Adolf Lauer von Münchhofen

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Hans Adolf Karl Heinrich Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen (born May 16, 1795 in Plaue , † January 4, 1874 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade .

Life

origin

Adolf was a son of Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen († 1831) and his wife Charlotte, née Cramer (1763-1838). His father was a Prussian war and domain councilor , court chamber councilor and forestry councilor to Margrave Heinrich von Brandenburg. This was on September 11, 1790 the predicate of Münchshofen into the realm baron collected on October 26, 1796 The summit was recognized in Prussia. His mother was raised to the nobility on September 5, 1786 as Freiin von Stolzenburg.

Life

Lauer was born at Schloss Plaue . He first studied law at the University of Berlin and joined the light guard cavalry regiment of the Prussian Army as a volunteer hunter with the start of the wars of liberation on March 1, 1813 . On June 4, 1813, he was appointed portepeef ensign there and was awarded the Iron Cross II class for the battle near Haynau . Lauer took part in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , Leipzig and Paris in the further course of the war. At that time he came on April 8, 1814 as a second lieutenant in the Guard Uhlan Squadron and on February 21, 1815 in the Guard Uhlan Regiment.

After the war he attended the General War School from October 1819 to the end of July 1822 for further training and was in the meantime transferred to the Guard Cuirassier Regiment and promoted to Prime Lieutenant. On July 23, 1832 he became adjutant of the 1st Guard Cavalry Brigade , and at the end of March 1833, when his regiment was aggregated, he was promoted to Rittmeister . On March 30, 1834, Lauer resigned from service with the appointment of squadron chief and rose to major and regular staff officer on April 23, 1842 . In mid-August 1842 he was added to the regiment and commanded as adjutant to Prince Waldemar of Prussia . On October 14, 1848, Lauer was appointed commander of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment and in this position he was promoted to colonel until the beginning of December 1851 . From July 20, 1854, he was employed as commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade in Brandenburg an der Havel and on August 2, 1854, he was placed à la suite of his previous regiment. Under awarding of the character as a major general Lauer received his on October 14, 1856 farewell with board . After his departure he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, in January 1857 on the occasion of the festival of the Order . He died on January 4, 1874 in Berlin and was buried on January 8, 1874 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

Musician

Lauer was also a well-known musician and composer in his time. He was trained on the piano by Ludwig Berger ; he had taught himself the cello. After the Wars of Liberation, he performed the two-act opera Rose, Die Müllerin 16 times between 1820 and 1832. In addition, the operas The Oracle and Claudine by Villa Bella . His best-known work was a requiem, which he had composed in memory of Prince Waldemar.

family

He married Rosalie Countess von Haeseler (1799–1886) in Berlin on November 28, 1824. She was the sister of District Administrator Alexis von Haeseler and was also buried in the Invalidenfriedhof after her death.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Christian von Hellbach: Adels-Lexikon. Volume 2, p. 541.
personal data
SURNAME Lauer von Münchhofen, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lauer von Münchhofen, Hans Adolf Karl Heinrich Freiherr (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Plaue (Brandenburg an der Havel)
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1874
Place of death Berlin