Hermann Ludwig von Wartensleben

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General Graf von Wartensleben

Hermann Wilhelm Ludwig Alexander Karl Friedrich Graf von Wartensleben-Carow (born October 17, 1826 in Berlin ; †  March 9, 1921 at Gut Karow ) was the Prussian cavalry general and commander of the Provincial Saxon Cooperative of the Order of St. John .

Life

origin

Hermann Ludwig came from the Magdeburg noble family von Wartensleben and was the son of Gustav Ludwig Graf von Wartensleben (1796–1886), Prussian chamberlain , lieutenant general ret. D. and Herr auf Carow and his wife Elisabeth Leopoldine Henriette Karoline Renate Agnes, born von Goldbeck and Reinhard (born August 29, 1803 in Berlin; † May 5, 1869 in Castrow). His brother Ludwig (* July 7, 1831; † September 1, 1926) was a member of the Prussian manor house.

Military background

Wartensleben (far left) in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Prussian headquarters in Versailles

In his youth, Wartensleben attended the Knight Academy in Brandenburg Cathedral from April 1838 to autumn 1841 and then the French grammar school in Berlin. From September 1844 to the end of March 1846, Wartensleben first studied law at the University of Berlin , then at the University of Heidelberg and between 1848 and 1850 worked as an auscultator in Genthin . During his studies in Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg in 1846 .

However, from October 1, 1844, he completed his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Guard Landwehr Uhlan Regiment and was released as a non-commissioned officer in reserve on September 30, 1845 . He then entered active military service on September 14, 1848 as second lieutenant of the cavalry in the 2nd Battalion of the 26th Landwehr Regiment in Burg, was assigned to the 7th Cuirassier Regiment the following year and was finally employed here on January 18, 1850. From 1853 to 1856 Wartensleben attended the General War School . After his return he was first used as a regimental adjutant and in June 1857 he was assigned to the topographic office in Berlin. In 1858 he was transferred to the General Staff as Prime Lieutenant and promoted to captain that same year . In 1860 he came to the 1st Guard Division as a general staff officer . In 1861 he was promoted to major and transferred to the Brandenburg Hussar Regiment No. 3 . After he was reassigned to the General Staff in 1863 , he fought in this capacity in the German-Danish War of 1864. Until April 1866 he remained on the General Staff of the High Command of the Elbe Duchies .

In the German War of 1866 he worked in the main headquarters . Further stations in his military career were in 1868 with the rank of lieutenant colonel as head of department in the general staff, in 1869 he was colonel and commander of the Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 12 .

After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 he was appointed chief quartermaster of the 1st Army for the duration of the mobile relationship, with whom he took part in the battles of Spichern , Colombey-Nouilly , Gravelotte , Amiens and the Hallue . He was also involved in the enclosure of Metz and later came to the Southern Army as chief of staff .

After the end of the war he was again head of department in the Great General Staff, then in 1872 took over the management of the war history department and at the same time the editing of the General Staff Works on the Franco-German War.

In 1873, Wartensleben was promoted to major general. In 1878 he was appointed commandant of Berlin and at the same time entrusted with the management of business as head of the regional gendarmerie. After he was promoted to lieutenant general on November 1, 1879 , he became commander of the 17th division the following year . In October 1884 he took over as commanding general of the III. Army Corps before he was finally promoted to General of the Cavalry in 1886.

Wartensleben was put up for disposition on July 12, 1888 with the approval of his resignation request under position à la suite of the Dragoons Regiment von Arnim and withdrew to his estate Karow (then Carow) near Genthin. In 1903 he was appointed to the Prussian mansion for life .

family

Wartensleben married on May 16, 1866 in Berlin Agnes von Podbielski (1846-1896), the daughter of the Prussian general of the cavalry Theophil von Podbielski and his wife Agnes von Jagow. The marriage produced a son and three daughters, including:

Awards

Works

  • The operations of the Southern Army in January and February 1871. Berlin 1872.
  • The operations of the First Army under General Manteuffel. Berlin 1873.
  • Memories, written in the winter of 1866/67. Berlin 1897.
  • Campaign letters. Berlin 1898.

literature

  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 324-335, no. 2914.
  • Rudolf Vaupel: Hermann Graf v. Waiting life-Carow. In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. 2. Volume Pictures of 19th Century Life. Self-published, Magdeburg 1927, pp. 375–382.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses for the year 1875. P. 965.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 120 , 312
personal data
SURNAME Waiting life, Hermann Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wartensleben-Carow, Hermann Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1921
Place of death Good Karow , Jerichow