Heinrich von Koblinski

Heinrich Wilhelm Otto Julius von Koblinski (born November 25, 1810 in Sprottau , † October 1, 1895 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Heinrich was a son of the Prussian Rittmeister Wilhelm von Koblinski (1787–1857) and his wife Renate Jeanette, née Lucas (1790–1864). His brother Hermann von Koblinski (1817-1880) also became lieutenant general.

Military career

Koblinski visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . On July 28, 1827 he was employed as a non-commissioned officer in the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army and was promoted to secondary lieutenant by mid-February 1831 . On May 28, 1831, he was transferred to the 37th Infantry Regiment (5th Reserve Regiment) , where he became Adjutant of the 1st Battalion on June 1, 1837 and, at the end of April 1843, Premier Lieutenant . With a patent from May 9, 1843, Koblinski was transferred to the 9th Infantry Regiment on July 22, 1843 , was a company commander in the 1st Battalion in the 9th Landwehr Regiment in Stargard from May 1845 to March 1848 and in April / May 1848 commanded as post commander of the entrenchments at Pölitz . This was followed by a command as a company commander in the 2nd Combined Reserve Battalion from July 3, 1848 to January 3, 1850. Then Koblinski became a captain and company commander . With promotion to major , he was transferred to Bromberg on January 4, 1850 as commander of the 2nd battalion in the 14th Landwehr Regiment . On May 8, 1860, he was commanded as a battalion leader of the 14th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 7th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 54 emerged on July 1, 1860 . Koblinski was given command of the 2nd Battalion and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 18, 1861 , on the occasion of King Wilhelm I's coronation celebrations . This was followed by his appointment as commander of the 5th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 54 on November 21, 1864 and promotion to colonel on June 18, 1865 .

Koblinski led his regiment the following year during the German War in the Battle of Trautenau , in which he was wounded in the left hand by shrapnel. But he stayed with the troops and fought at Tobitschau and Königgrätz and received the Order of the Red Eagle III for his work . Class with swords. In position à la suite, he was transferred to Stettin on June 6, 1868 as commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade and promoted to major general in early July 1868 . In this position he led his large association in 1870/71 during the war against France in the battles at Gravelotte , Champigny and the siege of Metz . He took part in the southern army during the Jura campaign in the battles at Pesmes, Dole , on the bridge at Parrecey, Mouchard, Salins and Pontarlier. Awarded with both classes of the Iron Cross , Koblinski was commissioned to lead the 4th Division even before the peace agreement on April 28, 1871 . Shortly thereafter he was on June 3, 1871. Under the star ceremony for Red Eagle II Class with oak leaves and swords on rings with board for disposition made. On September 16, 1873 Koblinski received the character of Lieutenant General.

He died on October 1, 1895 in Berlin and was buried on October 4, 1895 in the Twelve Apostles Cemetery.

family

Koblinski married on April 14, 1845 in Lippehne Elwine Auguste Wilhelmine Nicol (1824-1884), a daughter of the landowner August Ferdinand Nicol. The couple had several children:

• Alfred (1849–1911), Prussian lieutenant colonel
• Helene Elvine Klara Elisabeth (* 1852) ⚭ 1876 Oskar von Koblinski, Prussian lieutenant colonel
• Leo (* 1863), Prussian colonel

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 8, pp. 39-40, No. 2471.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of aristocratic houses: at the same time aristocratic register of the associations united in the honorary association of the German nobility. Part 2, 1941, p. 296 f.