Carl Wilhelm von[1] Heideck (Greek:Κάρολος φον Χέυδεκ, born inSarralbe,Moselle, on 6 December 1788 – died inMunich on 21 February 1861) was aBavarian military officer, aphilhellene and painter.
Von Heideck studied art inZürich. In 1801, he entered the military academy in Munich. Since 1805 he was in the Bavarian army, taking part in campaigns inAustria,Prussia andTyrol, and then inSpain after 1810.
In 1814, with the rank of major, he accompanied the crown prince and futureLudwig I of Bavaria to theCongress of Vienna.
In 1826, he went to help the Greeks fight for their independence against theOttoman Empire, during theGreek War of Independence.
In 1827, he took part under the orders ofThomas Gordon to the attempt to help the Acropolis of Athens. In June of the same year he bought three ancient Greek statues, including theNike of Megara, just a month after the Provision of the Third National Assembly atTroezen that explicitly banned the sale and export of antiquities; thus he was not able to get the three statues out of the country.[2]
In 1828,Ioannis Kapodistrias named him commander ofNafplion and a few months later military governor ofArgos.
In 1830, he went back to Munich and got back his rank of colonel of the Bavarian army. He started again to paint.
In 1832, whenOtto the second son ofLudwig I of Bavaria was designated to become king ofGreece, Heideck was nominated to theregency council. It is traced, that he lived atKasern Straße 12 (todayLeonrodstraße[3]) in Munich around 1850.[4] TheHeideckstraße in the quarterNeuhausen of Munich is named after him.[5]
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