade and on May 19, 1815, he was promoted to captain . This was followed by a position as adjutant to the Inspector General of the Artillery , Prince August of Prussia , from October 21, 1815 . In this position Safft advanced to Major on March 16, 1816 with a patent from March 7, 1816 . For three years from the end of April 1817 he worked with the 3rd Artillery Brigade and then again with the Guard Artillery Brigade. At the request of Elector Wilhelm II. Safft was established in early 1821 to Kassel sent to take up an Reitende and two Fußbatterien the Kurhessische army to organize the Prussian model. In gratitude, the elector awarded him the Military Merit Order . In 1825 he was awarded the service cross . On January 27, 1827, Safft was assigned to lead the Guards Artillery Brigade. In addition, he received a bonus of 500 thalers on October 27, 1827, before Safft was appointed brigadier of the association on March 30, 1828 . In this position he rose on March 30, 1830 to lieutenant colonel and three years later to colonel . In addition, on November 26, 1834, he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir II Class. On September 10, 1835, he was charged with taking on the business as inspector of the 2nd artillery inspection. In Berlin he was a member of the Masonic lodge to the 3 golden keys .

On September 30, 1835 Safft received the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus II. Class; he was also aggregated on October 5, 1835 of the Guards Artillery Brigade . On March 20, 1837 he was appointed inspector of the 2nd artillery inspection in Breslau , which was renamed the 3rd artillery inspection in 1839. There Safft was promoted to major general on March 30, 1840 . Granted the character of Lieutenant General and the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves, he took his leave on March 13, 1847 with the statutory pension . At the end of December 1847, his pension was put up for disposal .

On the occasion of the revolutionary unrest , Safft was re-employed as lieutenant general on March 16, 1848 with a patent. He was supposed to take over the position as commandant of Cologne , but did not take up this command and thereupon returned on April 6, 1848 to his relationship with the disposition. Safft worked from April 29 to June 24, 1848 as a commander of the vigilante group in Breslau and then finally retired. Nevertheless, he was in 1850 in the mobilization temporarily as Commanding General of the Deputy Commanding General of the VI. Army Corps used. He died on July 1, 1861 in Naumburg (Saale).

In his assessment from 1825, Lieutenant General Braun wrote : "An officer of good moral behavior who behaves very well in service and is therefore ideally suited for promotion."

family

Safft married on March 27, 1810 in Passow Karoline von Schmeling-Diringshofen (1789–1838), the daughter of the imperial Russian senator and administrator of the provinces of Livonia and Ingermanland Karl Friedrich von Schmeling (1735–1789). The marriage, which was divorced on November 8, 1821, had the following children:

  • Ida Karoline Marie Hedwig (1811–1875) ⚭ 1836 Karl von Wedel (1811–1839), son of General Karl von Wedel
  • Julius (1812–1887), Prussian major general ⚭ Clara Maria Sophia Hellwig (Helling) (1825–1901)
  • Wilhelm Alexander Karl (1814-1817)
  • Adelheid Karoline Wilhelmine Henriette (* 1816) ⚭ Karl Heimann on Konin
  • Hermann Wilhelm Alexander Ernst Erdmann (1818–1898), Major a. D. Artillery officer in Koblenz ⚭ 1848 Auguste von Thümen (* 1824)

After the divorce, Safft married Laura Sichart von Sichartshofen (1800–1848), daughter of the Saxon colonel Andreas Gottfried von Sichart, on October 12, 1822 in Dresden . The couple had several children:

  • Laura Pauline (1824–1868) ⚭ Arthur von Lauhn († 1882), public prosecutor
  • Auguste Elisabeth (* 1826) ⚭ 1849 Eduard von Lemberg († 1867)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family Tables ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jvsd.de
  2. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Beutner: The Royal Prussian Guard Artillery. Volume 2, appendix p.88 Short biography
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1902. Third volume, p. 826.
  4. ↑ Wedding announcement. In: Leipziger Zeitung 1822. P. 2456.
  5. ↑ also: Sichartshoff
  6. ↑ Obituary. In: Königlich privilegirte Berlinische Zeitung 1848. p. 16.
  7. ^ FWBF Knesebeck: Historical paperback of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hanover. P. 262.
personal data
SURNAME Safft, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Safft, Karl Wilhelm Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1861
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)