Constantin von Altrock

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Constantin Julius Friedrich Eduard von Altrock (born August 27, 1861 in Breslau , † April 2, 1942 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and long-time editor of the military weekly paper .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Constantin von Altrock (1830-1889) and his wife Antonie, née Becher (1837-1892).

Military career

On April 16, 1881, Altrock was transferred from the cadet corps as a second lieutenant to the 3rd Guard Grenadier Regiment "Queen Elisabeth" of the Prussian Army . From the middle of April 1888 to the end of March 1890 he was assigned to the Hauptkadettenanstalt as an educator and from October 1, 1890 he graduated from the War Academy for three years as a prime lieutenant . On April 1, 1894, he was assigned to the General Staff for a year . As a captain , Altrock was chief of the 4th Company from September 12, 1895 to July 21, 1900 . He was then transferred to the General Staff of the Army with a transfer to the General Staff of the XIV Army Corps . Promoted to major there on May 18, 1901 , Altrock returned to the General Staff on October 1, 1902. From February to the end of April 1903 he was in the admiralty staff of the Imperial Navy and in August / September of the same year on a ship of the autumn training fleet. From April 1, 1904 to July 17, 1905 he was active in the General Staff of the 3rd Division , was then reassigned to the General Staff and on April 10, 1906 to the command of the 2nd Battalion in the Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" ( 1. Thuringian) No. 31 in Altona . As such, promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 19, 1907 , Altrock was transferred to the staff of the fusilier regiment "von Gersdorff" (Kurhessisches) No. 80 on March 21, 1908 . On January 27, 1911, he was appointed commander of the 1st Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe, and in this position he became a colonel on March 20, 1911 .

With promotion to major general , Altrock was appointed commander of the 60th Infantry Brigade in Strasbourg on March 22, 1914 . He held this command at the outbreak of the First World War and was initially used in the border guard against France. As a result, Altrock fought in Lorraine , Flanders and on the Yser . On January 2, 1915, he was appointed commander of the 16th Reserve Division in Champagne , which Altrock commanded until May 24, 1915. He then had command of the 14th Division until December 29, 1915 .

On April 25, 1918 Altrock received command of the 28th Reserve Division , with which he was initially in position battles in the Champagne. In May / June he took part in the battle of Soissons and Reims and then went back to trench warfare. As Lieutenant General Altrock was awarded the star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords, for his services in the Battle of the Marne . In the last months of the war he was involved in permanent defensive battles and led his large association back home after the armistice . There the demobilization took place and with the dissolution of the division Altrock was put into retirement on April 2, 1919.

After his departure, Altrock, who had already published various military history publications during his active service, worked as editor of the military weekly newspaper until 1934 . He was also chairman of the Berlin branch of the German Officers Association (DOB).

Constantin von Altrock died in Berlin in 1942 at the age of 80. He was buried in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg . His final resting place is the hereditary funeral of the Toeche-Mittler publishing family, into which he married. A lying gravestone made of red granite serves as a grave marker.

family

He married Elisabeth Toeche-Mittler (* 1873) on December 29, 1896. The couple had several children:

  • Constantine (Theodor) (1898–1902)
  • Theodor (1900–1968)
  • Friedrich (* 1905)

literature

  • List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1910, pp. 130–131.
  • Reich manual of German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Markus Pöhlmann (Hrsg.): German military journals in the 20th century. Military History Research Office, Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-941571-18-1 , p. 29.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, p. 4.
  3. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 282.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 41/42 of March 22, 1914, p. 825.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 21 of August 17, 1918, p. 342.
  6. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , pp. 239, 247.
personal data
SURNAME Altrock, Constantin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altrock, Constantin Julius Friedrich Eduard von (full name); Altrock, Konstantin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, editor of the military weekly paper
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1942
Place of death Berlin