Eduard von Stocken

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Eduard Karl Julius Theodor Stocken , von Stocken since 1871 , (born October 27, 1824 in Halberstadt , † October 24, 1897 in Hanover ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of postal director August Heinrich Leopold Stocken (1789–1873) and his wife Auguste, née Biebler († 1870).

Military career

Stocken attended high schools in Halberstadt and Schweidnitz . On April 1, 1847, he joined the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a one-year volunteer and was released from the reserve after serving as a sergeant . On the occasion of the suppression of the Baden Revolution , he was called up in the same year and took part in the battle near Ladenburg as a secondary lieutenant during the campaign in Baden . Stocken then decided to pursue a military career. After passing the exam, he was employed on August 15, 1850 with the 14th Infantry Regiment . From February 27, 1858 to June 5, 1862 he was assigned to the Central Gymnastics Institute in Berlin as a military instructor, and in the meantime, on May 31, 1859, he became Premier Lieutenant . Then Stocken advanced to captain and company commander . On September 22, 1863 he was transferred to the army officers and appointed head of the Central Gymnastics Institute. Left in this position, he was placed à la suite of the 3rd Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 14 on December 15, 1863 . On the occasion of the war against Austria , Stocken was released from his position at the Zentral-Turnanstalt and he returned to his regiment in the troop service. With the association he took part in the battles at Podkost and Gitschin and Königgrätz . After the peace agreement , Stocken returned to his old position at the Central Gymnastics Institute. Temporarily left in this capacity, he was appointed major à la suite of the 2nd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 77 on March 22, 1868 and on June 18, 1869 he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 3rd Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 20 appointed. He led this battalion in the 1870/71 war against France in the battles at Gravelotte and Le Mans and the siege of Metz . In the battle of Vionville and the battle of Azay, where Stocken was slightly wounded by a rifle shot, he was able to prove himself particularly well and received both classes of the Iron Cross .

After the preliminary truce of Versailles , Stocken was elevated to the hereditary Prussian nobility by King Wilhelm I “because of the bravery shown in the war against France” at the solemn entry of the Prussian troops into Berlin . He rose to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1873 , was entrusted with the command of the 1st East Prussian Infantry Regiment on February 12, 1876 , and was appointed regimental commander on March 11, 1876. In this capacity, he was promoted to colonel on March 22, 1876 . As such, Stocken commanded the 3rd Guards Grenadier Regiment "Queen Elisabeth" from March 12, 1878 and received the Order of the Crown, 2nd class, on September 18, 1880 for his services in the troop leadership . Under position à la suite of the regiment, Stocken was appointed commander of the 26th Infantry Brigade in Minden on August 17, 1882 and promoted to major general on September 13, 1882 . His longstanding achievements were honored on September 20, 1884 by being awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves. In approval of his farewell request was stalling on June 12, 1886 presentation of the character as a Lieutenant General with the statutory board for disposition made.

He spent the last years of his life withdrawn in Hanover and was buried after his death on October 28, 1897 in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.

family

Stocken had married Maria Hedwig Quassowski (1832-1906) on September 17, 1857 in Bromberg . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Maria Emilie Auguste Hedwig (* 1858) ⚭ October 7, 1885 Oskar Hülsen, Prussian lieutenant colonel zD and district commander of Konitz
  • Leo August Eduard (1862–1926), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Erich Eduard Friedrich (1866–1914), landowner and Prussian officer

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marcelli Janecki , Preußisches Heroldsamt (Hrsg.): Handbuch des Preußischen Adels. First volume, ES Mittler & Sohn, p. 554.
personal data
SURNAME Stocken, Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stocken, Eduard Karl Julius Theodor von (full name); Stop, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Halberstadt
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1897
Place of death Hanover