Anton Herwarth von Bittenfeld

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Anton Hans Herwarth von Bittenfeld (born May 30, 1841 in Potsdam , † August 26, 1923 ) was a Prussian infantry general

Life

origin

Anton was a son of the Prussian Field Marshal Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1796-1884) and his second wife Sophie, born von Scholten (1802-1868).

Military career

Coming from the cadet corps, Herwarth was transferred on March 6, 1860 as a second lieutenant to the 2nd Guard Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army . As adjutant of the Fusilier Battalion, he took part in the battles at Thrush , Queen's Court and Königgrätz during the war against Austria in 1866 and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with swords. After the war, at the end of October 1866, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and from mid-August 1867 he was in command of the Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 8 for one year . This was followed by a command to Münster as adjutant of the 25th Infantry Brigade from mid-December 1868 . After the beginning of the war against France , Herwarth was seriously wounded on August 14, 1870 in the Battle of Colombey by being shot in both legs.

Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, he was promoted to captain and company commander on February 26, 1871 . In position à la suite of his regiment, Herwarth was commanded on November 9, 1871, initially as an adjutant to the Berlin government and one year later to represent the board member of the War Academy on leave . At the beginning of February 1875 , Herwarth was transferred to the 1st Badische Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe as a company commander.Herwarth became a major in February 1880 , joined the regimental staff in mid-April 1882 and was commander of the 2nd battalion for four years from May 1883. As a lieutenant colonel and regular staff officer, he was then transferred to the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot . Herwarth was promoted to Colonel on January 27, 1890, as the commander of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 . After he was released from this command on March 25, 1893, he was first transferred to the army officers as major general and on April 18, 1893 appointed commander of the 3rd Guard Infantry Brigade . At the same time, from October 24 to November 23, 1893, he was entrusted with carrying out the business of inspecting hunters and riflemen . With the promotion to Lieutenant General Herwarth was transferred to Neisse as commander of the 12th division on December 17, 1896 and then worked in the same capacity in the 17th division in Schwerin from May 20, 1897 to June 8, 1900 . Then followed his appointment as commanding general of the XV. Army Corps in Strasbourg and on May 12, 1901, promotion to General of the Infantry. In this position he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring in January 1903 on the occasion of the festival of the Order . Under position à la suite of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3, Herwarth was put up for disposal on April 1, 1903 with the statutory pension in approval of his resignation request.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John and lived in Wiesbaden after his departure .

family

Herwarth married on January 20, 1874 in Berlin with Alice von Roy (* 1852), a daughter of the MP Richard von Roy (1816-1889) and his wife Josephine (1828-1897). The two sons Eberhard (* 1875) and Fritz (* 1876) emerged from the marriage.

literature

  • Gene. the Inf. Anton Herwarth v. Bittenfeld. In: Military weekly paper . No. 6, January 13, 1910, pp. 128-129.
  • [Werner] von Bock: Base list of the officer corps of the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot. June 19, 1813– May 15, 1913. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, p. 139.
  • von Stocken: List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1910, pp. 168–169.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 121.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of Noble Houses . 1901. Justus Perthes , Gotha 1900, p. 378.
personal data
SURNAME Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Anton Hans von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1923