Hermann von Alvensleben

Hermann Karl Rudolf Gebhard von Alvensleben (born April 10, 1809 in Schochwitz ; † January 8, 1887 ibid) was a Prussian lieutenant general and owner of the Schochwitz manor .

Life

Hermann comes from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben . He was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Johann Friedrich Karl II. Von Alvensleben (1778–1831) and his wife Karoline, née von Hirschfeld (1783–1849).

After visiting the Berlin Cadet House , he joined the Regiment of the Gardes du Corps of the Prussian Army on July 28, 1827 as porter ensign . During the war against Austria in 1866, he led the 1st Cavalry Division as Major General in the Cavalry Corps of the 1st Army. After the war he was promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the Guards Cavalry Division . On September 5, 1867, Alvensleben was initially entrusted with the management of the business as head of the Military Riding Institute in Hanover and appointed on December 14, 1867 as head. On the occasion of the war against France , at the end of July 1870, he was appointed governor-general in area I. , II. , III. and X. Army Corps under General Vogel von Falckenstein . A month later he was ordered to Bremen to organize the guarding of the coast from Dorum to Emden . Alvensleben was released from this control at the end of March 1871 and put up for disposal on April 15, 1871 with a pension .

After saying goodbye, he retired to his Gut Schochwitz.

Alvenslebenstrasse in Hanover was named after him.

Alvensleben married on October 6, 1836 in Dobritz with Karoline von Kalitzsch (1814–1878). The marriage had ten children, including:

Busso Friedrich Karl (1840–1870), killed at La Blanchette ⚭ 1865 Jenny Anna Kukein (1848–1868)
Ludolf (1844–1912), Major General ⚭ Freiin Antoinette von Ricou (1870–1950)
Mechtild Elisabeth Agnes (1859–1941) ⚭ 1890 Alkmar II of Alvensleben (1841–1898), Lieutenant General
Gertrud Elisabeth Pauline (1852–1946) ⚭ 1878 Heinrich Bartels (1848–1914), master of Langendorf
Elsbeth Caroline Eugenie (1856–1945) ⚭ 1886 Alexander von Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg (1842–1918)

Hellmut Kretzschmar : Historical news of the Alvensleben family since 1800. Burg 1930, pp. 149–150.

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 254-255, no. 2281.

Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses . Justus Perthes , Gotha 1902, third year p. 28.

personal data
SURNAME	Alvensleben, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alvensleben, Hermann Karl Rudolf Gebhard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian lieutenant general and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schochwitz
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 1887
Place of death	Schochwitz