Franz von Lenski

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Franz von Lenski (born March 11, 1865 , † January 20, 1942 ) was a lieutenant general in the Prussian army .

Life

Franz von Lenski visited the Prussian Hauptkadettenanstalt in Berlin-Lichterfelde and was then employed on September 18, 1886 as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 23 of the Prussian Army in Cologne . After attending the United Artillery and Engineering School in Berlin and serving at the military training areas in Griesheim and Friedrichsfeld , Lenski attended the Prussian War Academy in Berlin, was assigned to the cavalry and infantry and then joined the General Staff under Chief of General von Schlieffen . There he served in various departments and was promoted to captain . In 1902 he was promoted to major, and served in the General Staff of the Cologne Fortress under Governor and Lieutenant General Maximilian von Hagenow , and in the General Staff of the XVI. Army Corps in Metz . After serving as a lieutenant colonel and department commander in the 1st Lower Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 31 , Lensky was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Government of Strasbourg on April 20, 1910, when he was transferred to the General Staff of the Army.

After he had been promoted to colonel on April 22, 1912 , he was appointed commander of the Holstein Field Artillery Regiment No. 24 on February 18, 1913 , which he led on the Western Front after the outbreak of the First World War . At the end of August 1914 he suffered a serious leg injury that made it almost impossible for him to ride. In October 1914, he therefore gave up command of the regiment to undergo an operation. After his recovery, Lenski was the inspector of the replacement departments of the XX. Army Corps .

After his retirement, Franz von Lenski lived in Güstrow , the former garrison of Field Artillery Regiment No. 24. His archival legacy is kept in the Federal Archives in Freiburg i.Br. kept.

Fonts

  • About the material, shooting methods, tactics and organization of our field artillery compared to the French . In: Military weekly paper , supplement 5, 1908.
  • From the lieutenant years of an old general staff officer. Georg Bath, Berlin 1922.
  • Years of learning and apprenticeship in the front and general staff. Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1939.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steven E. Clemente: For King and Kaiser !: The Making of the Prussian Army Officer, 1860-1914. Greenwood Press, New York 1992, ISBN 0-313-28004-5 , p. 103.
  2. ↑ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1903. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1903, p. 107.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 50 of April 21, 1910, p. 1179.
  4. ^ Franz von Lenski: Güstrow as a garrison . In: Mecklenburgische Monatshefte. Vol. 12, No. 138 (1936), pp. 323-327.
  5. ↑ Kurt Pflieger: Holsteinisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 24. Stalling, Oldenburg 1922, urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201402237485 , p. 63.
  6. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 24.
  7. ^ Lieutenant General Franz von Lenski (March 11, 1865 - January 20, 1942). Archival signature: BArch, MSG 109/8354.
personal data
SURNAME Lenski, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenski, Franz v.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1865
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1942