Heinrich von Lehndorff

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Heinrich von Lehndorff

Ahasuerus Heinrich August Otto Magnus Ferdinand Graf von Lehndorff (born April 1, 1829 in Königsberg , † April 24, 1905 at Preyl Castle near Wargen ) was a Prussian cavalry general .

Life

origin

Heinrich came from the East Prussian noble family Lehndorff . He was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Karl von Lehndorff (1770-1854) and his wife Pauline, née Countess von Schlippenbach (1805-1871). His older brother Karl (1826–1883) was a member of the Reichstag , the younger brother Georg (1833–1914) chief stableman .

Military career

Lehndorff attended the Kneiphöfische Gymnasium in Königsberg and the Knight Academy in Brandenburg an der Havel . After settling Easter 1848 as a student at the University of Konigsberg enrolled had he entered on July 21, 1848 in the 5th Cuirassiers the Prussian army one. End of January 1850 he became under carriage second lieutenant the Gardes du Corps aggregated and einrangiert in May 1851 in the regiment. Lehndorff graduated from the military riding school from October 1853 to March 1854 and was commanded to accompany Prince George of Prussia on a bathing trip in 1854 and 1856 . By the end of May 1859, Lehndorff advanced to Rittmeister . On April 3, 1866 he was appointed wing adjutant to King Wilhelm I and two months later he rose to major . As such, Lehndorff took part in the war against Austria in the Battle of Königgrätz and received the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords.

In the meantime , Lehndorff was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in the autumn of 1869 he was commanded to accompany Crown Prince Friedrich on his journey through the Orient. In 1870/71 he took part in the battles at Gravelotte and Sedan as well as the siege of Paris in the Great Headquarters during the war against France . Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, he became a colonel after the peace treaty in mid-August 1871 and received the rank and fees of regimental commander in mid-June 1872.

In 1874 he was promoted to major general à la suite and commander of the body gendarmerie . Lehndorff was appointed adjutant general to Kaiser Wilhelm I on March 22, 1885 and two years later he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle 1st class with oak leaves and the enamel band of the Order of the Crown with swords on a ring. After Wilhelm's death, Lehndorff joined his successor Friedrich III on March 22, 1888 as adjutant general. over. On April 14, 1888, he was promoted to General of Cavalry and on June 27, 1888 Pension for disposition made and simultaneously transferred to the nichtdiensttuenden adjutant general of Emperor Wilhelm II.. This agent repeated him with a special task. In 1891 Lehndorff took part in the funeral of Grand Duke Nikolaus in Saint Petersburg and in 1892 in the reopening of the castle church in Wittenberg. In recognition of his merits, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords and Swords on the Ring and the Black Eagle Order with the chain .

In 1894 he received the honorary title of court master in the Kingdom of Prussia. Lehndorff was commander of the Order of St. John and a member of the Prussian manor house . In addition, he was Oberburggraf and stood à la suite of the regiment of the Gardes du Corps. A street in Berlin-Karlshorst is named after him.

He has been a landowner ever since. Lehndorff was the founder of the Preyl line and builder of the imposing Preyl Castle, built between 1890 and 1894, on the Wargener mill and church pond, approx. 15 km west of Königsberg between the Curonian Lagoon and the Fresh Lagoon .

Warglitten-Preyl was the estate of a line of the von Lehndorff family , which also included the neighboring estates of Landheim, Lehndorf and Regitten with Greibau, a total of around 1200 ha. Warglitten-Preyl was a main estate of the von Lehndorff family.

family

Lehndorff had married Margarete Countess von Kanitz (1858-1928) on October 26, 1880 in Rohrbeck . She was the palace lady of the Empress Auguste Viktoria . From the marriage the sons Wilhelm (1881-1896), Manfred (1883-1962) and Heinrich (1885-1914) emerged.

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SURNAME Lehndorff, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehndorff, Ahasverus Heinrich August Otto Magnus Ferdinand Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1905
Place of death Preyl