Hans von Gersdorff (General)

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Rudolf August Hans von Gersdorff (born August 27, 1847 in Hosterwitz , † February 11, 1929 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade .

Life

origin

Hans was a son of the Saxon court marshal and owner of the manor Gröditz Rudolf von Gersdorff (1804-1894) and his wife Isidora, née von Bose (1810-1871). She was the widow of Count Ludwig von Zech-Burkersroda (1806–1839) and daughter of Lieutenant General Karl August Joseph Friedrich von Bose . He still had two sisters.

Military career

After attending the grammar schools in Schulpforte and Bautzen as well as the military education institute of Leutnant a. D. von Grabowski in Berlin , Gersdorff joined the Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6 of the Prussian Army on May 4, 1865 as a flagjunker . On April 17, 1866 he was transferred to the 7th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 60 . The following war against Austria Gersdorff took part in the Battle of Hradec Kralove in part and was for his brave behavior to Sergeant promoted. After the war he was promoted to portepee officer at the end of September 1866 , was transferred to the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot at the end of February 1867 and was promoted to second lieutenant in mid-November 1867 .

With his transfer to the Brandenburg Cuirassier Regiment (Emperor Nicolaus I of Russia) No. 6 , Gersdorff changed weapons again on June 18, 1869 . At the beginning of the war against France , he first took part in the battles at Spichern , Vionville and Gravelotte . From August 20 to September 26, 1870 he was an orderly officer of the 6th Cavalry Division and participated in the coup d'état on Laon . In the further course of the war he fought with his regiment at Orleans , Le Mans , Montigny, Magny, Sivry , Courville , Châteauneuf, Nouan, Azay, Mazangé , Artenay and the Bray Bach.

Awarded the Iron Cross Gersdorff was after the peace agreement of 31 October 1871 to the September 30, 1872 to the Military Riding Institute for Hannover commanded. On May 18, 1876 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and from May 1878 on for one year to the General Staff . Under position à la suite of his regiment, Gersdorff was commanded as adjutant of the 11th Cavalry Brigade to Breslau from the end of February 1880 . In this position he was promoted to Rittmeister in mid-January 1881 and was transferred to the Gardes du Corps regiment on April 8, 1884 as chief of the 6th Company . On April 1, 1885, he became commander of the 2nd Squadron and Chief of the 3rd Company. This was followed on July 16, 1887 as commander of the 2nd Squadron and chief of the 8th Company. Under awarding of the character as Major Gersdorff was on 16 April 1889 as Senior Military Assistant to the General Command of the Guard Corps commanded. At the end of May 1889 he received the patent for his rank and on June 16, 1891 was transferred to the Hanoverian Hussar Regiment No. 15 in Wandsbeck as a regular staff officer . In the same year he had a serious fall with his horse and broke his pelvis . Under position à la suite, he was commissioned on May 14, 1894 with the leadership of the Dragoon Regiment "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" (Litthauisches) No. 1 in Tilsit . On June 16, 1894 Gersdorff was appointed regimental commander and he rose to colonel by the end of March 1897 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was commissioned on August 18, 1898 with the command of the 6th Cavalry Brigade stationed in Brandenburg an der Havel and on November 16, 1899 was appointed commander of this large formation. Gersdorff rose to major general on April 18, 1901, and in the autumn led the maneuvers of the reinforced 12th Infantry Brigade . Due to the long-term consequences of his pelvic fracture, he had to submit his departure and was then put up for disposition on September 12, 1902, with the award of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and the statutory pension . He died unmarried on February 11, 1929 in Wiesbaden.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses for the year 1847. Twentieth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1846, p. 725.
personal data
SURNAME Gersdorff, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gersdorff, Rudolf August Hans von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Host joke
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1929
Place of death Wiesbaden