Emil from Woyna

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Paul Peter Emil von Woyna (1812–1882)

Paul Peter Emil von Woyna (born June 29, 1812 in Widrinnen , † April 17, 1881 in Kaiserswaldau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Emil was the son of the Prussian captain a. D. Karl Daniel Michael von Woyna (1782–1838) and his wife Antonia Thekla, née von Birkhahn (1786–1825). The later Prussian infantry general Wilhelm von Woyna was his younger brother.

Military career

Woyna attended the division school of the 14th Division and joined the 17th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Düsseldorf on April 11, 1829 . He was promoted to secondary lieutenant in mid-October 1831 , was in command of the Infantry Training Battalion from April to September 1837, and from April 1840 served as an adjutant of the Fusilier Battalion. In this position Woyna rose to Prime Lieutenant on April 19, 1845 . With his regiment he took part in the fighting at Philippsburg , Waghäusel , Bischweier and Kuppenheim in 1849 during the suppression of the revolutionary unrest in the Palatinate and Baden . As a company commander in the 7th Combined Reserve Battalion, Woyna was active from mid-December 1849 to mid-November 1850 and shortly thereafter in the same position until May 1851 with the 2nd Battalion in the 17th Landwehr Regiment. With the promotion to captain he was appointed company commander in his main regiment on December 16, 1851 and took over as major of the 2nd battalion in the 13th Landwehr regiment in Borken on January 12, 1858 . From there, Woyna was commanded as battalion leader of the 13th Combined Infantry Regiment at the beginning of May 1860 , shortly thereafter appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in Coesfeld and promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1861 . Woyna led his battalion in the war against Denmark in 1864 during the storming of the Düppeler Schanzen and the transition to Alsen . His behavior was honored by the award of the Red Eagle Order IV class with swords.

On April 18, 1865, he was transferred to Saarlouis , where Woyna was appointed commander of the 8th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 70 and in this capacity was promoted to colonel in mid-June 1865 . He led his association in 1866 during the German War in the Main Army in the battles near Hammelburg , Werbach , Helmstadt , Roßbrunn and Würzburg . On July 14, 1868 Woyna was transferred to Hanover as commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade and promoted to major general on July 23, 1868 with a patent from July 3, 1868 . At the beginning of the war against France , Woyna was able to prove himself at Vionville , Gravelotte , the siege of Metz and Noisseville . Woyna took over the leadership of the 19th division on October 22, 1870 for the sick lieutenant general von Schwartzkoppen and was able to excel in the battles at Beaune-la-Rolande and Le Mans . For this, in addition to both classes of the Iron Cross, he was awarded the Grand Commander of Honor of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig and, after the end of the war, the Pour le Mérite order.

After the peace agreement , Woyna was commissioned from May 30th to June 30th, 1871 in representation with the leadership of the 20th division . He was then transferred to Freiburg im Breisgau on March 8, 1873 and, after being appointed commander of the 29th Division , promoted to lieutenant general on March 22, 1873. For health reasons, Woyna was put up for disposition with the statutory pension on May 6, 1876, with the award of the Order of the Red Eagle 1st class with oak leaves and swords on the ring .

He spent his twilight years first in Wiesbaden and later with his daughter in Kaiserswaldau. After his death, he was buried in Görlitz on April 22, 1881 .

family

Woyna married Malwine Wilhelmine Emma Witte (1821–1879) on April 10, 1849 in Wesel. The marriage resulted in two daughters:

  • Fanny Emma Charlotte (* 1853) ∞ Adolf von Wolff (* 1847), district administrator in the Rosenberg district , later government councilor in Breslau
  • Klara Luise Antoinette (1855–1882) ∞ Louis von Wolff (* 1851), master of Kaiserswaldau

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian nobility . Volume 2, 1893, p. 614.
personal data
SURNAME Woyna, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Woyna, Paul Peter Emil von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Riddles
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1881
Place of death Central Kaiserswaldau