Albrecht von Schroeder

Albrecht Wilhelm Joachim Gottfried von Schroeder (born June 18, 1833 in Körlin an der Persante ; † October 11, 1910 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Albrecht was the eldest son of the Prussian major Friedrich Wilhelm von Schroeder (1796–1873) and his wife Auguste, née Ventzki (1812–1890). His younger brother August (1842-1915) also became major general.

Military career

After attending the high school in Kolberg and the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin , Schroeder was transferred to the 14th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on April 27, 1850 as a characterized portepee ensign . By mid-February 1852 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and completed the general war school from October 1855 to June 1859 for further training . On August 24, 1859 he was appointed regimental adjutant and in this capacity he was transferred to the 7th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 54 in Kolberg on July 1, 1860 . Schroeder rose to prime lieutenant in early September 1860 and was in command as adjutant of the 6th Infantry Brigade from December 1861 . With the promotion to captain and the appointment to company commander , he resigned on May 22, 1864 in the troop service. During the German War , Schroeder led the 7th Company in the battles near Gitschin and Königgrätz and received a commendation for his behavior on September 20, 1866.

On February 18, 1867, Schroeder was commanded to teach at the war school in Hanover under the position of his regiment à la suite . During the war against France he was from July 18, 1870 to April 1, 1871 company commander in the 2nd combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment, with whom he participated in the sieges of Strasbourg and Belfort and the battles at Cernay, Rougemount, Petit Magym and Cravanche involved. He was slightly wounded during the skirmish at Bavolliers.

Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, he was a company commander in the replacement battalion of the 7th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 54 after the Peace of Versailles from April 11 to May 2, 1871. After the Peace of Frankfurt he was retained à la suite of his regiment teacher at the war school in Metz , on February 29, 1872 transferred as major to the General Staff and on April 6, 1872 promoted to director of the war school in Metz. On August 14, 1875, when he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66, he resigned from service. He was promoted to colonel by the middle of September 1882 , was transferred to Brieg as commander of the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III on the occasion of the festival in January 1884 . Excellent with a bow. In approval of his resignation request , Schroeder was put up for disposition on July 6, 1886 with a pension and the right to wear his regimental uniform. After his departure, he received the character of major general on June 21, 1888 .

He died unmarried on October 11, 1910 in Berlin.

The commanding general of the IV Army Corps , the General of the Infantry von Blumenthal, wrote in his assessment in 1881: “Lieutenant Colonel von Schroeder has become a very good battalion commander and is also qualified as a regimental commander. His excitable temper can sometimes cause him difficulties. But recently he has understood how to moderate it. "

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 214-215. No. 3175.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907. First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 699.