Arthur Friedrich Stieler von Heydekampf

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Arthur Friedrich Stieler von Heydekampf

Arthur Friedrich Stieler von Heydekampf (born May 13, 1840 in Danzig ; † March 5, 1923 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Stieler von Heydekampf came from a Prussian noble family raised in 1704 and carried the title baron . He was the son of the Prussian Prime Lieutenant Julius Stieler von Heydekampf and his wife Anna, née Schaak. The family provided many people with military ranks, but the name only became known through the industrialist Gerd Stieler von Heydekampf .

Military career

He visited the cadet institutes in Bensberg and Berlin and on May 17, 1859 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the 25th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army . From October 1862, Stieler von Heydekampf graduated from the General War School for three years and was subsequently promoted to Prime Lieutenant. After his one-year assignment to the Great General Staff , further appointments to the General Staff followed from May 19, 1868, until he was finally transferred to the War Academy as a teacher on November 1, 1878. This was followed from October 18, 1881 as a lieutenant colonel in the infantry regiment "von Courbière" (2nd Posensches) No. 19 . From April 15, 1884, Stieler von Heydekampf was briefly Chief of the General Staff of the VII Army Corps . On April 14, 1885, he was assigned to lead the 4th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 21 and was appointed commander on December 3, 1885 , while being promoted to colonel . With the promotion to major general on December 18, 1888, Stieler von Heydekampf was commander of the 22nd Infantry Brigade in Breslau . On April 18, 1891, he was appointed commander of the Rastatt Fortress and in this position he was given the character of Lieutenant General on September 19, 1891 . With pension Stieler of Heydekampf was 1,900 on June 9 Disposition asked.

In Rastatt, an old railway bridge is still named after him, which was completely renovated in 2014. The bridge is mistakenly called the “Heitkampbrücke”, in the Rastatt city map even as the “Heidkampbrücke”.

family

Stieler von Heydekampf was married to Clara, née von Wegnern . The marriage produced four sons and one daughter.

literature

  • Officer tribe list of the infantry regiment v. Courbière (2. Posenschen) No. 19. Görlitz 1913. p. 208.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 247.
personal data
SURNAME Stieler von Heydekampf, Arthur Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stieler von Heydekampf, Friedrich Hermann Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1923