Militaria Letter Dresden 1852, Kriegsminister From Rabenhorst, Militär-kataster

You are bidding on one letter from 1852 out of Dresden.

The Saxon one Ministry of War that turns around Waldenburg Justice Office.

Signed by hand from the Saxon War Minister Bernhard von Rabenhorst (1801-1873).

Dated Dresden, 22nd May 1852.

Regardsthe legal changes after "transfer of jurisdiction over the Manor share of the village of Bräunsdorf near Penig" to the Waldenburg Justice Office, which thereby "entitles the continuation of the Military performance cadastre for Bräunsdorfis responsible." The judicial office should now decide "whether, when it took over the archive, it also took over the military performance cadastre of this location, along with addenda and conclusions and the files relating thereto."

This refers to Bräunsdorf near Waldenburg, a district of Limbach-Oberfrohna (LK Zwickau) since 1998.

On the third page the Response from the Waldenburg Justice Office, dated 5. June 1852 that it had taken over the relevant files.

Scope: three text pages (one page of which is a reply letter) and one address page (33.3 x 21 cm).

Format (folded): 9x16.8cm

AsMilitaria ex officio thing sent by post; with post stempelt.

Condition:Paper browned and slightly wrinkled, with a corner crease. The center fold is mostly torn; Only half of the seal remains. Please also note the pictures!

Internal note: FM 24-02-18 Autograph Autograph Military Saxony

About Bernhard von Rabenhorst (Source: wikipedia & ADB):

Adolf Bernhard Rabenhorst, from Rabenhorst since 1856, (* 29. May 1801 in Leipzig; † 14. June 1873 in Hoflößnitz) was a Saxon war minister and general of the infantry.

Life

Origin: Rabenhorst came from a middle-class background. His parents were the bookseller Christian Gottlieb Rabenhorst (1769–1808) and his wife Charlotte Juliane, née Wappler (1779–1802). She was a daughter of the merchant Christian Heinrich Wappler.

Military career: In 1816/23 he received military science training at the Dresden Military Academy and was subsequently appointed a piece squire. In 1840, Rabenhorst was promoted to captain and in 1846 to major, while at the same time being appointed Saxon military representative to the Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main. In 1849 he was promoted to colonel and appointed minister of war. In this role, Rabenhorst, together with the commander of the Prussian auxiliary troops Friedrich von Waldersee, suppressed the Dresden May Uprising. In the same year he was promoted to major general and in 1850 to lieutenant general. Also in 1849, Rabenhorst received the Military Order of St. Henry.

In 1856, Rabenhorst was raised to the hereditary nobility by King John of Saxony. Years of building and modernizing the Saxon army followed. As a member of the overall ministry of the Kingdom of Saxony under Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, he led the Saxon army into the German War on the side of Austria. After the defeat in the Battle of Königgrätz, he resigned from his positions in October 1866.

Rabenhorst retired to Hoflößnitz and devoted himself to his passion, mathematical and technical studies. In 1872 the King of Saxony awarded him the title of General of the Infantry. The following year, 1873, Rabenhorst died in Hoflößnitz.

Family: Rabenhorst married Luise Hörnig (1817–1865) in Dresden. The couple had several children:

Helene (1842–1918)

Woldemar (1844–1887), Saxon major ⚭ Apollonia Lessel (1840–1916), daughter of the later Colonel Philipp Lessel

Adolf (1846–1925), Saxon major general ⚭ Margarethe Freiin von Hausen (1850–1918)

Hertha (1847–1923) ⚭ Friedrich von Busse (1828–1916), politician and member of the Reichstag

Bernhard (1851–1906), retired Saxon major. D

Arthur (1853–1889)

Emma (* 1858)

Rabenhorst was related to Horst von Metzsch.

Rabenhorst: Bernhard v. R., kgl. Saxon general, of bourgeois origin, was born on the 29th. Born in Leipzig in May 1801. After completing his military education at the Military Academy in Dresden from 1816 to 1823, the young man was promoted in the latter year, first to the rank of cadet (ensign), and later to the rank of lieutenant in the Saxon foot artillery regiment. It was not until 1840 that R. was appointed captain and R. only had a reputation for excellent scientific education. to thank that in 1846, while simultaneously being appointed major, he was given the opportunity to rise to higher status through his appointment as Saxon military representative to the Bundestag in Frankfurt a. M. was opened. Favored by the times, he soon found the opportunity to distinguish himself. In particular, this happened occasionally during his mission as Commissar of the Reich War Ministry in 1848 to the Thuringian duchies, where revolutionary movements had completely undermined the reputation of the governments. With rare prudence and correct assessment of the circumstances, which demonstrated an unusual statesmanlike eye, the federal commissioner succeeded in preventing the movement's spread without shedding blood. The energy with which the shaken authority of the governments was then restored was what attracted the attention of King Frederick Augustus II. on the Major R. because the political situation in the Kingdom of Saxony looked almost as threatening as in Thuringia. In December 1848, Rabenhorst was appointed lieutenant colonel and royal. Wing adjutant, who was followed by colonel and war minister in February 1849. At this point in time, the political ferment in Saxony had reached its peak, the goal of the democratic party: the overthrow of the monarchy, had become increasingly clear, and the resolution of the differences through the force of arms had become unavoidable. It took place a few weeks later in the well-known May uprising in Dresden. The then Colonel R. deserves the undisputed merit of restoring the systematically undermined self-confidence of the defeated Saxon army, as well as having done the best through his energetic measures to forcefully suppress the threatening uprising in the capital, whereby he did not shy away from calling in foreign help. The suppression of this uprising was the manly act that gave the German governments the feeling of their strength and power gave back their rights and dealt the death blow to the democratic movement in Germany. In the same year Minister R. Appointed major general and, after entering calmer circumstances, developed an unexpected talent for organization. In many respects the small Saxon army remained at the same level as in 1815 and suffered from outdated conditions and facilities in terms of conscription, armament, clothing, equipment, food, justice and education, as well as organization and internal service. In Allen these areas, the youthful and fresh Minister of War created or at least initiated something new and up-to-date with rare prudence, energy and speed. One can say that with the Rabenhorst ministry a new era began in the history of the Saxon army and that it breathed new life into it, especially since Rabenhorst's influence also brought fresh and young forces to the higher authorities. The beneficial consequences of this transformation were not only felt in the rapid mobilizations of 1850, 1859 and 1866, but also had an impact on the attitude and spirit of the Saxon troops in the Austrian campaign in 1866. The fact that it was glorious but unfortunate for Saxony can be attributed to Minister R. not to diminish the army. Like his meritorious work through King Friedrich August II. had found the highest recognition in his appointment as lieutenant general (in December 1850), this also happened later in many cases through King John, who, among other things, granted his war minister hereditary nobility in May 1856. Rabenhorst's political behavior appears to be less far-sighted than his military work. The restrictive influences of his origins and his upbringing in small army conditions had not only given him a very heightened sense of self during his rapid rise, but also an overestimation of the small state power structures surrounding him. Minister R. was, like his comrade Minister v. Beust, an unconditional opponent of Prussian hegemony in Germany, believed that aligning with Austria would guarantee the importance of the middle states and, in particular, the salvation of Saxony. Although this view may have been erroneous, as history has shown, the Beust-Rabenhorst Ministry must still be granted the fact that it has its political interests Principles held to the last consequence and thereby protected Saxony from the fluctuations that prevented other medium-sized states from continuing to exist. For the rigid personality of Minister R. After the end of the war in 1866, it was impossible to transfer the Saxon army to the new conditions. He voluntarily resigned from his post in October of the same year and buried himself in rural solitude, where he died on the 14th. April 1873 in Hoflößnitz near Dresden, a gentle death freed him from severe physical suffering. Just the year before, King John had given him a final sign of lasting favor by bestowing him with the character of general of the infantry. His leisure hours were devoted to mathematical and technical studies, which had always been his favorite pastime. The Saxon artillery also owed the great care that the minister devoted to its scientific development to this inclination. To list only the main things in this regard, his tirelessly active desire to work resulted very soon in the perfection of the shrapnel bullet, both in terms of construction and use, and also the introduction of the wrought iron gun and the 12-pound grenade cannon, which solved the problem of the standard gun in the field artillery but was overtaken by the Prussian invention of rifled field guns.