Eduard Leo von Wedel

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Eduard Leo von Wedel (also: Eduard von Wedel and Eduard von Wedell ; * 23 August 1803 in Blankensee , † 18 April or 19 April 1868 in Hanover ) was a German officer , Royal Prussian Colonel à la suite of the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9 and first director of the Military Riding Institute in Hanover.

Life

Eduard Leo von Wedel comes from the noble family von Wedel (House Pumptow). He married Karoline von Kameke (born March 17, 1824) in Rathenow on March 29, 1849 from Friedberg . His descendants include his grandson, the former major general and author, for example from the garrison town of Hanover, Hasso von Wedel .

After the battle of Langensalza and the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia, the Military Riding Institute from Schwedt an der Oder , which von Wedel had previously commanded there, was relocated to Hanover in 1867. Von Wedel, who had been in command of the facility since September 17, 1866 - initially with the rank of major - also took over the management of the officers' riding school in Hanover .

According to the address book of the royal residence city of Hanover for the year 1868, Colonel Eduard “v. Wedell ”with its headquarters“ am Marstalle 5 ”was awarded the Red Eagle Order 4th Class and the Prussian Service Award Cross, as well as the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus, Second Class, and the Russian Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class.

The person who died in 1868 or his wife was buried in Rathenow.

Wedelstrasse

The year of the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 in Hanover district Vahrenwald scale Wedel road that leads from the street to the Rosenberg Alvenslebenstraße, was named after the first director of the Military Riding Institute.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses . At the same time the register of the nobility of the associations united in the honorary association of the German nobility , Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1934, p. 567; limited preview in Google Book search
  2. ↑ a b c Christian Zweng (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939 , Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery , Pioneers, Train, Motor and Driving Departments, Armored Troops, Traffic Troops, and News Departments. In the appendix: Gendarmerie-Brigaden, Kgl. Saxon Cadet Corps, Kgl. Prussian war schools, NCO schools, NCO preschools, cadet houses, large military orphanage, Kgl. Bavarian War and NCO School, Kgl. Sächsische Unteroffizierschule , Osnabrück: Biblio-Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-3-7648-2413-6 and ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 200; limited preview in Google Book search
  3. ^ A b c d Helmut Zimmermann : Wedelstrasse , in ders .: The street names of the state capital Hanover . Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 259
  4. ↑ a b c d Year Book of the German Nobility , Volume 2, ed. by the Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft, Berlin: Verlag von WT Bruer, 1898, p. 184; Digital copy of the Russian ...
  5. ^ A b Hasso von Wedel: City and Garrison Hanover. A guide through past and present (= German garrisons , volume 4), Frankfurt am Main: Bernard & Graefe, 1959, p. 38; limited preview in Google Book search
  6. ^ Address book of the royal residence city of Hanover , 1868, Section I: Address and Housing Gazette , Part 3: Alphabetical Directory of Residents and Commercial Companies , p. 418; Digitized version of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library via the German Research Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Wedel, Eduard Leo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wedel, Eduard von; Wedell, Eduard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, Prussian Colonel à la suite in Pomerania and first director of the Military Riding Institute in Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Blankensee
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1868 or April 19, 1868
Place of death Hanover