Georg von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg

Georg Friedrich Adalbert von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg (born August 16, 1818 in Bellmannsdorf , † February 4, 1889 in Görlitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Origin and family

Georg was a member of the Silesian noble family Ferentheil and Gruppenberg . His parents were the Prussian captain and heir to Bellmannsdorf and Oberhalbendorf Georg von Ferentheil and Gruppenberg (1787-1825) and Charlotte von Scheliha (1792-1843). He married Juli Donner called gatekeeper (1830–1904) in Breslau in 1850 . The marriage resulted in ten children, four of whom died young. The sons Kurt (1858–1915), colonel , commander of the Vorpommerschen Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 38 in Stettin and Fritz (* 1868), captain , teacher at the war school in Danzig followed their father in the soldier's profession in the Prussian army .

Career

Ferentheil began his career in 1829 as a cadet in Potsdam , moved to Berlin in 1832, still as a cadet , before becoming second lieutenant in the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in 1835 . From 1842 to 1843 he was ordered to sixth combined reserve battalion, regiment in 1846 was adjutant and 1850, adjutant of the 12th Infantry Brigade . With a patent from 1850, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in the 40th Infantry Regiment (4th Reserve Regiment) in 1851 while retaining his command . In 1852 he became adjutant of the 23rd Infantry Brigade and was promoted to captain. In 1855 he was company commander in the 10th Infantry Regiment, but in 1858 he was transferred to the 19th Infantry Regiment , while at the same time commanding the General Command of the VI. Army Corps . When he was released from his command, in 1860 he advanced to major in the 3rd Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 62 , where he was promoted to battalion commander in 1863 and lieutenant colonel in 1865. He took part in the German War in the Battle of Königgrätz and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords , in the same year .

As a lieutenant colonel from March 5 to April 10, 1867, he was in charge of the 2nd Pomeranian Grenadier Regiment (Colberg) No. 9 and was also a lieutenant colonel for a few days from April 11, 1867 to November 7, 1871 , then as Colonel in command of the regiment. In the war against France Ferentheil took part in the battles at Gravelotte and Champigny , the enclosure of Metz ( Iron Cross 2nd class), as well as the battles at Mont Mesly, at Belgnic le Sec and Pontalier (wounded). Ferentheil received the Iron Cross First Class in March 1871 and was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade in November of the same year under position à la suite of his regiment . In January 1872 he was promoted to major general and in 1875 became the commandant of Stettin, the fortress of Stettin . In 1877 he was promoted to lieutenant general, received in 1879 the star of Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and swords on rings and was charged with 1,882 board for disposition made.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 462-463, no. 2694.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1910. Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1909, p. 201.