Ferdinand von Nettelbladt

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Ferdinand von Nettelbladt , complete Ferdinand Christian Erhard Freiherr von Nettelbladt (born April 8, 1830 in Rostock , † December 17, 1883 in Ludwigslust ) was a German officer and long-time educator of the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. from Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

Life

origin

He was the second son of the Rostock university librarian Christian Erhard von Nettelbladt and his wife Anna Friederike Sophie, née Ritzerow. Karl von Nettelbladt was his older brother.

Military career

Nettelbladt attended the large city school in Rostock . On March 13, 1849, he volunteered in the 4th Company of the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Musketeer Battalion. On April 14, 1849 he became a non-commissioned officer and on February 28, 1850 second lieutenant with a patent from May 4, 1850.

From September 26, 1852 to May 12, 1856 he was battalion adjutant . As of September 1, 1856, he was aggregated to the II. Musketeer Battalion and commanded as an adjutant to the Mecklenburg division staff. On May 17, 1857, he was promoted to prime lieutenant . On October 16, 1857, he was aggregated to the II. Guard Grenadier Battalion. From May 1 to July 30, 1858, he served as an orderly officer for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. On February 1, 1859, the Grand Duke appointed him Governor of Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III, who was seven years old at the time. On February 28, 1860 he was awarded the character as captain and on June 3, 1863 as I. Captain class . On July 1, 1866, he became the Grand Duke's wing adjutant and accompanied him to the Great Headquarters in Bohemia during the German War . From the end of October 1866 to 1870 he lived with the Hereditary Grand Duke mainly in Dresden , where the latter attended the Vitzthumsche Gymnasium . As a result of the military convention concluded by Mecklenburg-Schwerin with Prussia on July 24, 1968 , Nettelbladt was admitted to the Association of the Prussian Army on October 10, 1868 with a patent from June 3, 1863 and promoted to major on November 19, 1868 .

During the war against France in 1870/71, Nettelbladt was the companion of the Hereditary Grand Duke and attached to the Grand Headquarters. He took part in the fighting at Gravelotte , Sedan , Orléans and the siege of Paris . Nettelbladt was awarded the Iron Cross and the Military Merit Cross, Second Class. In 1872 he left the service of the Hereditary Grand Duke and returned to the army. On June 11, 1872, he was transferred to the Leib Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 as commander of the 1st Battalion and promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 2, 1873 .

On December 12, 1874, he was granted a retirement pension and the prospect of employment in the community service as well as the permission to wear the regimental uniform. On February 2, 1875 he was appointed district commander of the 2nd Battalion (Rostock) of the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Landwehr Regiment No. 90. On March 13, 1877 he was given the character of a colonel ; in the same year he became city commander of Ludwigslust.

family

He was married to Klara Louise Oelgard Elisabeth Franziska, born von Passow († 1893 in Ludwigslust). The couple had four daughters and four sons. Of these, the oldest, Friedrich (1859-1894), was a lawyer and traveler to Africa. Heinrich (* 1864) emigrated to the United States in 1895, where he became a German teacher in Buffalo . The youngest son Nicolaus (1879–1961) was a land agent in German South West Africa after 1900 , married the Englishwoman Jane Walton-Roberts and became the manager of his wife's property in Glassenbury near Cranbrook in Kent . The daughter Luise (1870–1951) married the officer August von der Wense (1854–1902) and became the mother of Jürgen von der Wense .

Awards

literature

  • Carl Schröder: Friedrich Franz III., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: From his life and his letters. Schwerin: Railway 1898 ( digitized version )
  • Eduard Kroll: Officer master list of the Leib Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1. Brandenburgisches) No. 8. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1899, pp. 644-645.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Glassenbury Park
  3. ↑ Awards and arrangement according to Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook 1878. P. 141.
  4. ^ Archive portal Thuringia
personal data
SURNAME Nettelbladt, Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nettelbladt, Ferdinand Freiherr von; Nettelbladt, Ferdinand Christian Erhard Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, educator of the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. from Mecklenburg-Schwerin
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1883
Place of death Ludwigslust