Ludwig von Schlotheim

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General Ludwig von Schlotheim

Carl Ludwig von Schlotheim , Baron von Schlotheim since 1866 , (born August 22, 1818 in Sondershausen , † April 7, 1889 in Kassel ) was a Prussian cavalry general .

Life

Origin and youth

Schlotheim came from the old Thuringian noble family von Schlotheim and, contrary to what is stated otherwise in the General German Biography, was not born on the Schlotheim manor Uthleben , but in the Black Castle residence town of Sondershausen . As a child he was also called Louis and was the only son of the royal Saxon captain a. D. and manor owner Günther von Schlotheim and his wife Louise Juliana Henrietta, née von Hopffgarten, daughter of Friedrich Ernst von Hopffgarten. Shortly after his birth, on September 3, 1818, his mother died. When Ludwig was eleven years old, his father died on August 1, 1829, which is why he grew up with relatives of his mother in Schlotheim Castle in Schlotheim .

Carl Christian von Schlotheim was his grandfather.

Military background

On July 1, 1835 he joined the 12th Hussar Regiment in Kölleda in Schlotheim and became second lieutenant on September 11, 1836 . In 1839 he was stationed in Merseburg . From 1842 he was regimental adjutant and from 1848 brigade adjutant. In 1849 he took part in the suppression of the Baden Revolution as adjutant of the reserve cavalry of the 2nd Army Corps of the Rhine Army . After he had become Rittmeister in 1853 and made his first general staff trip under the direction of the then Chief of Staff of the IV Army Corps , Colonel von Moltke , he was transferred to the General Staff and General Command of the II Army Corps in Stettin in 1855 .

On August 27, 1857, Schlotheim was transferred as a major to the General Staff of the 1st Guard Division under Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia in Potsdam . There he was called in to prepare for the restructuring of the army. When it was realized in May 1860, he was a leader, but was soon appointed commander of the 2nd Guard Dragoons Regiment to be established. In the same year he was promoted to colonel. As Chief of Staff of the VIII Army Corps , Schlotheim was deployed in Koblenz in 1865 under Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld . In 1866 he took part in the campaign against Austria as chief of the general staff of the Elbarmee and received the order Pour le Mérite in recognition of his achievements . In 1869 Schlotheim became the commander of the 25th Grand Ducal Hessian Cavalry Brigade in Darmstadt .

In the war against France he was 1870-71 Chief of Staff under the command of Crown Prince Albert of Saxe -standing Maas Army . The newly formed Meuse Army defeated the French Army Patrice de Mac-Mahons together with the 3rd Army, which also included Emperor Napoléon III. found on September 1, 1870 at the Battle of Sedan . With the capitulation of the French troops and the capture of the French emperor on September 2nd, this battle was decisive for the outcome of the war. Schlotheim's achievements in the battles against Mac-Mahon's army and in the siege of Paris took place through the award of both classes of the Iron Cross , the Oak Leaves to the Order of Pour le Mérite and the Commander's Cross II. Class of the Military St. Heinrichs-Ordens its expression.

With the competencies of a division commander of the occupation army, Schlotheim was active in Nancy in 1871 and was commander of the 17th division in Schwerin the following year . In 1880 he was appointed general of the cavalry and commanding general of the XI. Army Corps appointed in Kassel. On the occasion of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in service, Wilhelm I hired him à la suite of the 2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment. He was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle in 1888 . He died on April 8, 1889, a few days after the release he had requested because of his health had been approved, in his previous garrison in Kassel.

family

Schlotheim's first marriage was on July 1, 1841 in Merseburg, Ida Marie von Wolff (* December 2, 1819 - March 14, 1868), daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Karl von Wolff . The following children were born from this marriage:

  • Anna Maria (born April 5, 1842) ⚭ Franz von Wolff, Prussian Colonel
  • Günther Hartmann (1843–1924), Prussian infantry general
  • Kurt (born August 20, 1844)
  • Hans Berthold (1846–1890), Prussian lieutenant colonel
  • Luise Marie (born July 5, 1848) ⚭ Georg von Goetz, Prussian major
  • Marie Agnes Berta Cäcilie Therese (1851-1852)
  • Karl Ludwig (born November 11, 1851)
  • Max Kerstan (1853–1886), retired Prussian captain. D. ⚭ 1878 Johanna Antonie Emilie Wilhelmine von Schon (* March 9, 1859 - † June 2, 1915)
  • Ida Marie (born December 8, 1856)
  • Friedrich Karl (born March 26, 1858), retired Prussian captain. D., Mayor of Sachsa
  • Helene Marie (born February 5, 1860)

After the early death of his wife, he married Arianne von Heyden-Linden (born June 29, 1841 - December 29, 1927), daughter of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Chamberlain August von Heyden-Linden (1813–1881 ) and sister of Wilhelm von Heyden-Linden , Carl von Heyden-Linden and stepsister was Bogislav von Heyden-Linden . From this marriage the future Prussian Rittmeister Heinrich August (1874-1914) emerged, who fell in Belgium after the beginning of the First World War.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 61.
  2. ↑ Handbook of the Prussian Nobility, Volume 2, 1893, S.542
  3. ↑ List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1910, p. 93.
personal data
SURNAME Schlotheim, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlotheim, Ludwig Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Sondershausen
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1889
Place of death kassel