August von Seebeck

August von Seebeck

August Wilhelm Julius Seebeck , von Seebeck since 1871 (born April 16, 1834 in Berlin ; † November 27, 1914 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian infantry general and chief of the infantry regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31 .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Saxon Grand Ducal Privy Council and curator of the University of Jena Moritz Seebeck (1805-1884) and his wife Ida Albertine, née von Krauseneck (1811-1886). She was the daughter of the later Prussian general of the infantry Wilhelm von Krauseneck .

Military career

After attending grammar schools in Meiningen and Berlin, Seebeck joined the 4th Company of the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Erfurt as a musketeer on March 1, 1852 . Promoted to non-commissioned officer on October 1, 1852 , Seebeck was appointed portepeef ensign at the beginning of 1853 and was finally promoted to second lieutenant on December 6, 1853 . From March 1856 he was a regimental adjutant for three years. At the end of September 1860 he was posted to the War Academy for three years for further training. In the meantime, Seebeck was promoted to prime lieutenant in mid-October 1860 . Various commands followed after the end of training. First from October 1, 1863 to the Magdeburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 and from June 1, 1864 to May 4, 1866 to the topographical department of the Great General Staff , where he was assigned to the disability department in the second quarter of 1865 .

During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against Austria , Seebeck was appointed adjutant of the 8th Division and took part in the "campaign against Bohemia". He was used in the battles at Königgrätz , Liebenau , Podol , Münchengrätz , Holitz and Preßburg . After the peace treaty he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords, for his achievements .

When he was promoted to captain on October 30, 1866, Seebeck was transferred as chief of the 9th Company to Infantry Regiment No. 80 in Weilburg . After a year he came as an adjutant to the General Command of the X Army Corps in Hanover and was posted on July 1, 1869 on an exploration trip to France . On March 10, 1870, he was transferred to the General Staff of the Corps. In this position he took part in the battles at Vionville , Gravelotte , Noisseville , Beaune-la-Rolande , Orléans , Beaugency-Cravant and Le Mans as well as in the battles at Bellevue , Ladonchamps, Joigny , Ladon , during the war against France in 1870/71 , Maizières , Serqueux , Vendôme , Monnaie , Tours , Montoire , Villechauve and Chahaignes . In the meantime, on December 22, 1870, he was honored as a major and for his achievements with both classes of the Iron Cross , Seebeck was raised to hereditary nobility on June 16, 1871 by Wilhelm I in recognition of his services during the war .

A few days earlier he had been transferred to the General Staff of the 29th Division in Freiburg im Breisgau . From mid-April to late October 1876 Seebeck was the General Staff of the representation on leave bosses XIV. Corps , Colonel Paul von Leszczynski , after Karlsruhe commanded. After his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel Seebeck was transferred to the General Staff on October 5, 1876, while maintaining his position. In the following month he was commanded as a military plenipotentiary to determine the demarcation line between the Ottoman Empire and Montenegro .

Since March 13, 1877 Chief of the General Staff of the XI. Army Corps in Kassel , Seebeck was promoted to colonel on September 16, 1881 . As such, he was from July 20, 1882 to December 3, 1886 in command of the 1st Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry (Leibgarde-) Regiment No. 115 in Darmstadt . The Grand Duke Ludwig IV honored him with the Commander II class with the crown of the Order of Philip for his achievements in troop leadership . With the promotion to major general Seebeck was then appointed commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade in Koblenz . On August 9, 1888, he was assigned the function of leader of an attack detachment for the "Great Fortress Maneuvers" which took place near Koblenz from September 19 to 27, 1888. While being promoted to Lieutenant General , Seebeck was appointed commander of the 4th Division in Bromberg on April 8, 1889 , before he was transferred to the 16th Division in Trier in the same function the following year . On the occasion of the order festival in 1893, Seebeck was awarded the first class of the Crown Order . He became the commanding general of the X Army Corps in Hanover on January 27, 1893, and was promoted to general of the infantry a year later. In this capacity he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion in June 1894, the Grand Cross of Honor with Swords on the Ring of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig in November 1895 and the Grand Cross with Swords of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order in January 1896 awarded.

Wilhelm II appointed him on September 10, 1898 as head of the Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31, which had meanwhile been stationed in Altona in Schleswig-Holstein . Seebeck joined the latter in 1852 at the beginning of his military career. He now received a monthly report from the regimental commander . With the award of diamonds to the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords and leaving his position as head of the regiment, Seebeck was put up for disposition on April 4, 1899 .

From then on he was called “1. Curator ”of the“ Kaiserin Augusta Foundation ”.

family

Seebeck married on September 24, 1863 in Erfurt with Marie von Lübenow (1839-1884), the only daughter of Major General Julius von Lübenow . After her death, he married Sophie Charlotte Emilie Augusta von Gélieu (* 1861) in Koblenz on April 24, 1888. She was the daughter of the later Prussian general of the infantry Bernhard von Gélieu . Several children resulted from the marriages.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 224-228, no. 3182.
• Bogislav von Kleist: The Royal Prussian. Generals from 1840-1894. No. 1769.
• Ehrenreich von Nussbaum: Addendum to the history of the Count Bose Infantry Regiment (1st Thuringian) No. 31.
• Loßberg: Officer master list of the Fusilier Regiment "von Gersdorff" (Kurhessischen) No. 80. 1813 to 1913. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1903, p. 155.
• Fritz Beck: History of the 1st Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry (Leibgarde-) Regiment No. 115. 1621–1899. Berlin 1899. Digitized in the Google book search
• Genealogical manual of the nobility . Noble Houses B: Volume V.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses. 1917. Eleventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1916, p. 802.