Adolf von Flöckher

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Adolf Wilhelm August Franz Leopold Jacob Flöckher , since 1871 von Flöckher (born October 10, 1814 in Hildesheim , † November 27, 1891 in Hanover ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of Altona and the troops stationed in Hamburg .

Life

origin

Adolf came from the Hildesheim patrician family Flöckher. He was a son of the Hanoverian Higher Appeal Court Council in Celle and a member of the Council of State Adolph Flöckher (1784-1858) and his wife Emilie Dorothea, née Bohemia (1792-1863).

Military career

After attending the grammar school in Celle, Flöckher joined the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Hanoverian Army as a cadet on April 8, 1830, and was promoted to second lieutenant at the end of August 1831 . For further training, he graduated from the military academy in Hanover from October 1837 to March 1840 . In the meantime, he was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and from the end of September 1840 to the end of May 1845, Flöckher was assigned to the General Staff. He was promoted to prime lieutenant and from August 1848 worked initially as an adjutant of the 1st Infantry Brigade and, two months later, the 2nd Infantry Brigade. During the campaign against Denmark in 1848/49 Flöckher took part in the battle near Ulderup and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Guelph Order . After his promotion to captain , he was transferred to the 2nd Infantry Regiment as a company commander at the end of May 1852 . As a major , Flöckher took part in the maneuvers of the VII and VIII Army Corps of the Prussian Army in the Lower Rhine in 1861 . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 27, 1863, and was appointed commandant of Altona. Flöckher was released from this position on December 4, 1864 and appointed battalion commander. In this position he took part in the battle of Langensalza during the war against Prussia in 1866 and received the Commander-in-Chief of the Second Class of the Ernst August Order for his work .

After the lost war and the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia, Flöckher was accepted into the Association of the Prussian Army on March 9, 1867 and aggregated as Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 . He was promoted to colonel in mid-April 1867 and on January 9, 1868 he was given command of the 1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 6 stationed in Posen . In the war against France he led his regiment first in the battle of Weissenburg and suffered losses of 30 officers and 900 dead and wounded at Wörth . At Beaumont and Sedan , Flöckher was in charge of the 17th Infantry Brigade and, during the siege of Paris, was temporarily in charge of the 19th and 20th Infantry Brigade .

Adolph von Flöckher (1867–1931)

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Flöckher was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1871 by Emperor Wilhelm I , and on November 2, 1871, under position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade in Posen. In this capacity promoted to major general on January 18, 1872 , he was appointed commander of Altona and of the troops stationed in Hamburg on October 12, 1872. On March 22, 1877, Flöckher was promoted to Lieutenant General and on October 10, 1881, on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, he received the Order of the Crown, 1st Class with the number "50". Under awarded the Red Eagle , he was on April 15, 1882, First Class with oak leaves and the enamel band of the Order of the Crown board for disposition made.

He spent his old age on the Majorat Ankensen, which he donated .

family

Flöckher married Alwine Spangenberg (1826-1896), the daughter of the royal personal physician Johann Georg Spangenberg (1786-1849), in Hanover on July 15, 1847 . The son Adolph (1867–1931) became legation councilor , Prussian cavalry captain of the reserve and master of Ankensen.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1919. Thirteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1918, p. 247
personal data
SURNAME Flöckher, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flöckher, Adolf Wilhelm August Franz Leopold Jacob von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1891
Place of death Hanover