Eberhard von Hartmann

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Karl Wolfgang Eberhard von Hartmann (born May 6, 1824 in Berlin ; † November 14, 1891 ibid) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian Legation Councilor and Minister Resident Otto Emil von Hartmann (1786-1854) and his wife Auguste Rosalinde Emilie, née Mandel (* 1801).

Military career

Hartmann attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin. After graduating from school, he began studying law at the University of Berlin , which he did in 1843 in Heidelberg for the summer semester of 1843 after being interrupted by serving as a one-year volunteer in the Guard Rifle Battalion , at the end of which he was released as a sergeant in the reserve continued. Here he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia in 1844 . From 1847 he was an apprentice court trainee.

At the end of 1848 he became a professional soldier and joined the 9th Infantry Regiment in Stettin as a second lieutenant after he had become a second lieutenant in the Landwehr in 1845 . After being employed as an adjutant of his regiment and its 2nd battalion , he became an adjutant at the General Command of the 2nd Army Corps in Stettin. In 1857 he was assigned to the War Ministry and promoted to Prime Lieutenant. In 1858 he was transferred to the Department of Army Affairs in the War Ministry and promoted to captain in the same year . In 1863 he was promoted to major . In 1866 he became head of the War Minister's mobile staff and took part in the German War at the headquarters . At the end of 1866 he was entrusted with running the business as head of Army Department B in the War Ministry and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In the spring of 1867 he became head of this department. In this function he was also a member of the Federal Liquidation Commission in Munich from May to October 1869. In 1868 he concluded the military convention with Mecklenburg-Schwerin for Prussia .

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War he was promoted to colonel and additionally charged with running the director of the central department. In August 1870 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff in the General Government of Alsace. During the war he took part in the sieges of Strasbourg, Schlettstadt, Pfalzburg and Bitsch and received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the end of the war, he returned to his old position as head of Army Section B in July 1871 and was appointed head of Army Section A in the War Ministry at the end of the same year. In mid-1872, in this function, he also became a representative to the Federal Council .

After he had been awarded the rank and competencies of brigade commander in mid-1873, he was promoted to major general in May 1874 . In January 1875 he became inspector of the war schools and chairman of the study commission for the war schools. In this function he also became a member of the court in September 1875 to rule on conflicts of jurisdiction. In March 1880 he was promoted to lieutenant general and in November 1881 he was appointed director of the Department of Disabled Affairs in the War Ministry. In this function he also became chairman of the board of directors of the life insurance company for the army and navy a month later. In June 1883 he was appointed governor of Ulm Fortress . In November 1887 he was awarded the character as General of Infantry and was awarded pension for disposition made.

After his death he was buried in the military cemetery in the Hasenheide in Berlin-Neukölln.

family

Hartmann had married Alexandra von Knobloch (1828–1905) on June 24, 1852 in Puschkeiten . The marriage had a daughter and seven sons, including:

  • Emil (* 1853), Prussian captain
  • Heinrich (* 1854), Prussian major
  • Bruno (* 1855), Prussian lieutenant colonel and adjutant to the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
  • Eberhard (* 1857), Prussian lieutenant colonel
  • Alexander (* 1858), Prussian captain
  • Paul (* 1868), Prussian second lieutenant

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 252
  2. ↑ digitized version
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartmann, Karl Wolfgang Eberhard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1891
Place of death Berlin