August Ludwig von Nostitz

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August Ludwig von Nostitz

August Ludwig Ferdinand Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck (born December 27, 1777 in Zessel , Oels district ; † May 28, 1866 in Berlin ) was a Prussian cavalry general , adjutant general Friedrich Wilhelm III. and from 1850 to 1859 Prussian envoy in Hanover and Oldenburg as well as heir to Zobten and Zyrowa .

Life

origin

His parents were Georg August Ludwig von Nostitz-Rieneck (1753–1795) and his wife Johanna, born Freiin von Reiswitz-Kaderzin and Grabowka (1756–1840). His father was a Prussian lieutenant and adjutant of lieutenant general by Werner and Mr. Zobten on at Lowenberg .

Career

From Nostitz

Nostitz was aggregated in 1802 as a second lieutenant in the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps of the Prussian Army . On February 19, 1803 he was transferred to the newly established Dragoon Regiment No. 14 with a patent dated February 17, 1800 , and on January 31, 1804, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant . During his stationing in Münster he got to know Blücher , it is said that both met while playing cards. In the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the Battle of Jena , then in the battle near Nordhausen before he was captured during the surrender of Prenzlau but was released on word of honor.

After the war Nostitz was born on July 10, 1809 staff captain of the army, dimissionierte but on February 24, 1810. He used the time to travel through Italy and France , where he also Napoleon in Paris was presented. During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , on the Katzbach , Leipzig , Laon , Paris , Ligny and Belle Alliance . At that time he was first aggregated to the Silesian Uhlan Regiment on March 5, 1813 , in March 1813 he was already in the Silesian National Cavalry Regiment. On June 30, 1813 he came as Rittmeister to the adjutant of General Field Marshal Blücher , on December 17, 1813 he was promoted to major . In Bautzen he acquired the Iron Cross II. Class, in Paris the Order of St. George IV. Class and on April 13, 1814 the Iron Cross I Class and on April 24, 1814 the Order of the Sword .

On July 11, 1815, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and on August 4, 1815, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order . On December 10, 1816 received the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class. On June 18, 1818, he was promoted to colonel , and on October 6, 1819, he was appointed adjutant to King Friedrich Wilhelm III. and also became commander of the Guard Hussar Regiment . On October 22, 1821, he was transferred to the 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade as commander. On June 18, 1825 he was promoted to major general and on November 5, 1828 he became adjutant general of the king, but remained in command of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade and received the order Pour le Mérite with oak leaves. He experienced the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 in the headquarters of Tsar Nicholas .

From September 24, 1830 to March 30, 1832, Nostitz was chief of the general staff in the general government of the provinces of Lower Rhine and Westphalia . He then acted again as commander of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade until he was appointed 2nd Commander of Berlin on May 30, 1835. On March 30, 1838 he was promoted to lieutenant general, but had to give up his position as 2nd commandant, but remained adjutant general to the king, on October 5, 1838 he was awarded the Russian White Eagle Order , and on October 15, 1840 the Red Eagle first class and on October 25, 1842 the Bavarian civil merit medal. On December 12, 1842, Nostitz was aggregated to the 5th Hussar Regiment and on February 15, 1842 was appointed head of the regiment . In 1843 he acquired Waldstein Castle in the Glatz district . On September 26, 1843 he received the Alexander Nevsky Order with diamonds and on October 17, 1846 the Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion .

On 15 May 1848 he was given the farewell with board , on 30 January 1849, he still received the character as a cavalry general with the permission of the uniform of the 5th Hussars to wear. From October 10, 1850, he was put to the disposition in uniform , and then went to Hanover as the Prussian envoy until 1859 . At that time, the king made him Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle on January 18, 1852, and on November 6, 1852, Nostitz received the patent for his rank.

He died on May 28, 1866 in Berlin, was transferred to his estate in Zobten near Löwenberg and buried there on May 31, 1866.

In honor of the general in Berlin-Kreuzberg , the former street no. 25 of the development plan (Section II) has been named Nostitzstrasse since July 4, 1865 . The name was given before his death, as it was made for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Ligny and Waterloo. Since December 13, 1934, the former Kiesstrasse in Berlin-Lankwitz and Berlin-Lichterfelde has also been named after him.

family

Nostitz married Countess Luise von Hatzfeldt (1807-1858) in Berlin on May 8, 1829 . She was a daughter of Lieutenant General Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt and was buried in the vault of St. Hedwig's Church in Berlin. The couple had several children:

  • Maria Pauline Johanna Amalie Mathilde (* 1832) ⚭ Franz Grimm von Grimmenstein (1819–1892), Prussian Premier Lieutenant, Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta , son of General Franz Christian Grimm von Grimmenstein
  • Franziska (1833–1870) ⚭ 1861 Count Alexander Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche and Camminetz (1817–1866)
  • Friedrich (1835–1916), Prussian major a. D. ⚭ Ellinor of Johnston (1868–1938)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Helmut Klose: Castles and palaces of the County of Glatz . Marx Verlag 1997, ISBN 3-87854-128-7 , p. 181.
  2. ^ Monthly sheet of the heraldic-genealogical association "Adler". June 1901, p. 49.
personal data
SURNAME Nostitz, August Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nostitz-Rieneck, August Ludwig Ferdinand Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry, Prussian envoy in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Zessel , district of Oels
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1866
Place of death Berlin