Ehrenreich von Redern

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Karl Johann Wilhelm Leopold Ehrenreich von Redern (born October 23, 1847 in Wansdorf ; † September 6, 1923 ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He came from the Brandenburg nobility family von Redern and was the eldest son of the Prussian major Karl von Redern (1784-1858) and his second wife Elfriede, née von Hugo. His older brothers Herrmann (1819–1886) and Ernst (1835–1900) also embarked on a career in the Prussian Army and both made it to lieutenant general .

Military career

Redern first visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on April 18, 1865, he was transferred to the 3rd Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 16 as a Portepeefähnrich. Here he was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 11, 1865 , and as such took part in the war against Austria the following year . Redern fought with his regiment as part of the Elbarmee in the battle of Münchengrätz and was slightly wounded at Königgrätz . After the peace agreement , a six-month command to the Berlin Central Gymnastics Institute followed .

From May 1, 1869 to May 1, 1872 Redern was commanded as an educator at the Potsdam Cadet House. In the meantime promoted to prime lieutenant, he was assigned to the Berlin Cadet House as a military instructor. On October 1, 1874, he returned to his main regiment and was reassigned from June 12, 1877 to August 15, 1878. This time as a company commander to the Biebrich NCO School . On December 11, 1879 Redern was promoted to captain and company commander . In this capacity he was transferred to Naumburg (Saale) on February 14, 1885, in the Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4 . On March 24, 1890, Redern was promoted to major in the newly established Infantry Regiment No. 140 in Inowrazlaw . From June 16, 1891, he was employed as commander of the fusilier battalion in the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I." (2nd East Prussian) No. 3 in Königsberg . In the fall of 1893 Redern took part in the General Staff trip in the area of ​​the I. Army Corps . He then acted from February 17, 1894 to September 15, 1895 as commander of the Jäger Battalion "von Neumann" (1st Silesian) No. 5 and then became the commander of the 2nd Battalion in the Infantry Regiment "Graf Kirchbach" ( 1st Silesian) Lower Silesian) No. 46 in Poznan . In this position Rederns received on 20 May 1896 the character as a lieutenant colonel and 18 July 1896, the patent for this rank. As a regular staff officer he was transferred to the 3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 50 in Rawitsch at the end of the year . With promotion to colonel , he was finally appointed on March 25, 1899, commander of the infantry regiment "von Alvensleben" (6th Brandenburgisches) No. 52 , until Redern in approval of his resignation on April 22, 1902 with the character of major general at disposal was asked.

family

He married Gertrud Greinert (* 1850) in Potsdam on October 9, 1872. The daughter Magarethe (* 1873) and the son Hans (* 1876) emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as the hunter and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 159.
personal data
SURNAME Redern, Ehrenreich from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redern, Karl Johann Wilhelm Leopold Ehrenreich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Wansdorf
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1923