Gustav Adolf von Strantz

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Gustav Adolf von Strantz (born March 2, 1784 in Soldin , † August 14, 1865 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of the Neisse fortress .

Life

origin

He belonged to the Strantz family from Brandenburg , originally from Thuringia, who settled with a branch in Brandenburg in the 14th century . His parents were the Prussian major Friedrich Ferdinand von Strantz (1741–1793), knight of the order Pour le Mérite , who fell in the First Coalition War against revolutionary France in 1793 , and Louise Marianne, née von der Lahr (1737–1807). His brother Ludwig Heinrich Leopold (1780–1856) became a Prussian lieutenant general, Carl Friedrich Ferdinand (1774–1852) a lieutenant colonel.

Military career

Strantz came on July 5, 1796 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Crousaz" of the Prussian army . With his promotion to Portepeefähnrich on November 6, 1798, he was transferred to the infantry regiment "von Prussia" and was promoted to secondary lieutenant until the end of July 1802 . In the Fourth Coalition War Strantz fought in the battle of Auerstedt and on the retreat in the battle near Nordhausen and was made inactive after the surrender near Prenzlau.

After the Peace of Tilsit , Strantz was aggregated on May 30, 1809 to the Guard Regiment on foot and was assigned to September 1, 1809. On May 6, 1811 he was transferred to the normal infantry battalion as a prime lieutenant and on June 1, 1811 as a staff captain . There he rose to captain and company commander on January 16, 1813 , before Strantz was transferred to the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot on June 2, 1813 . There he was promoted to major on June 19, 1813 . During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , Dresden , Kulm , La Rothière and Paris, and also in the battles near Arbesau, Liebertwolkwitz , Kosen and Fère-Champenoise . At Kulm he acquired the Order of St. Anne and the Iron Cross II. Class, at Leipzig the Order of St. Vladimir IV. Class and at Paris the Iron Cross I Class and the Knight's Cross of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit .

On October 2, 1815 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and aggregated on foot to the 2nd Guards Regiment, before he came to France on October 5, 1815 as an adjutant to General von Zieten in the mobile army corps. On October 9, 1817, Strantz received the order pour la vertu militaire and on October 26, 1818 the Order of St. John , the order of the French Legion of Honor, and remained at the disposal of the king. On February 20, 1819 he became the personal adjutant of General von Zieten, but remained in the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot. From the end of September 1819 to the end of March 1821 Strantz was assigned to the 1st Cuirassier Regiment . Subsequently, he was promoted to adjutantage and on March 30, 1822 with patent from April 6, 1822 to colonel . In 1825 he received the service cross before he was appointed commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment on March 30, 1826 . This was followed by a position as commander of the 1st Guard Landwehr Brigade from March 30, 1832, and in this position Strantz was promoted to major general on March 30, 1833. On March 30, 1838, he was transferred to the Neisse fortress as the first commandant. Under awarding of the character he was on 30 March 1842 the statutory as Lieutenant General Board for disposition made. After his departure, Strantz received the Commander's Cross, 1st Class of the Guelph Order on April 23, 1842, and the Star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, on April 24, 1852 . He died in Berlin on August 14, 1865 and was transferred three days later to Dyhernfurth (Wohlau district) for burial.

In his assessment in 1831, General von Block wrote : “A man of understanding and much intellectual agility, zealous and full of the best will to do good. The regiment he commands is in very good disciplinary order. I am not yet able to judge what level of military training it is. It is very advantageous because of its excellent economic facilities, a merit which is due in particular to the work and the appropriate arrangements of Colonel von Strantz. From November of last year until June of this year he had a very difficult command at the Silesian-Polish border, and, as I have heard, headed it to the satisfaction of his highest superiors. "

family

Strantz married on March 10, 1819 in Neustadt (Upper Silesia) Luise Dorothea Johanna Ebing (* May 10, 1787; † August 4, 1845). The marriage, which was divorced on May 22, 1832, had two children:

  • Gustav Adolf (March 25, 1807 - May 25, 1824)
  • Adolf Gustav (* June 16, 1809; † March 17, 1873) ⚭ 1842 Louise von Tippelskirch (* March 2, 1823; † January 8, 1909), daughter of Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch

On July 28, 1833, Strantz married Antoinette Charlotte Luise Franziska Fanny Countess von Maltzahn in Dyhernfurth (* September 23, 1790; † March 25, 1849). She was the widow of the Prussian Lieutenant General Gustav Kalixt von Biron (1780–1821) and mistress of Dyhernfurth .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After: Yearbook of the German Nobility, February 29th
  2. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume AA X. Starke-Verlag, 1969. pp. 298ff.
  3. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume AA X. Starke-Verlag, 1969. p. 304.
  4. ↑ also: Maltzahn-Hoym-Dyhernfurth
personal data
SURNAME Strantz, Gustav Adolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general, commandant of the Neisse fortress
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Soldin
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1865
Place of death Berlin