George of Engelbrechten
Georg von Engelbrechten (born April 30, 1855 in Neustadt am Rübenberge , † October 6, 1935 in Eberswalde ) was a Prussian infantry general .
Life
origin
He came from the 1728 ennobled family Engelbrechten . His parents were Lieutenant Colonel Karl von Engelbrechten (1821–1907) and his wife Sophie, born von Hattdorf (1820–1903). The Prussian Lieutenant General Maximilian von Engelbrechten (1851–1911) was his older brother.
Military career
Engelbrechten joined the Westphalian Jäger Battalion No. 7 in Bückeburg on April 19, 1873 , coming from the cadet corps as an ensign . There he was promoted to second lieutenant on October 15, 1874 . On October 1, 1877, a year-long command was sent to Hildesheim for the 3rd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 79 . When he returned, Engelbrechten was employed as an adjutant from October 1, 1881 to August 1, 1885 and was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on September 20, 1884 . As such, Engelbrechten was sent to the War Academy from October 1, 1885 to July 21, 1888 . At the same time as he was promoted to captain , on November 19, 1889, he was appointed company commander in the Pomeranian Jäger Battalion No. 2. With his promotion to major on August 18, 1900 , Engelbrechten was promoted to deputy commander within the battalion . On May 18, 1901, he was transferred to Hamburg to serve as commander of the III. Battalion of the Infantry Regiment "Hamburg" (2nd Hanseatic) No. 76 . As a lieutenant colonel (since February 16, 1907) Engelbrechten then came to the staff of the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich I." (4th East Prussian) No. 5 in Danzig . He then took over the regiment on March 22, 1910 with the promotion to colonel . After three years, on April 18, 1913, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the 69th Infantry Brigade in Graudenz .
With the outbreak of World War I , the brigade was deployed on the Eastern Front after border skirmishes, initially in the Battle of Gumbinnen and the Battle of Tannenberg . She then took part in the Battle of the Masurian Lakes and the Battle of Łódź . On March 4, 1915 Engelbrechten was then appointed commander of the newly established 50th Division , with which he took up on the Western Front in Champagne . From mid-April to early November 1916 his troops fought in the Battle of Verdun and took part in the storming of Fort Vaux . From November 1916 to the end of February 1917 the division fought in the Argonne and then came with the 7th Army to the Aisne , where it was able to assert itself against attacks by the French several times in the local battle . In the meantime promoted to Lieutenant General on March 22, 1917 , Engelbrechten was awarded the star of the Order of the Red Eagle with Oak Leaves, Swords and the Crown in February 1918 . On July 1, 1918, he gave up command of the division and was appointed governor of Riga and Dünamünde .
At his own request, Engelbrechten was put up for disposal on October 23, 1918, leaving it in his position . On January 2, 1919, he retired while he was also given the character of General of the Infantry.
family
Engelbrechten married Klara Sieg (* 1875) in Siegsruh near Unisław in 1892 . The marriage had three children:
- Georg Julius Karl Maximilian (* 1894)
- Klara Sophie Elise (* 1896)
- Julius Karl Hermann (* 1900), German National Socialist and publicist
Awards
- Order of the Crown III. class
- Right knight of the Order of St. John
- Prussian service award cross
- Cross of Honor of the Lippe House Order III. class
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords on May 11, 1918
- Pour le Mérite on July 8, 1918
literature
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 364-3365.
- Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe publishing house, Berlin 1935, pp. 273-275.
Individual evidence
- ^ Military weekly paper . No. 104 of March 2, 1918, p. 2544.
- ↑ a b c d Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 104.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Angelbreakers, George von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelbrechten, Georg Louis von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt am Rübenberge |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1935 |
| Place of death | Eberswalde |