Fedor from Winckler

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Fedor von Winckler (born August 25, 1813 in Mogwitz , † March 15, 1895 in Dresden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Fedor was a son of the Prussian captain Aloysius von Winckler (1778-1830) and his second wife Frederike, nee Freiin von Rottenburg (1788-1863). His father was a knight of the Iron Cross 2nd class and master of Mogwitz. On October 23, 1823, the Winckler family was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility .

Military career

Winckler attended high schools in Glatz and Neisse . After graduating, he joined the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a musketeer on December 1, 1830, and advanced to secondary lieutenant by mid-March 1833 . From October 1837 he taught history for a year at the Division School of the 12th Division in Neisse. From May 13, 1843 to June 1, 1859 he was appointed adjutant of the 1st battalion in the 23rd Landwehr Regiment. Winckler went late June 1852 Captain on, was as a companion of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Siegmaringen commanded and traveled with him from 1 September 1852 to the 30 April 1853 Italy . On June 14, 1859 he was promoted to major and on July 1, 1859 as commander of the III. Battalion in the 22nd Landwehr Regiment transferred to Ratibor . On May 8, 1860, he was commanded as a battalion leader to the 22nd Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 3rd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 62 emerged on July 1, 1860 . Winckler was given command of the Fusilier Battalion and was commanded to the Polish border from August 1, 1863 to August 3, 1864. During this time he was awarded the Lieutenant Colonel on July 25, 1864 , and the Order of St. Stanislaus II on April 29, 1865 .

During the German War Winckler was in the corps of Generals Stolberg and von Knobelsdorff . On October 30, 1866 he was appointed commander of the newly established Infantry Regiment No. 84 in Flensburg and promoted to colonel on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 . In the war against France he led his regiment in the battles at Colombey , Vionville , Gravelotte and Noisseville and the siege of Metz . On September 20, 1870 Winckler was commanded as leader of the 1st Brigade of the Grand Ducal Hessian Division . After the Battle of Orléans he was responsible for leading all the troops on the left bank of the Loire .

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross, Winckler was transferred to officers of the army after the peace treaty on June 20, 1871, while remaining in his command, and promoted to major general on August 18, 1871. With the military convention between the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Prussia, he was appointed brigade commander on January 1, 1872. This was followed on October 12, 1872 as a commander of Königsberg . Under awarded the Red Eagle , he was on 16 October 1873 II. Class with oak board for disposition made. After his departure , Winckler received the character of Lieutenant General on December 12, 1876 and died on March 15, 1895 in Dresden, where he was buried.

family

Winckler married on May 18, 1846 in Treppeln Marie Freiin von Rheinbaben (1817–1909), a sister of the general of the cavalry Albert von Rheinbaben . The couple had several children:

  • Egmont (1847–1913), Prussian major a. D. and envoy to Mexico
⚭ 1873 Agnes von Bülow (1841–1884), divorced from Ruville
⚭ 1897 Elisabeth von Ascheberg (* 1854), widowed Heinrich von Reitzenstein (1838–1894), Bavarian Colonel a. D.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1894. p. 711.
personal data
SURNAME Winckler, Fedor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winckler, Ewald Fedor Alexander Josephus Cajetanus von (full name); Winckler, Ewald Fedor from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Mogwitz
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1895
Place of death Dresden