August von Stahr

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August Ferdinand Adolf von Stahr (born February 15, 1807 in Frankenstein , † May 28, 1878 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Luxembourg Fortress .

Life

origin

August was the son of the Prussian captain Karl Adolf von Stahr (1744-1815) and his wife Henriette Auguste, née Lührmann (1778-1845). His father was the commandant of Ottmachau and later a stable master at the Knight Academy in Liegnitz .

Military career

Stahr visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . Subsequently, on April 8, 1824, he was transferred to the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a non-commissioned officer and was promoted to secondary lieutenant by mid-March 1827 . For further training, he graduated from the General War School in 1830/33 , was then a teacher at the Division School of the 12th Division in 1834/41, and in the meantime rose to prime lieutenant . With promotion to captain, Stahr became company commander in his regiment on June 18, 1846 . During the riots in Poland he took part in the battle at Raczkow and the following year in the street fighting in Wroclaw when the March Revolution was put down . On June 12, 1850 he was assigned to the training of the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to instruct him in the management of a company . Promoted to major on November 15, 1851 , he became battalion commander on October 1, 1852. On September 18, 1853 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion in the 23rd Landwehr Regiment in Groß Strehlitz . From there, Stahr was transferred to Breslau on May 9, 1854 as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 10th Landwehr Regiment and promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 8, 1857 . Insinuation à la suite commissioned to him on May 19, 1859, first with the leadership of the 1st Infantry Regiment in Konigsberg and appointed him on May 31, 1859 under promotion to colonel to the regiment commander. With his association Stahr in 1863 because of the Polish unrest commanded the limit to where the circles Oletzko and elk to protect.

On April 7th, 1863, Stahr became commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade , with whom he was deployed from the beginning of August to the end of December 1863 to secure the border at Thorn . On June 25, 1864, he was transferred to Luxembourg as commandant of the federal fortress and at the same time acted as leader of the occupation brigade. He applied for his departure , which was refused in view of the German war . Instead, Stahr was given command of the 2nd combined Landwehr Infantry Division (consisting of Landwehr Regiments No. 2, 12, 20, 24 and 31) in Dresden on July 11, 1866 . After demobilization , he was again in command in Luxembourg and was promoted to lieutenant general on September 20, 1866. On November 10, 1866, he was awarded the star for Red Eagle . II Class with oak leaves with board for disposition made. In addition, on March 2, 1867, he received the Grand Officer 's Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown .

For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , he was reused in 1870/71 as the commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the Guard Corps and was honored with the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves on his departure. He died on May 28, 1878 in Potsdam.

family

On May 10, 1831, Stahr married Pauline Ottilie Amalie Winter (1804-1853), a daughter of the Reichstein senator and businessman Ludwig Winter, in Reichenstein, Frankenstein district. The two sons Paul Adolf (* 1832) and the later Prussian Major Louis (1835–1881) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Memorial of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Part Two, No. 10 of February 26, 1867, p. 61.
personal data
SURNAME Stahr, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stahr, August Ferdinand Adolf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Luxembourg fortress
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenstein
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1878
Place of death Potsdam