Hans Herzog
Hans Herzog(28 October 1819 – 2 February 1894) was aSwissarmy officer, and was elected Switzerland'sGeneralduring theFranco-Prussian War.
Born inAarau,he became anartillerylieutenant in 1840, and then spent six years in travelling (visitingEnglandamong other countries), before he became a partner in his father's business in 1846. In 1847 he saw his first active service (as artillery captain) in the short SwissSonderbundwar.[1]
In 1860 he abandoned mercantile pursuits for a purely military career, becoming colonel and inspector-general of the Swiss artillery. In 1870 he was commander-in-chief of the Swiss army, which guarded the Swiss border, in theJura,during theFranco-German War,and in February 1871, as such, concluded theConvention of VerrièreswithGeneral Clinchantfor thedisarming and the interningof the remains ofBourbaki's army, when it took refuge in Switzerland.[1]
In 1875, he became the commander-in-chief of the Swiss artillery, which he did much to reorganize, helping also in the reorganization of the other branches of the Swiss army. He died in 1894 in his native town of Aarau.[1]
Memorials
[edit]- "General Hans Herzog" (1915) byHermann Haller,equestrian relief above portal, Aarau
HerzogstrasseinBern,General Herzog-StrasseinLenzburg,General-Herzog-Hausin Aarau andThunare named for him.
References
[edit]- ^abcOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort(1911). "Herzog, Hans".InChisholm, Hugh(ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 406.
External links
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- Hans Senn:Herzog, HansinGerman,FrenchandItalianin the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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