Gustav von Schimmelmann

Gustav Bernhard Karl Thilo von Schimmelmann (born August 4, 1816 in Letzlingen , † February 17, 1873 in Magdeburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of forester Ernst Karl Heinrich von Schimmelmann and his wife Elisabeth Sophie Luise Friederike, née von Seebach .

Military career

Schimmelmann joined the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army on January 16, 1834 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant at the end of the year . From 1841 to 1843 he was sent to the General War School for further training . This was followed by a command to the topographic office in 1846/47. Promoted to Premier Lieutenant on August 22, 1848 , he became a company commander in the 2nd Battalion in the 4th Guards Landwehr Regiment in 1849. It was used in the campaign in Baden . For the battle near Wiesenthal Schimmelmann was awarded the Red Eagle Order IV Class with Swords. Subsequent to the topographical department in the General Staff , he was transferred to the General Staff with the promotion to captain on October 17, 1850.

On July 18, 1855, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 16th Division as a major . At the same time, from September 8, 1855, Schimmelmann was also the director of the United Division Schools of the 15th and 16th Divisions. In mid-October 1855 he was assigned to the General Staff in the military government of the Rhine Province . On October 16, 1858 the General Staff of the Army was aggregated and appointed personal adjutant to Prince Regent Wilhelm , Schimmelmann rose in this position to lieutenant colonel on May 31, 1859 and was appointed as his wing adjutant after Wilhelm took office as the new King of Prussia . Left in this position, Schimmelmann was promoted to colonel on October 18, 1861 and at the same time appointed commander of Fusilier Regiment No. 39 . In the same month he received the Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honor and on June 11, 1864 the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class.

Schimmelmann was appointed commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade on April 18, 1865 and promoted to major general two months later . He led this brigade in the 1866 war against Austria in the battles near Gitschin and Königgrätz . He proved himself so well that on September 20, 1866 he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite . Immediately before the war against France , Schimmelmann was appointed commander of the 17th division and a few days later promoted to lieutenant general. He led his large association in the battle of Gravelotte and in the siege of Metz , for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class. At the beginning of November 1870, Schimmelmann fell ill and had to hand over the leadership of the division to Major General Hermann von Tresckow .

Only after the peace was concluded , Schimmelmann took over the 17th division again on May 23, 1871, which he commanded until December 22, 1871. In recognition of his services, he received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords, on June 16, 1871. Then Schimmelmann was appointed commandant of Magdeburg . He died in this position of a hemorrhage .

family

Schimmelmann had married Marie Luitgarde Wesermann (born November 6, 1828 in Elberfeld, † October 28, 1909 in Friedrichroda) in Wittgendorf on July 10, 1866 . She was the daughter of the district architect Heinrich Moritz Wesermann. From the marriage the future police colonel Ernst von Schimmelmann (1869-1953) emerged, who had been awarded the order Pour le Mérite in the First World War as commander of the infantry regiment No. 394.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 396-397, no. 2359.

Web links

• Schimmelmann, Gustav Bernhard Karl Thilo von. In: Official press of Prussia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 211f.