Gustav von Fabeck

Gustav August Theodor Robert von Fabeck (born October 23, 1813 in Ortelsburg , † November 10, 1889 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Carl von Fabeck (1788-1870) and his first wife Amelie Ottilie Charlotte, widowed von Knobloch, née von Massenbach (1786-1832).

Military career

Fabeck visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . He was then on 11 August 1831 second lieutenant of the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army transferred. Here he rose to captain and company commander by May 1849 . On September 15, 1854 appointed head of the Leibcompanie, Fabeck was promoted to major on December 30, 1856 , and from January 3 to August 10, 1857 was entrusted with the command of the 2nd Battalion. This was followed by an assignment as the second commander of the 2nd battalion in the 2nd Guard Landwehr Regiment in Magdeburg . On February 17, 1859, Fabeck was appointed commander of the 1st Silesian Jäger Battalion in Görlitz . He was then on 20 September 1861 to 9 February 1863 to commander of the Guards Rifle Battalion , has been in this position in the meantime on 18 October 1861 Lieutenant Colonel transported and then was given command of the in Rastatt stationed Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment 34 . After his promotion to colonel , he was transferred to Berlin on January 9, 1864 as commander of the Emperor Franz Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 2 . Fabeck led this regiment during the German War in 1866 in the battles near Alt-Rognitz , Trautenau , Rudersdorf and Königgrätz . For his services he was awarded the Crown Order III after the Peace of Prague on September 20, 1866 . Excellent with swords.

In the position of his regiment à la suite , Fabeck was appointed commander of the newly formed 37th Infantry Brigade in Oldenburg on October 30, 1866 . With a patent from that day, he was promoted to major general on December 31, 1866 . On January 23, 1870, King Wilhelm I awarded him the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves for his services in troop leadership .

During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , Fabeck was not given a front command, but was used as the commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade. In addition, from January 20 to April 3, 1871, he was also the commandant of Orléans . On June 6, 1871, Fabeck was finally put up for disposition and was given the character of Lieutenant General with a pension .

family

Fabeck married Isidore Wilke (1824–1898) on May 22, 1852 in Dresden . The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 460-461, no. 2407.
• Main list of officers and medical officers of the Guard Rifle Battalion. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, pp. 44–45.
• Paul von Scheven: Regular officer roles and rankings of the Royal Prussian Emperor Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2. 1814–1894. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1894, pp. 29-30.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 425-426, no. 1625.