Alfred Stenzel

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Alfred Stenzel

Alfred Stenzel (born December 24, 1832 in Breslau , † June 16, 1906 in Göttingen ) was a German rear admiral in the Imperial Navy .

Life

He was the son of Gustav Adolf Harald Stenzel and his wife Maria, née Bredow. After attending the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau, Stenzel worked in the merchant navy from 1849 to 1860 . At the end of the 1850s he took the chief helmsman's exam. From 1860 to 1862 he studied mathematics and astronomy in Göttingen and Berlin . On April 19, 1862, he joined the Prussian Navy as an auxiliary officer, soon passed the officer examination and was appointed lieutenant at sea . On November 16, 1863, Stenzel was promoted to lieutenant second class.

In 1864 he took aboard the Arcona on the German-Danish War in part and therefore had an impact on at Jasmund sea battle with. During the German War he was given command of the steam gunboat Tiger and in 1866 brought about the surrender of the city of Emden and the capture of the Hanover Ems batteries. In 1867 Stenzel was promoted to lieutenant captain and worked in the Prussian naval ministry until 1870 . During the Franco-Prussian War he was Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the North Sea Squadron, Vice Admiral Eduard von Jachmann . After the end of the war, Stenzel became an officer on Admiral Adalbert's staff . In early 1872 he took part in the organization of the Imperial Admiralty . In the autumn of 1872 he was promoted to corvette captain and was given command of the gunboat Albatross .

In 1875, Stenzel became a teacher at the Naval School in Kiel and taught naval tactics, naval war history, naval organization and naval studies. In December 1878 he was promoted to sea captain. In the spring of 1881 he ended his teaching activities and became chief shipyard director in Wilhelmshaven . From autumn 1885 to autumn 1886 Stenzel was head of the school squadron and then inspector of the naval artillery in Wilhelmshaven. On October 18, 1887, Stenzel was retired from service, awarded the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves and put up for disposition on December 10, 1889 .

As a ZD officer, Stenzel was reused and worked from 1894 to 1896 as a teacher at the Naval Academy. In recognition of his services, Kaiser Wilhelm II hired him on May 3, 1904 à la suite of the Naval Officer Corps.

family

Stenzel was married and had a daughter named Elfriede (* 1870) and a son (1875-1897). He was buried in Bad Rehburg next to his wife and son.

Awards

Fonts

  • About warfare at sea. A strategic study using the English naval maneuvers in 1888. Berlin 1889.
  • The new seaport near Cuxhaven. Berlin 1890.
  • Heligoland and the German fleet. Berlin 1891.
  • Comment and reply to the book: Batsch, Admiral Prinz Adalbert von Prussia . Berlin 1891.
  • The German fleet and the Reichstag. A word in favor of the German armed forces at sea. Berlin 1892.
  • The shortest way to Constantinople. An example of the interaction between the navy and the army. Kiel 1894.
  • The Northern Navy in the Secession War. Lecture given in the Military Society in Berlin on January 10, 1894. In: Supplement to the military weekly paper . 1894, pp. 83-122.
  • Do we need armored cruisers? In: Military weekly paper. 1895, pp. 307-314.
  • Does our navy need a military college? Berlin 1896.
  • Naval war history in its most important sections with consideration of naval tactics. 5 volumes. Hanover, Leipzig 1907–1911.
  • Warfare at sea. Doctrine of naval warfare. Hanover, Leipzig 1913.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 380-382.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 92 of November 5, 1887, p. 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d Marine Cabinet (ed.): Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1905. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1905. p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Stenzel, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1906
Place of death Goettingen