Felix von Damnitz

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Bogislaw Friedrich Felix von Damnitz (born October 26, 1847 in Quänzendorf, † September 11, 1926 in Eisdorf, Silesia ) was a Prussian cavalry general and horse breeder .

Life

Felix was a son of the government councilor Karl Heinrich Ludwig von Damnitz (1822-1903) and his wife Antonie Friederike Clementine, born von Poser and Groß-Naedlitz (1825-1896). He was a landowner in Silesia on Eisdorf, Fehebeutel and Häslicht.

From around 1866 he served in the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19 , was an ensign in the German War and was wounded. He also took part in the Battle of Königgrätz and was awarded the Memorial Cross for this .

In 1898 he was appointed inspector of the Remonte Inspection in the War Ministry . In this role he bought draft and riding horses for the field artillery and thus acquired extensive knowledge of horses. On January 27, 1908 Damnitz received the character of general of the cavalry.

He took part in breeding exhibitions, was a member of an agricultural district commission, chairman of an award commission for fillies and, as such, had an influence on horse breeders in the Striegau district , Silesia. Felix von Damnitz also bought and sold horses.

In 1911 he published a book on army horses , the content of which was taken up several times.

Damnitz had been married to Friederike Auguste Charlotte Theodore Beseke (1848–1937) since 1868 and they had a son.

Fonts

  • Alcohol is the destroyer of human happiness. Göschen, Leipzig 1902.
  • The army horse and the supply of modern armies with horses. Göschen, Leipzig 1911.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schlesische Arbeiterzeitung. In: 1st supplement. 1926, p. 1 , accessed February 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg: for ... 1869/70 . Schulze, 1870, p. 123 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Georg Hiltl: The Bohemian War: portrayed according to the best sources, personal communications and personal experiences . Velhagen & Klasing, 1867, p. 239 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Katowice Kreisblatt. August 18, 1899, p. 1 , accessed February 24, 2018 .
  5. ^ Agricultural yearbooks . Wiegandt & Hempel, 1903, p. 225 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  6. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 14 of January 27, 1908, p. 267.
  7. ^ Agricultural weekly paper for Schleswig-Holstein . Schleswig-Holst. agr. General Association, 1901, p. 503 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  8. ^ Kühn archive . P. Parey, 1938, p. 210 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  9. ^ Siegfried Lehndorff: A life with horses . Georg Olms Verlag, 1982, ISBN 978-3-487-08126-7 , pp. 218 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Alfred Satter: The German cavalry in the First World War: reference book for modern history . BoD - Books on Demand, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8334-1564-7 ( google.de [accessed February 24, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Kathrin Anna Maria Kutter: The horse procurement system in the Bavarian Army from 1880-1920 on the basis of the files of the war archive in Munich. In: Dissertation. Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 2012, accessed on February 24, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Damnitz, Felix von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Damnitz, Bogislaw Friedrich Felix von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Quänzendorf
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1926
Place of death Ice village