Georg von der Groeben

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Count Georg Reinhold von der Groeben-Neudörfchen (born June 16, 1817 in Schrengen ; † January 25, 1894 at Gut Neudörfchen, Marienwerder district ) was a Prussian cavalry general .

Life

family

Georg Reinhold came from the widespread Brandenburg aristocratic family von der Groeben , who had produced numerous military men. He was the eldest son of the later Prussian general of the cavalry and majorate owner of the Neudörfchen Karl von der Groeben (1788–1876) from his marriage to Selma, née von Dörnberg (1797–1876).

Military career

Groeben joined the Prussian army in 1836 , became second lieutenant in 1837 and in 1842 adjutant of the Prince of Prussia, later King of Prussia Wilhelm I. In 1849 he took part in the campaign in the Palatinate and Baden, which led to the suppression of the Baden Revolution . In 1853 he was appointed wing adjutant to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . In 1858 Groeben received his first command as a colonel and became commander of the body gendarmerie, then commander of the 3rd Hussar Regiment in Rathenow. In 1864 he took part in the war against Denmark . In 1865 he was promoted to major general and in 1866 took over the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in Erfurt . In the war against Austria he intervened on July 3, 1866 during the Battle of Königgrätz against the heavy Austrian 3rd Reserve Cavalry Division under Major General von Coudenhove in the battle near Stresetitz , was wounded in the process and was later awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite . After the peace treaty , he took over command of the 14th Cavalry Brigade in Düsseldorf .

During the war against France in 1870/71, Groeben, as lieutenant general, commanded the 3rd Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigade) assigned to the 1st Army in the Metz area . In January 1871 he was assigned parts of the 1st Army Corps to cover the area northeast of Paris and at the same time secured the southern flank of General von Goeben's army in the Amiens- Corbie area up to the Hallue . During the battle of Saint-Quentin , he advanced with his combined corps to support Vermand and Etreillers.

After the peace he took over the command of the 4th division in Bromberg on May 23, 1871 . Von der Groeben and his Corps General Edwin von Manteuffel had already fallen out during the Franco-Prussian War . Von der Groeben applied for his transfer so that he was no longer subordinate to Manteuffel. In January 1872 he took over the 5th Division in Frankfurt (Oder) . From Frankfurt he wrote a sharp letter to Manteuffel, whereupon the latter had von der Groeben arrested. Von der Groeben was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the Glogau fortress , but was pardoned after 14 days in July 1872.

In 1875 his military career as general of the cavalry ended before he took over the management of the inherited goods after the death of his father in 1876. In 1877, at the presentation of the Count's Association of the Province of Prussia, Groeben became a member of the manor house , to which he belonged until his death.

family

Groeben married Countess Elisabeth von Münster-Ledeburg . The couple had four daughters:

  • Selma (1856-1938)
  • Asta (1858–1915) ⚭ Karl Richard Andreas von Kanitz (1862–1946)
  • Erna Eleonore Hedwig (1868–1951)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmuth von Moltke: Wars and victories. Vier Falken Verlag, Berlin 1938, p. 567f.
  2. From Glogau . In: Volks- und Schützen-Zeitung . XXVII. Year, no. 84 . Innsbruck July 12, 1872, p. 345 ( onb.ac.at ).
  3. Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1874. P. 406.