Emil from Scotti

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Paul Emil Maria Titus Scotti , von Scotti since 1913 (born August 11, 1848 in Neustadt (Upper Silesia) ; † March 7, 1929 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

family

Emil was the son of Paul Emil Scotti (1805–1868) and his wife Emma, ​​née Delius (1812–1867). His father was the Prussian regional and city court director and district justice councilor in Neustadt.

Military career

Scotti received his education in his parents' house and at the grammar school in Neisse . On March 31, 1868 he joined the 4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 63 of the Prussian Army as an avantageur . By mid-October 1869 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and took part in the battles at Chevilly and L'Haÿ as well as the enclosure and siege of Paris in 1870/71 during the war against France . After the war, Scotti initially served as a battalion adjutant and from November 1873 to the end of March 1878 as a regimental adjutant. With a patent from September 20, 1876 he was then promoted to Prime Lieutenant, transferred to the 8th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 64 and commanded as an adjutant to the 59th Infantry Brigade in Mainz . In 1880 Scotti took part in the General Staff tour in the area of ​​the XV. Army Corps . Under position à la suite , he was transferred to the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34 in mid-December 1882 and in mid-January 1883 he was promoted to superfluous captain . As such, Scotti was from December 1883 to April 1890 chief of the 9th Company in the Leib-Fusilier Battalion of the 4th Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment ("Prince Carl") No. 118 in Offenbach am Main . He was then assigned to Magdeburg as adjutant of the 7th Division and, with his promotion to major at the end of March 1891, was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 128 while remaining in his command . This was followed by a four-year assignment as commander of the III from the end of March 1893. Battalion in Infantry Regiment No. 129 before Scotti was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the staff of the 8th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 45 . On December 16, 1899 he was commissioned to lead the infantry regiment "von Stülpnagel" (5th Brandenburgisches) No. 48 . On January 27, 1900 he was promoted to colonel and regimental commander. On March 23, 1903, Scotti was initially charged with the command of the 24th Infantry Brigade in Neisse and on April 18, 1903, promoted to major general commander of this brigade . Commissioned on October 3, 1906 with the leadership of the 37th Division in Allenstein , Scotti was promoted to lieutenant general and was appointed commander of the large unit . In approval of his resignation request, he was put up for disposal on April 27, 1908 with the statutory pension and shortly afterwards he was awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves, in recognition of his services .

After his departure , Kaiser Wilhelm II raised him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1913 .

family

Scotti married Maria Scherbeing (* 1859) on October 1, 1878 in Lipine . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Eberhard Hermann Friedrich (1880–1886)
  • Hans Hermann (1883–1966), Prussian mountain assessor ⚭ September 25, 1912 Adeline Junkermann (1889–1980)
  • Friedrich (1889–1969), German lieutenant general
  • Walter Herbert (* 1890), Prussian Rittmeister
  • Hellmut Hans Georg (* 1897), Prussian lieutenant

literature

  • [Karl] Heyn, [Siegfried] Woltersdorf: Master list and ranking list of all officers of the 3rd West Prussian. Infantry Regiment No. 129 from 1881 to 1906. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Berlin 1906, p. 84.
  • A. von Hennigs: Officer master list and ranking list of the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34. Second part: 1820–1895. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1895, p. 265.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 132.
  2. ↑ a b c Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1915. Ninth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1914, p. 872.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 55 of April 30, 1908, p. 1269.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 67 of May 28, 1908, p. 1567.
personal data
SURNAME Scotti, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scotti, Paul Emil Maria Titus von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt (Upper Silesia)
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1929