Hans August von Glisczinski
Hans August von Glisczinski (born August 24, 1803 in Essen , † September 9, 1886 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and director of the General War Department in the War Ministry .
Life
origin
Hans August was a son of Georg Ernst von Glisczinski (1757–1827) and his wife Sophie Juliane, née von Goldbeck (1770–1814). His father was a captain . D. and was awarded the order Pour le Mérite during the First Coalition War on the Rhine . In the Fourth Coalition War he was seriously wounded near Lübeck in 1806 and then retired to his Gut Gustow.
His brother Emil also became a Prussian lieutenant general.
Military career
Glisczinski visited the Berlin Cadet House with two brothers and became friends with Albrecht von Roon . On July 9, 1819, he was transferred to the 25th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . From 1823 to 1826 he completed the general war school for further training , where he met Helmuth von Moltke . From March 30, 1828 Glisczinski was commanded as adjutant of the 14th Infantry Brigade and at the end of March 1833 was aggregated to the 28th Infantry Regiment while leaving his position . On March 30, 1835 he was adjutant of the General Command of the VII Army Corps and two years later, while remaining in this position, aggregated to the 16th Infantry Regiment . Promoted to captain on March 30, 1840 with a patent from October 9, 1836, he was appointed company commander in the 17th Infantry Regiment . In the same capacity, Glisczinski came to the 16th Infantry Regiment on April 7, 1842. With the promotion to major he was transferred to the 15th Landwehr Regiment on December 7, 1846 at the request of General von der Groeben and commander of the III. Battalion in Bielefeld appointed. In the city there was always tension between the military and civilians, which he was able to resolve successfully. During the March Revolution also occurred in Bielefeld demonstrations, but Glisczinski refused the vigilantes to arm. In May 1849 riots broke out in Iserlohn and the battalion with 602 men was marched to occupy Iserlohn. In the midst of the unrest, he was transferred to the General Staff of the IV Army Corps in Magdeburg on June 26, 1849 . On April 18, 1850, he was entrusted with the management of the general staff of the Guard Corps and on February 27, 1851 he succeeded the future general of the infantry Friedrich von Dankbahr as chief of staff. In this position he rose to the rank of colonel by the beginning of October 1854, was appointed commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade on December 10, 1857 and on January 9, 1858 à la suite of the general staff. On May 22, 1858 he was promoted to major general.
On July 24, 1861 initially charged with the command of the 4th Division and appointed its commander on September 24, 1861. On October 18, 1861, he was promoted to lieutenant general. On April 13, 1862, War Minister Roon took him to the War Department, where he became director of the General War Department. On June 11, 1864, he received the Order of St. Anne 1st Class. In preparation for the war against Denmark , Glisczinski received a letter of appreciation from King Wilhelm I on January 14, 1865, and the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class, on February 23, 1865 . Under awarded the Red Eagle , he was due to first class with oak stomach ulcers with the March 9, 1866 board for disposition made. He died on September 9, 1886 in Berlin and was buried next to his wife on September 12, 1886 in the Invalidenfriedhof .
family
He married Henriette Karoline Elisabeth Dorothea Ida von Ammon (1811–1872) on June 4, 1833 in Düsseldorf, who was buried on March 4, 1872 in the Invalidenfriedhof. The Prussian general Karl von Glisczinski (1834-1901) was their son.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 499, no. 2126.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1911. Fifth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1910, p. 298.
- ^ To Priesdorff: von Prittwitz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glisczinski, Hans August von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General and Director of the General War Department in the War Ministry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1886 |
| Place of death | Berlin |