Ernst von Zastrow

Ernst Erdmann Karl August Theodor von Zastrow (born June 23, 1858 in Arnsberg , † March 27, 1926 ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

family

Ernst was a son of the Prussian Colonel and Brigadier of the 1st Gendarmerie Brigade Karl von Zastrow (1809–1876) and his wife Elisa, born von Platen (1827–1858). Zastrow married Gertrud von Haußmann (* 1867) in Danzig on June 28, 1887. The sons Eberhard (* 1888) and Hellmuth (* 1890) emerged from the marriage.

Military career

Zastrow joined the Grenadier Regiment No. 5 of the Prussian Army on April 15, 1875 and was employed in the General Staff from March 22, 1891. He was in Infantry Regiment No. 115 from February 24, 1894 to January 27, 1906. From January 27, 1896 to August 12, he was in the General Staff. He was in the War Ministry from August 12, 1900 to March 10, 1904. From March 10, he was in the military cabinet for a little over five years . He was active in the War Museum from April 1, 1909 to May 1, 1911. He was in command of Koblenz and the Ehrenbreitstein from May 1911 to September 13, 1912. In September 1912 he was promoted to inspector of the Landwehr inspection in Cologne, which he held until March 22, 1913. From March 1913 to September 1914 he was governor of Graudenz . From September 12, 1914 he took over the leadership of the XVII. Reserve Corps .

Awards

Zastrow was awarded the following medals and decorations for his achievements :

Red Eagle Order II. Class with oak leaves
Star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class
Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Service award cross
Bavarian Military Merit Order II. Class
Commander II class of the Order of Albrecht

Danebrogorden Commander's Cross 1st degree

Commander II class of the Frederick Order

Commander of the Order of the Griffin

Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous

Commander of the Belgian Leopold Order

Cross of Honor of the Schaumburg-Lippe House Order, 2nd class

Spanish Military Merit Order II. Class

Chernagorid Order of Independence Knight's Cross

Order of the Iron Crown II class

Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Commander of the Order of the Württemberg Crown

Commander II class of the Order of Henry the Lion

Commander II. Class of the order of the Zähringer lion

Russian Order of Saint Anne II Class

Commander II. Class of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order

Commander II class of the Order of Saint Olav

Order of Saint Stanislaus II class

Commander II class of the Order of the Sword

Commander of the Order of St. Alexander

Commander of the Star of Romania

literature

Who is who? 1906.
Ernst Karl Erdmann [von Zastrow] . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 984-985 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).

Individual evidence

↑ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 129.

personal data
SURNAME	Zastrow, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zastrow, Ernst Erdmann Karl August Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1926

[Rangliste1914-1] Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 129.