Albert von Zimmermann

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Albert Alexander von Zimmermann (born January 16, 1813 in Driesen , † December 26, 1887 in Münster ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Albert was the youngest son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Karl von Zimmermann (1775-1830) and his wife Christiane, born von Schaikowski (1779-1853). The family was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on November 15, 1786 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II .

Military career

Zimmermann visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . He then joined the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment of the Prussian Army on August 13th, 1830 as a portepeef ensign . From there he was transferred to the 9th Infantry Regiment on February 22, 1831 , advanced to Second Lieutenant in mid-November 1831, and on April 14, 1834, with a patent dated August 12, 1831, he was transferred to the 13th Infantry Regiment . On April 13, 1847 he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and was from January 1849 to November 1850 as a company commander to the 7th Combined Reserve Battalion and then until the end of January 1851 in the same capacity to III. Battalion in the 13th Landwehr Regiment. This was followed by a use in the 4th Battalion in the 13th Infantry Regiment until mid-May 1851. Zimmermann rose to captain and company commander on June 4, 1852 . After he had been promoted to major in mid-February 1859 , he led the fusilier battalion and was then appointed battalion commander. In this position, on March 17, 1863, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

During the war against Denmark in 1864, Zimmermann took part in the battles near Eckernförde and Missunde , the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen and the transition to Alsen . On March 10, 1864, he received the swords for the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class, for his service . During the mobilization on the occasion of the German War , he was appointed commander of the Cosel Fortress in 1866 under position à la suite of his regiment . On June 8, 1866, Zimmermann was promoted to colonel and on October 23, 1866 , he was transferred to Saarlouis as commandant . On the occasion of the festival of the order he received the Order of the Red Eagle III in January 1869. Class with a bow. Under awarding of the character he was on 12 April 1870 as a major general board for disposition made. He died on December 26, 1887 in Münster.

family

Zimmermann married Mathilde von Wittken (1827–1895) on July 8, 1847 in Bromberg . The couple had several children:

  • Friedrich (* 1848), Prussian lieutenant colonel ⚭ Anna Hücking (* 1853)
  • Marie (* 1850)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner : Register of the flourishing and dead nobility in Germany. Volume 4, p. 256, No. 5.
  2. ^ Marcelli Janecki (Red.): Handbook of the Prussian nobility. Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892, p. 623.
personal data
SURNAME Zimmermann, Albert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmermann, Albert Alexander von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Driesen
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1887
Place of death Muenster