Albert von Mischke

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Hans Otto Wilhelm Albert Mischke , von Mischke since 1888 (born June 1, 1830 in Münster , † March 7, 1906 in Berlin ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian captain Johann Albert Mischke (1796–1843) and his wife Sofia Elisabeth, née Gissenig (1796–1881).

Military career

After training in the cadet corps in Bensberg and Berlin , Mischke was transferred to the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on April 1, 1848, as a second lieutenant . From 1852 to 1855 he completed the General War School and in 1859 was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and Captain in the 8th Jäger Battalion. In the 1866 campaign , he took part as an adjutant at the High Command of the 2nd Army under the command of the Crown Prince. He was then transferred as a major to the General Staff and on March 10, 1870, was appointed personal adjutant to the Crown Prince. As such, he was involved in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 ( battles near Weißenburg , Wörth and Sedan , siege of Paris , battles near Malmaison and Montretout). For a short time he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel and in 1878 appointed chief of staff of the fourth army inspection . In addition, as military governor, he was responsible for the education of Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879), son of the Crown Prince.

In 1880 he was promoted to major general and in 1885 to lieutenant general and in 1886 he was appointed inspector of war schools. After the Crown Prince's accession to the throne as Emperor Friedrich III. in 1888 he was promoted to its adjutant general , at the same time he was promoted to the Prussian nobility.

After his death he remained in the service for only one year and received the character of General of the Infantry with his departure . In the course of his military career he received numerous awards, including a. the Order of the Crown 1st Class (January 18, 1889), the Grand Cross for the Order of the Red Eagle (1893), the Cross and Star of the Commander of the House Order of Hohenzollern (1898) and the Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown (1904).

Since 1876 he was married to Mathilde Hiltrop (1826-1891).

Albert von Mischke died in Berlin in 1906 at the age of 75 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . In the course of the leveling of the cemetery carried out by the National Socialists in 1938/1939, Mischke's remains were reburied in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf near Berlin.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. pp. 306, 474.
personal data
SURNAME Mischke, Albert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1906
Place of death Berlin