Georg von Alten (Major General, 1848)

Anton Hermann Georg von Alten (born October 12, 1848 in Oldenburg , † April 17, 1904 in Ricklingen ) was a Prussian major general .

Gravestone of Georg von Alten

Life

origin

Alten came from the Lower Saxon noble family von Alten and was the son of the Oldenburg Lord Chamberlain and archaeologist Friedrich Kurd von Alten (1822-1894) and his first wife Ida, née Schorcht (1823-1856). His brothers were Paul von Alten (1853–1907), later Prussian head forester , and Viktor von Alten (1854–1917), later Prussian district administrator .

Military career

On June 26, 1866, Alten joined the Oldenburg Dragoons Regiment , where he was appointed Portepeef Ensign on September 25, 1867 and promoted to Second Lieutenant on July 7, 1868 . Admitted to the Prussian Army after the military convention, he took part in the war against France in 1870/71 and was wounded at Mars la Tour . He attended the War Academy and was a member of the Great General Staff .

From 1875 to 1879 he was a prime lieutenant participant in the archaeological survey of Attica and was particularly concerned with the ancient city walls of Athens . In 1878 he became a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute .

After being used at the General Command of III. Army Corps was transferred to Alten on January 27, 1894 as a regular staff officer in the 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment No. 9 . On April 18, 1896, he was commissioned to lead the Hussar Regiment No. 13 in Frankfurt am Main . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 16, 1896, and finally became the commander of this regiment. In this position, promoted to colonel on January 27, 1899 , Alten was assigned to Württemberg on October 18, 1900 , where he was initially charged with leading the 26th Cavalry Brigade. Alten received his appointment as commander of this brigade on May 18, 1901, as well as his promotion to major general on April 22, 1902.

On November 14, 1903 with the old law was board (pension) for disposition made.

family

On May 24, 1881, he married Marie von Diepenbroick-Grüter (1856–1942) in Berlin. In 1894 he inherited the Edelhof Ricklingen from his father . In 1904 he died as a result of an injury sustained during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. He is buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Michaelis Cemetery in Hanover .

Publications

• The gate complex at the Hagia Triada in Athens. In: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Athenian Department. 3, 1878, pp. 28–48, Plates III – IV ( full text ).
• Ernst Curtius , Johann August Kaupert (ed.): Maps of Attika. at the instigation of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute and with the support of the K. Prussian Ministry for Spiritual Education and Training Medicinal matters taken up by officers and officials of the K. Prussian Great General Staff. Reimer, Berlin
  • II. The Peiraieus peninsula , taken and drawn in 1876/77. 1881 ( map ).
  • III. Athens - Peiraieus , taken and drawn in 1875/77. 1882 ( map ).
  • V. Kephisia , taken and drawn in 1878/79. 1883 ( map ).
• The fortifications of the port city of Athens . In: Ernst Curtius, Johann August Kaupert (Ed.): Maps of Attica , at the instigation of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute and with the support of the K. Prussian Ministry for Spiritual Education and Training. Medicinal matters taken up by officers and officials of the K. Prussian Great General Staff. Explanatory text, No. 1, Reimer, Berlin 1881, pp. 10–22. ( Full text ).

literature

• von Maltzahn: Stammliste of the Uhlan Regiment Emperor Alexander II of Russia (1st Brandenburg) No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1908. p. 166.
• Wilhelm Rothert (Ed.): General Hanoverian biography. Vol. 1, Hannover 1912, p. 329.