Heinrich von Blumenthal (General)

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Heinrich Karl Elie Blumenthal , from 1864 von Blumenthal (born June 9, 1815 in Oranienburg , † May 12, 1892 in Kassel ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Heinrich was a son of the mayor and tax agent of Oranienburg Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Becker († 1839) and his wife Julie Auguste, née Blumenthal († 1865).

Military career

Becker attended the Joachimsthalsche and the Kölln high school in Berlin. He then joined the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a musketeer on October 8, 1832 , advanced to the position of redundant second lieutenant on September 28, 1834 and was included in the budget on March 17, 1835. For further training, he completed the General War School for three years from October 1837 and was then assigned to the Guard Artillery Brigade for a year . From the end of May 1842 to mid-March 1845, he was assigned to the topographical department of the Great General Staff . From September 1845 Becker worked as an adjutant and accounting officer of the 2nd Battalion in the 6th Landwehr Regiment. In this capacity he took part in the battle at Xions in April 1848 during the suppression of the uprising in the province of Posen . On November 28, 1848 he was appointed adjutant of the 5th Landwehr Brigade and on June 1, 1849 as an adjutant of the mobile brigade under Major General von Hobe . This was followed by a command as adjutant of the mobile 10th Infantry Division on November 20, 1850 , before Becker returned to his position as adjutant of the 5th Landwehr Brigade on January 15, 1851. For a short time he was adjutant of the 9th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) from the beginning of May to mid-October 1852 . As a captain he was then chief of the 2nd company of his main regiment. While being promoted to major , Becker was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in the 20th Landwehr Regiment on August 19, 1858. On May 8, 1860, he was appointed battalion leader to the 20th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 7th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 60 emerged on July 1, 1860 . He was given command of the 2nd Battalion and on September 28, 1861, permission to accept and use the name "Blumenthal".

As a lieutenant colonel in 1864, during the war against Denmark , he took part in the battle of Missunde , the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen and the transition to Alsen . Because of "proven bravery in the face of the enemy" he was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on March 10, 1864 and in mid-November 1864 was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords. On August 14, 1865, Blumenthal was initially charged with commanding the 2nd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 3 in Gumbinnen and on April 3, 1866, he was appointed regiment commander. In this capacity he was promoted to colonel on June 8, 1866 and led his association in the subsequent war against Austria in the battles near Trautenau, Königgrätz and Tobitschau . For his work he received the Order of the Red Eagle III on September 20, 1866. Class with swords and on September 18, 1869 the Crown Order II. Class. In the run-up to the war against France , Blumenthal was appointed commander of the 35th Infantry Brigade on July 14, 1870 and promoted to major general on July 26, 1870 . During the war he took part in the battles at Colombey , Gravelotte , Noisseville , Orleans , Beaugency , Le Mans and the siege of Metz . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , Blumenthal was awarded the order Pour le Mérite on January 18, 1871, the day of the imperial proclamation in Versailles .

After the war, on January 18, 1874, Blumenthal was initially charged with the command of the 22nd division , appointed commander of this division on September 12, 1874 and promoted to lieutenant general on September 19, 1874. In this position he was awarded the Waldeck Military Merit Cross 1st Class, the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with oak leaves and swords on the ring and the Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon . Under awarding of the character as General of Infantry Blumenthal was on September 15, 1881 Board for disposition made.

He died on May 12, 1892 in Kassel.

In the reason for the award of the order Pour le Mérite, Lieutenant General Karl von Wrangel wrote : “General von Blumenthal again showed his cold-bloodedness and his correct military view in the leadership of his brigade in the battles on December 3rd and 4th, 1870. Through his direct influence, the brilliant storming of the village of Cercottes by the 9th Jäger Battalion and the 36th Regiment took place at the right moment and with great success. "

family

Blumenthal married on November 13, 1845 in Glogau Marie Freiin von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1823-1896). The later Prussian major Heinrich von Blumenthal (1846–1899) emerged from the marriage, his first marriage to Eugenie Greiner (1845–1875) and, after her death, to Maja Otten (* 1854).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1873. Year three and twentieth, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1872, p. 645.
personal data
SURNAME Blumenthal, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Heinrich Karl Elie (until 1861); Blumenthal, Heinrich Karl Elie (1861–1864)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Oranienburg
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1892
Place of death kassel