Eberhard von Mantey (General)

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Johannes Eberhard Mantey , von Mantey since 1875 (born June 23, 1835 in Ückermünde , † June 12, 1902 in Dessau ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Eberhard was a son of the Prussian major Johann Mantey (1788–1866) and his second wife Leopoldine, née Wörmann (1800–1880).

Military career

Mantey entered the 2nd Pioneer Department of the Prussian Army as a one-year volunteer on October 1, 1853 and graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School in 1854/57 . He was promoted to secondary lieutenant by March 1856 and, after completing his training course, was initially assigned to the 3rd pioneer department and in September 1859 to the 6th pioneer department. In July 1860 Mantey came to the fortification in Glogau and in 1861 became adjutant of the 2nd Pioneer Inspection. In the war against Denmark in 1864 he was an engineer officer with the staff of the General Command of the Combined Army Corps and took part in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen , as well as the transition to Alsen .

After the war Mantey was the one with the drafting of a new in spring 1865 sapper asked commissioned -Reglements Colonel von Schweinitz for several months available and managed during this command in the summer of that year, the camp works on the Lockstedter Heide in Holstein. Later attached to the governor of the Duchy of Schleswig , he joined the General Staff of the V Army Corps after this command was over . In this position he took part in the battles near Nachod , Skalitz , Schweinschädel , Gradlitz and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria .

After the peace agreement, Mantey was first assigned to the 1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 6 and two years later to the 1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 46 . On March 22, 1869, he was transferred to the 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 88 as a company commander . In March 1870 Mantey was transferred to the Great General Staff and made available to the General Staff of the V Army Corps when mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France . He took part in the battles at Weißenburg and Wörth , the battle near Stonne, the battle near Sedan , the battle near Petit-Bicetre, the enclosure of Paris , the sabotage near La Malmaison and the battle near Mont Valérien .

Winner of both classes of the Iron Cross and the Commander of the Bavarian Military Merit Mantey was as Major on September 18, 1875. Kaiser Wilhelm I to the hereditary Prussian nobility raised . He rose to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1876 , was assigned to the General Staff and was appointed Head of Department in the General Staff on February 3, 1877. At the same time he was also active as a teacher at the war academy and as a member of the study commission for the cadet corps. When exercises in the fortress warfare took place in 1878 under the direction of General von Verdy near Strasbourg , he was called in. In September 1880 Mantey was promoted to colonel and on June 4, 1881 he was given command of the 3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 16 in Cologne . This was followed from March 11, 1886 to August 18, 1888 as a major general and commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade in Erfurt . He was then commissioned to lead the 29th division in Freiburg im Breisgau and on October 15, 1888, he was promoted to lieutenant general and commander of this large unit. In this position he received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion in June 1891 . On February 11, 1892, Mantey was put up for disposal with a pension in approval of his resignation request.

After his departure, he received the character of General of the Infantry on March 22, 1897 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

family

Mantey married in Poznan on October 15, 1867 Ella Cranz (1845-1926), a daughter of the general superintendent Friedrich Cranz . The couple had several children:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 52 of June 17, 1891, p. 1341.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. 1903. Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1902, p. 984.
personal data
SURNAME Mantey, Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mantey, Johannes Eberhard von (full name); Mantey, Johannes Eberhard (until 1875)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Ückermünde
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1902
Place of death Dessau