Albert von Trossel

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Karl Wilhelm Albert von Trossel (born May 17, 1817 in Gartz , † September 12, 1875 in Münster ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

family

Albert was the son of the Prussian major general Ferdinand Ludwig du Trossel (1781–1867) and his wife Karoline, née von Diringshofen (1787–1852).

Military career

Trossel visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin and was then transferred to the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Düsseldorf on August 14, 1834 as a second lieutenant . In 1838/39 he was adjutant of the fusilier battalion in Cologne . After assignments to the rifle factory in Saarn and the training infantry battalion, Trossel acted as a regimental adjutant in 1843/51. During this time he rose to prime lieutenant , then joined the 7th Combined Reserve Battalion as a company commander and became a captain in June 1852 . From October 1852 to June 1858 Trossel was company commander in his main regiment and was then promoted to major as commander of the III. Battalion in the 1st Landwehr Regiment transferred to Tilsit . On July 1, 1860, he was assigned to the 1st Combined Infantry Regiment as a battalion leader, from which the 5th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 41 emerged shortly afterwards . As commander of the fusilier battalion, Trossel advanced to lieutenant colonel in mid-October 1861 and on February 10, 1863, was commanded by the princely Waldeck fusilier battalion in the position of his regiment à la suite . This was followed on May 9, 1865 by his appointment as commander of the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 in Cologne. In this position promoted to colonel in mid-June 1865 , Trossel led his regiment a year later in the war against Austria in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Excellent with swords.

Trossel gave his regiment on June 17, 1869 to his successor Colonel Oskar von Bock and was then transferred to the army officers and promoted to major general. On May 24, 1870 he took over the 7th Infantry Brigade in Bromberg . Trossel led this large association in 1870/71 during the war against France in the battle of Gravelotte , the sieges of Metz and Paris and in the battles at Mont Mesly, Champigny , Frasne and Pontarlier . For his behavior he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the order Pour le Mérite and the commander of the Württemberg Military Merit Order.

After the peace agreement, Trossel and his troops remained with the occupation army in France until 1873, but at the end of October 1871 he took a two-month vacation to restore his health. After he had been entrusted with the leadership of the 13th division on May 23, 1873 , he was appointed lieutenant general on November 25, 1873 as a division commander. On the occasion of the festival of the order, Kaiser Wilhelm I awarded him the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring in January 1875. Trossel died on September 12th, 1875 while exercising his service in the garrison in Münster.

family

Trossel had married Luise von Vietinghoff (1833-1865), the daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Alexander von Vietinghoff called von Scheel (1800-1880) on November 19, 1856 in Cologne . The following children were born from the marriage:

literature

  • [Otto] von Drebber: Master list of officers and medical officers of the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65. 1860–1906. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1907, pp. 45–46.
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 47-49, no. 2477.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 228, no. 1856.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1909 . Third year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1908, p. 837.
personal data
SURNAME Trossel, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trossel, Karl Wilhelm Albert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Gartz
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1875
Place of death Muenster