Franz von Rudorff

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Franz Friedrich Rudorff , since 1872 von Rudorff (born April 12, 1825 in Hildesheim , † November 7, 1898 in Dresden ), Hanoverian lieutenant colonel and Saxon general of the infantry .

Life

Franz was the son of the Hanoverian lieutenant colonel Georg Rudorff († 1837) and Justina, née Reinhardt († 1840). He joined the Hanoverian military service on June 1, 1841 as a cadet in the artillery brigade . On August 17, 1842 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in the fall of 1846 was commanded to the general staff . In this position he took part in the war against Denmark in 1849 . In 1852 he received his full transfer to the General Staff. His promotion in 1855 to the captain followed in 1865 to Major . When the German war broke out , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . With the exception of the years 1857 to 1859, during which he was battery chief , he was a member of the general staff until the army was disbanded after the battle of Langensalza .

In April 1867, Rudorff joined the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 as battalion commander in Saxon services . In 1869 he was promoted to colonel and commander of 3rd Infantry Regiment No. 102 and commanded it in the war against France , in which he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class. Rudorff was raised to the Saxon nobility on November 8, 1872 . When he was promoted to major general in 1874, he was also commander of the 48th Infantry Brigade (the 23rd Division (1st Royal Saxon) ) in Leipzig , but in 1875 he moved to the 45th Infantry Brigade in Dresden in the same position. His rise to Lieutenant General and General à la suite of the king in 1882, he was appointed commander of the 23rd Infantry Division in Dresden in 1883. His farewell he has 1889 as general of infantry and adjutant general received.

Rudorff remained unmarried and spent his old age in Dresden at Johann-Georgen-Allee 23 (ground floor), having previously lived in Pirnaische Strasse 31 (2nd floor) until the end of his working hours. Rudorff was buried in the Trinitatisfriedhof .

Fonts

  • The failure of the move of the Hanoverian army to the south in June 1866. In: 9th supplement to the military weekly paper , Berlin 1904.

This Franz (Friedrich) von Rudorff must not be confused with the commander of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 , Lieutenant Colonel Franz (Leopold) von Rudorff (* 1869), who is the editor of the following publication:

  • The Fusilier Regiment General Ludendorff (Niederrheinisches) No. 39 in the World War 1914–1918. According to the official war diaries with the participation of several comrades. Reinhold Kühn publishing house, Berlin 1925; Stalling, Oldenburg 1925 (= volume 125 of the series of Prussian troop units in memorial sheets of German regiments ).

Awards

According to the address book of his last residence, Rudorff had been awarded the following honors:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The ADB erroneously writes “33. Infantry Division in Dresden ". This, however, was a major Prussian association in Metz. The 23rd Infantry Division was stationed in Dresden as a major Saxon unit.
  2. ↑ a b Address book for Dresden and its suburbs, 1898, 1st part, p. 479.
  3. ^ Address book for Dresden and its suburbs, 1890, 1st part, p. 504.
  4. ↑ Gotha Edition B, 1918.
personal data
SURNAME Rudorff, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudorff; Franz Friedrich (full name); Rudorff, Franz Friedrich von (full name since 1872)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanoverian lieutenant colonel and Saxon general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1898
Place of death Dresden