Adolf Pagenstecher

Adolf Paul Karl Pagenstecher (born January 15, 1846 in Cologne , † May 9, 1900 in Koenigsberg ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Adolf was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Rudolf Pagenstecher (1802-1889) and his wife Karoline, née Pütz (1809-1883). His brother Rudolf (1838–1903) was also a Prussian major general and his sister Karoline (1848–1902) was married to the Prussian lieutenant general Otto von Gaertner (1829–1894).

Military career

After attending grammar schools in Minden , Cologne and Koblenz , Pagenstecher joined the Prussian Army Pioneer Battalion No. 8 on April 1, 1863 as a three-year-old volunteer . With promotion to extrabudgetary second lieutenant , he was assigned to the 3rd engineering inspection on November 1, 1864, and took in 1866 during the German war in the replacement company in the Westphalian engineer battalion no. 7 at the Main campaign part. After he had been appointed engineer officer on September 3, 1867, he changed troops on February 6, 1869 when he was transferred to the 3rd Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 29 . From October 1, 1869, Pagenstecher was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion in Simmern. At the beginning of the war against France he took part in the operation against Diedenhofen and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class , for his work in the battle of Gravelotte . On August 20, 1870 he was appointed regimental adjutant and in this capacity he worked in the further course of the war at Amiens , at the Hallue and at Saint-Quentin as well as before Metz and Péronne .

After the peace agreement , Pagenstecher advanced to prime lieutenant in mid-October 1871 . Two years later he was assigned to Cologne as adjutant of the 29th Infantry Brigade and, in the autumn of 1874, took part in the General Staff training trip with the VIII Army Corps . On May 1, 1875, Pagenstecher was ordered to serve with the Great General Staff for one year . In mid-May 1876 he rose to the position of redundant captain and on February 10, 1877 he was appointed chief of the 3rd Company. Under position à la suite of his regiment, he was commanded from August 15, 1882 to November 17, 1886 as a company commander at the NCO school in Ettlingen . Pagenstecher then took over the 7th Company, advanced to major in mid-July 1887, and in July 1888 was again commanded for a general staff training trip with the VIII Army Corps. From August 2, 1888 to December 17, 1890, he was in command of the 2nd Battalion. He was then appointed commander of the NCO school in Ettlingen, with a position à la suite of the regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the end of January 1893 . This was followed on May 13, 1895 with the appointment as regular staff officer in Infantry Regiment No. 136, his transfer to Dieuze . As a colonel , Pagenstecher was in command of this regiment from October 18, 1895 to December 16, 1898. He was then commissioned to lead the 1st Infantry Brigade in Koenigsberg under the position of his regiment, and on January 27, 1899, he was appointed Brigade Commander as Major General. He died in this position on May 9, 1900.

family

Pagenstecher married on June 5, 1873 in Koblenz with Karoline Bauer (1851-1926), daughter of the later Prussian Major General Karl von Bauer (1816-1896).

literature

• Johannes Melcher: Stammliste of the officer corps of the infantry regiment von Horn (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29. Verlag Jacob Lintz, Trier 1901, p. 453.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. 1921. Fifteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1920, p. 226.
2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907. First year, Justus Perhes, Gotha 1906, p. 22.