Allwiel von Sommerfeld and Falkenhayn

Ernst Eduard Allwiel von Sommerfeld and Falkenhayn (born July 2, 1824 in Königsberg in the Neumark , † July 16, 1905 in Bad Warmbrunn ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Family coat of arms of those von Sommerfeld, Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605, knighthood in Silesia

Allwiel was a son of the Prussian captain and later postmaster Rudolf von Sommerfeld and Falkenhayn (1787–1839) and his wife Henriette, née Lorenz (1790–1849).

Military career

After attending grammar school in Königsberg in the Neumark and secondary school in Gdansk , Sommerfeld received private lessons in Thorn . He then joined the 33rd Infantry Regiment (1st Reserve Regiment) of the Prussian Army as a musketeer on October 20, 1844 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by mid-April 1849 . On September 3, 1850, with a patent from May 30, 1848, he was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment . From November 15, 1850 to February 21, 1851, Sommerfeld was adjutant of the Erstaz Battalion of the 27th Infantry Brigade . After a brief assignment to the rifle factory in Sömmerda , he was appointed adjutant of the III. Battalion in the 18th Landwehr Regiment to Unruhstadt and promoted to Premier Lieutenant in mid-September 1858 . This was followed by his command as a company commander in the 2nd Battalion in the 18th Landwehr Regiment in Samter on June 14, 1859 . In this position, Sommerfeld was promoted to captain in mid-February 1860 and on May 1, 1860 was commanded to the 18th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58 was formed on July 1, 1860 . There he was appointed company commander on December 13, 1860 .

During the war against Austria , Sommerfeld was wounded on June 27, 1866 near Nachod . After his recovery he took part in the battles at Skalitz , Schweinschädel , Gradlitz and Königgrätz and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords , for his work . In the run-up to the war against France , he rose to major in mid-March 1870 and, with the mobilization, became the commander of the replacement battalion. On August 4, 1870, Sommerfeld received command of the mobile 1st battalion in Landwehr Regiment No. 46 in Sprottau , which he led in the sieges of Metz and Thionville and the battles at Rupigny and Chaudebourg.

After the peace treaty , he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58 on July 4, 1871, and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class at the end of July 1871 . Within his regiment, Sommerfeld took over the fusilier battalion on January 9, 1873 and became a lieutenant colonel on January 18, 1875 . On January 18, 1878, he was initially commissioned with the leadership of the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74 , before he was appointed regimental commander on April 13, 1878 with a position à la suite and promoted to colonel on April 18, 1878 has been. On September 7, 1881, Sommerfeld received the Crown Order II. Class. With promotion to major general , he was transferred to Hanover on December 6, 1883 as commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade . In approval of his leave request Sommerfeld was on July 14, 1885 awarded the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and swords on rings with Pension disposition made.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I , he received the character of Lieutenant General on March 22, 1897 . He died unmarried in Warmbrunn on July 16, 1905.

literature

• Kaempf: List of officers of the 3rd Poeschen Infantry Regiment No. 58. Glogau 1910, pp. 8–9.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 10, pp. 485-486, No. 3342.