Ernst von der Burg

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Restitution tombstone for Ernst von der Burg on the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin (status 2013)

Ernst Engelbert Oskar Wilhelm von der Burg (born April 24, 1831 in Luckenwalde , † November 3, 1910 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian infantry general . He should not be confused with the pedagogue Ernst Christian Friedrich Schreck (* 1857), who used the name Ernst von der Burg as a pseudonym .

Life

origin

Burg came from a family mentioned in Lennep ( Duchy of Berg ) around 1600 . He was the son of the Prussian major a. D. Karl Wilhelm Engelbert von der Burg (1797–1882) and his wife Karoline Elise Ernestine Marie, née Wildungen (1811–1887).

Military career

Burg graduated from grammar school and the knight academy in Brandenburg Cathedral . He then visited the cadet institutes in Potsdam and Berlin and on April 28, 1849 was transferred to the Prussian Army as Second Lieutenant in the Guard Artillery Brigade . Here he was promoted to captain until May 1861 . On April 1, 1862, he was sent to Paris to learn the French language , and from August 1862 to December 1863 he participated in the intervention of Emperor Napoleon III. in Mexico . In the course of this he fought u. a. in the battle of Puebla and was awarded the Legion of Honor on April 5, 1863 and the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords, on May 19, 1863 .

Released from his command in Paris, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 1st Division in Königsberg on February 21, 1864 . In the same year, during the war against Denmark, Burg took part in the siege and the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen , where he was slightly wounded. In mid-June 1864 he was transferred to the General Staff of the II Army Corps and promoted to Major on February 6, 1866 . From the end of March to mid-May 1866, Burg was sent to the embassy in Florence to get an idea of ​​the armed forces there. During this time he also met with King Victor Emmanuel II and the Italian Prime Minister Alfonso La Marmora .

For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the German War , Burg was active in the General Staff of the High Command of the 2nd Army , which was led by Crown Prince Friedrich . He took part in the battles near Trautenau , Königgrätz and Tobitschau . Because of the achievements shown, Burg received the order Pour le Mérite on September 20, 1866 . After the peace agreement , he returned to the General Staff of the II Army Corps. In March 1867, because of his good language skills and his reputation as a military attaché of the North German Confederation, he was assigned to the embassy in Paris in 1862/63 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 18, 1869 . During his service there he made several trips through France and was able to get a good overview of the state and strength of the army . Dismissed from Paris in January 1870, Burg was initially entrusted with the management of the business as Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps . Shortly before the start of the war against France , Burg was finally appointed chief on July 14, 1870.

In this position he took part in the battles of Colombey , Noisseville , Amiens and the siege of Metz and played a key role in the success of the corps . For this, Burg was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross . He also received the oak leaves for the Pour le Mérite on February 24, 1871.

Promoted to colonel after the Peace of Frankfurt in mid-August 1871 , Burg was appointed chief of the general staff of the occupation army in France at the end of October 1871 . Released from this position on September 19, 1873, he was employed from November 15, 1873 to May 17, 1876 as commander of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 in Düsseldorf . Under position à la suite of this regiment, Burg was then appointed commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade in Erfurt and promoted to major general on May 30, 1876 . After his former commanding general Edwin von Manteuffel became governor of Alsace-Lorraine and commander of the XV. Army Corps had been appointed, he asked Burg as chief of his general staff, who took over this position on February 3, 1880. On September 20, 1881, Burg was commissioned with the leadership of the 11th Division in Breslau and was appointed commander on November 15, 1881 at the same time as the promotion to lieutenant general .

From September 9, 1884 to January 14, 1887, he was military governor of the Strasbourg fortress . He was then commissioned to lead the II Army Corps until he was finally appointed commanding general on September 17, 1887 . On the occasion of the funeral of Emperor Wilhelm I , he was the Italian Crown Prince Viktor Emanuel and at the funeral of Emperor Friedrich III. commanded as Crown Prince of Sweden . On April 23, 1888, he was promoted to General of the Infantry. In recognition of his many years of service, Burg was awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring on March 23, 1890 . After the autumn maneuvers of his Army Corps castle was under position à la suite of the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment on 20 October 1891 board for disposition made.

His demise was announced in Army Ordinance Gazette No. 25 of November 5, 1910 as well as by a large obituary notice in the military weekly paper :

“Application of mourning in honor of the deceased general of the infantry for the castle.

In order to honor the memory of the deceased General of the Infantry zDv der Burg, the brave, former commanding general of the 2nd Army Corps, who was highly deserved in war and peace, I hereby determine that the officers of my 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment à la suite to which the deceased confessed, lay on mourning for three days. New Palace on November 5, 1910 "

- Wilhelm

Burg was buried on November 7, 1910 in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin, where his grave is still there.

family

He married Marie Ida Rieter (born August 8, 1846 in Winterthur, † January 11, 1924 in Wicken ) in Winterthur ( Canton of Zurich ) on January 9, 1868 . She was the daughter of the businessman Adolf Rieter and Maria Ida Rothpletz. The marriage resulted in two daughters:

  • Frida (born June 27, 1870 in Königsberg; † March 1, 1913) ⚭ Count Ferdinand Wengerski
  • Jeanne (born December 18, 1872 in Nancy; † 1960) ⚭ January 3, 1898 Graf Siegfried zu Eulenburg-Wicken

Fonts

  • Memories from war and peace. 1903.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Engelbert von der Burgk was mentioned around 1600 in Lennep. His two sons, the imperial lieutenant Engelbert and Johann von der Burg, were raised to the Hungarian and Bohemian nobility on January 20, 1658 in Prague . The leadership of the nobility was not objected to in Prussia. Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume II, page 183, Volume 58 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn), 1974.
  2. ^ Dan P. Silverman: Reluctant Union. Alsace-Lorraine and Imperial Germany, 1871–1918. 1972. p. 46 .; Georges Livet: Histoire de Strasbourg des origines à nos jours. 1980. p. 353.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 139 of November 8, 1910.
personal data
SURNAME Burg, Ernst von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burg, Ernst Engelbert Oskar Wilhelm von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Luckenwalde
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1910
Place of death Berlin-Charlottenburg