Alfred von Werthern

Alfred Hermann Thilo Freiherr von Werthern (born October 27, 1842 in Sangerhausen , † November 7, 1908 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian major general and chronicler of the von Werthern family .

Life

Alfred was the second child of the district administrator of the Sangerhausen district Hermann von Werthern (1811–1861) from the Brücken line and his wife Charlotte Luise, born von Seebach (* 1816).

From 1855 he attended the Roßleben monastery school and embarked on a military career in the Prussian army . During this period he was from March 29, 1892 to July 13, 1895 commander of the hussar regiment "Landgrave Friedrich II. Von Hessen-Homburg" (2nd Kurhessisches) No. 14 in Kassel . He was then appointed commander of Wesel under position à la suite of his regiment . He was promoted to major general in 1896 and was on 18 April 1901 awarded the Star of the Order of the Crown II. Class with board for disposition made.

The multi-volume work History of the Family of Counts and Barons von Werthern , published in Naumburg (Saale) , was developed by him.

On September 19, 1868 in Merseburg, he married Marie von Nostitz (* 1849), a daughter of the district court director Gustav von Nostitz († 1873). The children Gertrud (* 1869), Freda (* 1872) and Joachim (* 1877) emerged from the marriage.

Fonts

History of the family of the counts and barons of Werthern. Naumburg 1907.
General of Verses. A military image of time and life. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1898, digitized

literature

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. 1882. p. 946.

Individual evidence

↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1911, p. 528.
^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 130.
^ Military weekly paper . No. 35 of April 20, 1901, p. 927.

personal data
SURNAME	Werthern, Alfred von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Werthern, Alfred Hermann Thilo Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general and chronicler of the von Werthern family
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sangerhausen
DATE OF DEATH	November 7, 1908
Place of death	Naumburg (Saale)

[1] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1911, p. 528.

[2] Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 130.

[3] Military weekly paper . No. 35 of April 20, 1901, p. 927.