Eberhard von Krosigk

Anton Eberhard von Krosigk (born January 13, 1855 in Mansfeld , † April 20, 1932 in Dessau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Life

origin

He was the son of the State Minister and chairman of the ducal-Anhalt State Ministry Anton von Krosigk (1820-1892) and his wife Marie Rosa, born von Schlieckmann (1827-1909).

Military career

After attending grammar school in Meiningen, the Roßleben monastery school and the Brandenburg Knight Academy on January 5, 1874, as a three-year-old volunteer, Krosigk joined the personal company of the 1st Guards Regiment on Foot of the Prussian Army . In September 1875 he was transferred to the cavalry and came to the Uhlan Regiment No. 16 . In the further course of his military career, Krosigk was commander of the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 and commander of the 18th Cavalry Brigade . As a major general , he was on 16 June 1910 board for disposition made.

During the First World War , Krosigk was reactivated and on September 23, 1914 appointed inspector of the replacement squadrons of the XIV Army Corps for the duration of the mobile relationship . In 1915 he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the end of the war, his mobilization provision was lifted on November 24, 1918. On August 30, 1919, Krosigk received seniority from November 24, 1918, the character of Lieutenant General.

family

Krosigk married Berta Luise Ehrengard von Saldern from the Leppin house (* 1865) in Hanover on June 11, 1897 . She lived in Lüneburg after his death . The couple had four children, including:

• Ludolf Albrecht Vollrat (1894–1915), Prussian lieutenant in the 1st Guard Regiment on foot
• Dedo Wilhelm Buko (1895–1918), lieutenant at sea on SM U 64

See also

• Krosigk (noble family)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 77-78, no. 2753.
• Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it ?. Leipzig 1911.