Friedrich Wilhelm von Falkenhausen

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Eduard Alexander von Falkenhausen (born January 24, 1821 in Breslau ; † June 5, 1889 there ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Friedrich Freiherr von Falkenhausen (1795-1875) and his first wife Auguste Emilie, born von Hedemann (1799-1859), a sister of August von Hedemann . His father was a Prussian colonel and a long-time adjutant to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia .

Military career

Falkenhausen visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin and was then transferred on August 15, 1838 as a second lieutenant to the 8th Infantry Regiment (called Leib-Infanterie-Regiment) of the Prussian Army . He was then transferred one after the other to the garrisons of Frankfurt an der Oder , Guben and Soldin . In 1848 he came first to Posen , then to Rendsburg . On the occasion of the mobilization, Falkenhausen was posted from March to the end of May 1850 as an adjutant to the General Command of the V Army Corps . He was then appointed regimental adjutant and promoted in this position on June 22, 1852 to prime lieutenant. At the same time he was promoted to captain, he was transferred to the 2nd Infantry (King) Regiment on July 14, 1856 and was appointed adjutant to the General Command of the V Army Corps. Two years later he returned to this regiment in the troop service and acted as chief of the 7th company in Stralsund . Then on March 5, 1863 came Falkenhausen to the general staff of the Fifth Army Corps, was born on March 17, 1863 Major at last, on 29 November 1864 in the General Staff of the 11th Division in Breslau added.

With this large association Falkenhausen took part in the battle of Königgrätz in 1866 under Lieutenant General Zastrow during the war against Austria and received the Order of the Crown III. Class with swords. On August 16, 1866, he was transferred to the 2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 27 as battalion commander , and on December 31, 1866, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was then appointed Chief of the General Staff of the X Army Corps on April 11, 1868 and promoted to colonel on June 18, 1869.

On April 12, 1870, Falkenhausen received command of the Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 85 , which he commanded in the battles at Colombey , Gravelotte and Noisseville and the enclosure of Metz in 1870/71 during the war against France . For the battle near Bois-de-la-Cusse during the fighting near Gravelotte, he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. On the Loire , Falkenhausen led the 36th Infantry Brigade from October to December on behalf of Major General Below, who was ill and then deceased . He fought in the skirmish at Artenay and in the Battle of Orleans , which led to the fall of the city. For this he received the Iron Cross 1st Class on December 3rd. For the Battle of Le Mans he received the order Pour le Mérite .

Due to illness, Falkenhausen submitted his departure in 1872, but this was rejected on June 11, 1872. However, he was given a three month vacation. In addition, on this date, Falkenhausen was appointed commander of Strasbourg under position à la suite of his regiment and promoted there to major general on September 2, 1873. On October 16, 1873 he was then appointed commander of the 57th Infantry Brigade in Freiburg im Breisgau . On November 28, 1879, he was commissioned to lead the 12th Division in Neisse and on December 11, 1880, Falkenhausen was promoted to Lieutenant General in command of this division. In mid-May 1881 he was granted two months' leave to restore his health. Since there was no permanent improvement, Falkenhausen was put up for disposal on November 10, 1881 with a pension and the award of the Crown Order, 1st class with swords on the ring .

He retired to Breslau, where he also died.

family

Falkenhausen married on September 21, 1843 in Guben Katharina von Rouanet (1825–1907), a daughter of the military doctor and landowner Karl Ludwig von Rouanet. The couple had a son:

  • Ludwig Alexander (1844–1936), Prussian Colonel General, Governor General of Belgium
⚭ 1868 Helene von Waldow and Reitzenstein (1847–1886)
⚭ 1902 Alice Petzold (1863–1947)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New Lausanne magazine. Volume 31, p. 110f biography.
personal data
SURNAME Falkenhausen, Friedrich Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falkenhausen, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Eduard Alexander Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1889
Place of death Wroclaw