William von Hassell (historian)

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William von Hassell (full name William Louis August von Hassell ; also: Wilhelm von Hassell * December 16, 1833 in Verden ; † June 27, 1915 in Clüversborstel ) was a German officer and historian with publications in particular on the history of the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover .


Life

William von Hassell, son of Lieutenant General William Adolph von Hassell , attended the Domgymnasium Verden and from 1849 the cadet school in Hanover . In 1851 he became portepeefähnrich in the royal Hanoverian hussar regiment, in 1852 second lieutenant , in 1857 assigned to the general staff academy, 1861 general staff officer , 1862 cavalry master in the general staff . He was one of the Hanoverian officers who, out of principle, and since he could afford it for reasons of material independence, after the battle of Langensalza in 1866 and the fall of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1867, entered the service of the Kingdom of Saxony . Here he was initially captain and squadron chief in the royal Saxon 2nd cavalry regiment, in 1870 he was assigned to the general staff of the mobile 2nd royal Saxon division No. 24, in 1872 regular staff officer in the 2nd cavalry regiment. In 1874 he took his leave with the rank of major and initially lived in Dresden , where he devoted himself to historical studies, from 1887 lived on the manor of the von Hassell family, Clüversborstel near Sottrum ( Rotenburg (Wümme) ). His tombstone can be found in the churchyard in Sottrum.

He was a member of the Bremen knighthood and from 1900 knightly landscape councilor of the Duchy of Bremen .

From 1862 he was married to Josephine von Düring (* January 7, 1837, † March 27, 1898), daughter of General Georg von Düring and Countess Josepha Alcaini .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Hanoverian Cavalry and its End . Helwing'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Hanover 1875.
  • The uprising of the young pretender Carl Eduard Stuart from 1745 to 1746. A historical attempt . Wigand, Leipzig 1876.
  • The Silesian Wars and the Electorate of Hanover. In particular the disaster at Hastenbeck and Zeven Monastery. With the use of archival sources by W. v. Hassel. Along with a plan of the battle of Hastenbeck . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1879.
  • The Electorate of Hanover from peace to the Prussian occupation in 1806. According to archival and historical sources . Meyer, Hanover 1894.
  • History of the Kingdom of Hanover ,
    • Vol. 1: First part. From 1813 to 1848 . Publishing house and printing by M. Heinsius successor, Bremen 1898. ( digitized at archive.org )
    • Vol. 2: Part two . From 1849 to 1862. Using previously unknown documents . Publisher by M. Heinsius successor, Leipzig 1899. ( digitized at archive.org)
    • Second part. Second division. From 1863 to 1866. With four portraits and two maps . Publishing house by M. Heinsius successor, Leipzig 1901. ( digitized at archive.org)

literature

  • Rudolf Eckart (edit.): Lexicon of Lower Saxony writers from the oldest times to the present. Zickfeldt, Osterwieck / Harz 1891, pp. 87-88.
  • Hermann AL Degener (Ed.): Our contemporaries. Who is it? 4th completely reworked and significantly expanded edition. Degener, Berlin 1909.

Web links

Commons : William von Hassell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Wilhelm von Hassel did not use the incorrect spelling , see p. GND and his tombstone.
  2. a b Compare the inscription on the tombstone in the church cemetery in Sottrum according to the photo documentation by Karin Wilkens on the page grabsteine.genealogy.net
  3. Hans Patze: History of Lower Saxony . Vol. 1: Basics and the early Middle Ages . Hahn, Hanover 1977, p. 78.