Heinrich von Goßler

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Heinrich von Goßler

Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von Goßler (born September 29, 1841 in Weißenfels , † January 10, 1927 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a Prussian infantry general and minister of war from 1896 to 1903 .

Life

origin

He came from the noble von Goßler family , who probably came from Gosel in the Egerland and immigrated to Gürth before 1630 . Heinrich was the son of the Chancellor (today about: Provincial Justice Minister) of the Province of Prussia Karl Gustav von Goßler (1810–1885), Crown Syndicate and President of the Higher Regional Court in Königsberg and his wife Sophie, née von Mühler (1816–1877). She was the daughter of the Prussian State and Justice Minister Heinrich Gottlob von Mühler (1780-1857). He still had three brothers: Gustav (1838–1902), Prussian Minister of State and President of the Province of West Prussia , Konrad (1848–1933), Prussian infantry general and Wilhelm (1850–1928), Prussian lieutenant general.

He met Theodor Fontane around 1855 .

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house, Goßler graduated from high schools in Potsdam and Königsberg . Then he joined the 1st East Prussian Grenadier Regiment (No. 1) of the Prussian Army on March 15, 1860 as a three-year-old volunteer . There he was promoted to second lieutenant on July 23, 1861 . As such, Goßler was adjutant to battalions from October 1, 1864 to November 14, 1866 and took part in the battle of Langensalza and the battles near Hundheim and Roßbrunn during the German War . After the peace agreement, Goßler graduated from the War Academy for three years , was meanwhile transferred to the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 and promoted to Prime Lieutenant on January 9, 1868 .

Goßler took part in the war against France as platoon leader of the 12th Company in 1870/71 and was seriously wounded in the battle of Wörth . At the end of 1870 he returned to the regiment and took over the 6th company. He was slightly injured in the Battle of Orléans and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

In July 1871 he was assigned to serve as a captain in the War Ministry. In October 1872 he was assigned the department of the Army Department . He then led the 6th Company in the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 in Stettin until 1878 and was then reassigned to the War Ministry in the Department of Army Affairs. Here he was later appointed a member of the senior examination commission. Appointed head of department in the War Ministry in 1885, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the same year .

After being promoted to colonel in 1888, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Foot Guards Regiment the following year . In 1891 Goßler was promoted to major general and as such appointed commander of the 43rd Infantry Brigade in Kassel . In October 1891 he was appointed director of the General War Department of the War Ministry, member of the National Defense Commission , deputy plenipotentiary in the Federal Council , chairman of the Reich Rayon Commission and member of the Imperial Disciplinary Court .

Grave of Heinrich von Goßler
Alter St. Matthew Cemetery, Berlin

In 1895 Goßler was transferred to Darmstadt , while at the same time being promoted to Lieutenant General, and appointed commander of the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division . After Bronsart von Schellendorff's resignation as head of the War Ministry in 1896, he followed in its footsteps as War Minister. A month later, in September, he was also appointed Prussian plenipotentiary in the Federal Council. In this position Goßler was promoted to General of the Infantry in 1899 and in the same year he was awarded the Grand Cross with the Crown of the Order of Frederick and in 1901 the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . In approval of his leave request , he was born on August 14, 1903 at position à la suite of the 3rd Foot Guards on foot to the statutory pension for disposition made. Goßler died in January 1927 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Berlin.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Goßler married Emma von Sperber (1848–1914) on August 31, 1872 at Gut Gerskullen , the daughter of the landowner Eugen von Sperber , Lord of Gerskullen, and Emilie Donalitius.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roland Berbig: Theodor Fontane Chronicle . Walter de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-021560-1 , p. 471 ( google.de [accessed April 1, 2018]).
  2. ↑ August Niemann: The sixth Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 in the campaign against France 1870-1871 . EF Thienemann's Hofbuchhandlung, 1875, p. 31 + 38 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).
  3. ↑ August Niemann: The sixth Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 in the campaign against France 1870-1871 . EF Thienemann's Hofbuchhandlung, 1875, p. 128 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).
  4. ↑ August Niemann: The sixth Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 in the campaign against France 1870-1871 . EF Thienemann's Hofbuchhandlung, 1875, p. 254 ( google.de [accessed on March 29, 2018]).
  5. ↑ From Lübeck's towers. Edition dated August 29, 1896.
  6. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901. P. 110.
  7. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1907. P. 50.
personal data
SURNAME Goßler, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goßler, Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry and minister of war
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1927
Place of death Berlin-Wilmersdorf