Ferdinand von Dörnberg

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Ferdinand Ernst Wilhelm Karl Freiherr von Dörnberg (born July 10, 1833 in Siegen , † August 15, 1902 in Kassel ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ferdinand was the son of Oberforstmeister Karl von Dörnberg (1796–1873) and his wife Emma, ​​née von Rohr (1802–1877). His brother Hermann (1828-1893) also rose to lieutenant general.

Military career

Dörnberg attended high school in Arnsberg and joined the Guard Reserve Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on November 5, 1852 . With his promotion to second lieutenant on March 7, 1854, he was transferred to the 9th Hussar Regiment in Trier and from mid-August 1857 was used as a regimental adjutant. This was followed by a command as adjutant to the 15th Cavalry Brigade in Cologne from July 1860 to the end of June 1864 and the meanwhile promotion to Prime Lieutenant . At the beginning of May 1866 he was appointed adjutant at the General Command of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz . In the same year, Dörnberg took part in the battles near Hühnerwasser , Münchengrätz and Königgrätz as an adjutant of the Elbarmee during the German War . For his behavior he received the Order of the Crown, IV. Class with Swords, and returned to the 9th Hussar Regiment after the peace treaty . There Dörnberg was promoted to Rittmeister and squadron chief on October 30, 1866 . In mid-February 1870 he became an adjutant at the General Command of the XI. Army Corps in Kassel . In this position, Dörnberg took part in the battles near Weißenburg , Wörth and Sedan , the bombardment of Pfalzburg and the siege of Paris in 1870/71 during the war against France .

Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class Dörnberg received on 23 October 1873 character as a Major , and on 16 April 1874, the patent to his rank . From July 15, 1875 to December 6, 1880 he was then employed as a regular staff officer in the Westphalian Uhlan Regiment No. 5 and was then assigned to command the Kurmärkische Dragoon Regiment No. 14 in Colmar under position à la suite . After Dörnberg was promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 16, 1881 , he was appointed regimental commander on October 18, 1881 and rose in this capacity to colonel on July 14, 1885 . In position à la suite, he was transferred to Altona on March 22, 1887 as commander of the 18th Cavalry Brigade . As early as April 17, 1888, Dörnberg was released from this command and appointed commander of Altona and of the troops stationed in Hamburg . In this capacity he became major general on November 6, 1888 and received the character of lieutenant general on May 16, 1891. Awarded on the occasion of the religious festival in January 1893 the Crown Order II. Class with star, Dörnberg was on June 7, 1894 award of the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves with the statutory board for disposition made.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Dörnberg married on March 16, 1886 in Potsdam with Marie von Behr (1859-1911) from the Schmoldow house .

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SURNAME Dörnberg, Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dörnberg, Ferdinand Ernst Wilhelm Karl Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1902
Place of death kassel