Barthold von Ditfurth

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Barthold Burchard Bernhard Busso Hoimar von Ditfurth (born November 2, 1826 in Trier , † June 17, 1902 in Berlin ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian general of the infantry Wilhelm von Ditfurth (1780–1855) from the von Ditfurth family and his wife Florentine, born von Brederlow (1789–1870).

Military career

Ditfurth was brought up in the parental home. He stepped on 29 July 1844 as an officer cadet in the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army and received in June 1846 character of a Sekondeleutnants . As such he took part in the suppression of the revolutionary unrest in Berlin in 1848 . With a patent dated June 21, 1846, Ditfurth was promoted to second lieutenant on August 22, 1848. From May 1849 to the end of December 1850 he was III. Battalion of the 3rd Guards Landwehr Regiment commanded. For further training, Ditfurth completed the General War School for three years from October 1851 and was transferred to the Guard Rifle Battalion on June 23, 1855 as Prime Lieutenant . He was then assigned to the topographic office from June 1856 to the end of February 1859 and became captain on May 31, 1859 . On June 7, 1860 he was assigned to the Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment and on July 1, 1860 he was transferred to this regiment. From September 19, 1860 Ditfurth acted as chief of the 12th Company, which he led in 1866 during the war against Austria in the battle near Alt-Rognitz and in the battle of Königgrätz . For his behavior in this battle he was awarded the Red Eagle Order IV Class with Swords on September 20, 1866 .

After the peace agreement , Ditfurth was promoted to major in Erfurt in the general staff of the 8th Division . Under position à la suite of the General Staff, he was appointed director of the Erfurt War School on January 21, 1868 . With the beginning of the war against France , Ditfurth was appointed at the end of July 1870 as chief of the general staff of the 1st Army stage inspection for the duration of the mobile relationship . In this capacity he took part in the siege of Metz and the battle of the Hallue and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. Shortly before the end of the war , Ditfurth returned to his post as director of the Erfurt War School in April and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 18, 1871 . From December 28, 1872 to August 15, 1873 he acted as battalion commander in the 3rd Posenen Infantry Regiment No. 58 and was then assigned the command of the 4th Posenen Infantry Regiment No. 59 under position à la suite . After Ditfurth had been promoted to colonel on September 2, 1873 , he was appointed regimental commander on February 14, 1874. As early as April 6, 1874, he was recalled from this post and appointed commander of the Cadet House in Berlin. This was followed by an assignment as commander of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 in Dessau from August 3, 1876 to November 27, 1879 . With the position à la suite of this regiment, Ditfurth was then commissioned to lead the 57th Infantry Brigade in Freiburg im Breisgau . With the promotion to major general on December 11, 1879, he was commander of this brigade. He was then on January 12, 1884 Lieutenant General and transferred to Frankfurt (Oder) as commander of the 5th Division . During his service there, Ditfurth was awarded the Knight of St. John on June 24, 1884, and the Order of the Crown on May 5, 1888 with the First Class Crown . Under ceremony of the character of General of Infantry he was placed on July 12, 1888 the statutory pension for disposition . After his departure on March 22, 1897, Wilhelm II paid tribute to him by awarding him the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with oak leaves and swords.

family

Ditfurth had married Helene von Kleist (1844–1920) from the house of women on November 21, 1867 in Erfurt . The marriage remained childless. Therefore he adopted Sigismund von Kleist (* April 24, 1874, † August 5, 1939). On April 24, 1887, he was granted permission to unify his name as "von Kleist-Ditfurth".

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the German Nobility Volume 1, 1896, p. 526.
personal data
SURNAME Ditfurth, Barthold von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ditfurth, Barthold Burchard Bernhard Busso Hoimar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1902
Place of death Berlin