Cécil von Renthe-Fink (General)

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Cécil August Viktor Franz von Renthe-Fink , actually called Fink by Renthe (born September 19, 1845 in Berlin , † November 29, 1909 in Jena ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Renthe came from a family from Anhalt who, together with his grandfather, the Anhalt government president Lebrecht Renthe in Köthen , was raised to the state of Anhalt in 1820 . He was the son of the Prussian Colonel August von Renthe called Fink (1801-1860) and his second wife Cäcilie, nee de la Vière (1811-1879). His father was from 1831 Fideikommissherr on Gut Wenndorf (Anhalt; size: 90 hectares ), which on March 26, 1832 received the Prussian approval for naming as "von Renthe called Fink". His stepbrother was the later Prussian Lieutenant General August von Renthe-Fink (1835-1896).

Military career

Coming from the cadet corps Renthe was transferred to the 4th Guards Regiment on foot of the Prussian Army on May 2, 1863 . During the war against Denmark in 1864 he was in the regiment's replacement battalion and took part in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen . Two years later he was deployed in the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz and, after the peace treaty, graduated from the war academy for further training in October 1868 . With the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France Renthe had to interrupt his training, came again as adjutant to the Erstaz battalion of his regiment and temporarily served as a company commander. After he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in mid-September 1870 , he continued his studies at the War Academy until July 1873 after the peace treaty . From May 1874 Renthe was commanded to serve with the Great General Staff for one year . On February 11, 1875 he was promoted to captain and company commander in the regiment. After he had been commanded again at the beginning of July 1876 under position à la suite of his regiment to serve with the Great General Staff, Renthe was commissioned on May 25, 1878 with the management of the business as military attaché at the embassy in Bern . On December 24, 1878, he was appointed military attaché. Upon release from this command, he was transferred to the secondary budget of the Great General Staff on November 16, 1880 and two years later transferred to the General Staff of the Army. With the promotion to major Renthe was transferred to the General Staff of the 10th Division at the end of May 1883 . From the end of September 1884 to the end of February 1888, he was employed by the General Staff of VI. Army Corps and then to the Gouvernement of Cologne . On October 1, 1888, Renthe returned to service with the appointment of battalion commander in the Hohenzollern Fusilier Regiment No. 40 , and in mid-August 1889 he was promoted to the regular staff officer in the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 as a lieutenant colonel . After being transferred back to the General Staff of the Army, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Metz Governorate on February 21, 1891 . In this position he rose to colonel in mid-October 1891, was transferred to Posen as Chief of the General Staff of the V Army Corps (German Empire) at the end of March 1892 and promoted to major general at the end of January 1897 . From April 18, 1896 to March 24, 1899 Renthe was in command of the 16th Infantry Brigade in Torgau . Then he was promoted to lieutenant general and was transferred to the command of the 8th Division . In approval of his resignation request, Renthe was put up for disposal on May 2, 1901 with the statutory pension . On the occasion of his farewell, Kaiser Wilhelm II honored him with the Crown Order I Class and Duke Friedrich I awarded him the Grand Cross of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear .

family

He married Agnes von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1856–1945) in Potsdam on May 6, 1884 . From this marriage later went diplomat and envoy Cecil (1885-1964), who in the First World War fallen in France son Timon (1887-1917) and daughter Charlotte (1890-1952), later professor of economics at the University in Frankfurt Main .

literature

  • Paul Curtius: List of officers of the Royal Prussian 4th Guard Regiment on foot. 1860-1905. Eisenschmidt Verlag, Berlin 1905, pp. 44-45.
  • von Drebber: Master list of officers and medical officers of the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65. 1860–1906. Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1907, pp. 134–135.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Part B 1941, p. 420, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha 1941.
  • Corinna Franz:  Renthe-Fink, Cécil von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 438 f. ( Digitized version ). (Side entry for his son)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 58 of July 3, 1901, p. 1534.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. The nobility born in Germany (primeval nobility). 1917. Eighteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1916, p. 613
personal data
SURNAME Renthe-Fink, Cécil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renthe called Fink, Cécil August Viktor Franz von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1909
Place of death Jena