Hermann von Blume

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Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Blume , from Blume since 1888 (born March 2, 1824 in Stralsund , † August 2, 1889 in Marburg ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of Wilhelm Blume (1795–1869) and his wife Luise, née Luttig (1799–1880). His father was a canon of Brandenburg and a high school director. The later Prussian infantry general Wilhelm von Blume (1835–1919) was his younger brother.

Military career

Blume attended high schools in Potsdam and Berlin as well as the knight academy in Brandenburg , which his father directed. He then joined on 25 March 1842 in the 20th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian army and received mid-December 1843 the character as a second lieutenant . In October of the following year, Blume was aggregated to the 27th Infantry Regiment and at the beginning of July 1846 was placed on the budget as a second lieutenant with a patent from March 8, 1844. From July 1849 to the beginning of March 1855 he was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and in October 1855 came to Halberstadt as a company commander in the 1st Battalion in the 27th Landwehr Regiment . In mid-October 1856, Blume was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and served as a regimental adjutant from late October 1857 to May 1859. After his promotion to captain , he was appointed chief of the 2nd company in the 27th Infantry Regiment in mid-December 1859 . In the same capacity, he was transferred to the 8th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 45 on October 23, 1862 , where Blume commanded the 12th Company. During the German war he was in 1866 for the duration of the mobilization leader of the III. Battalions in the 4th East Prussian Landwehr Regiment No. 5 in Prussian Stargard , but without being deployed at the front.

With his promotion to major on October 30, 1866, Blume was transferred to the 4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 17 and on September 25, 1867 appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in Celle . He led his battalion in 1870/71 during the war against France in the battles of Vionville , Gravelotte , Beaugency and Le Mans, as well as in the siege of Metz . On the occasion of the imperial proclamation in Versailles , Blume was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 18, 1871 , and after the peace treaty , awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , was transferred to Constance in mid-July 1871 as commander of the 1st battalion in the 6th Baden Infantry Regiment . From 11 May to 20 November 1872, commanded him to guide the fourth Baden Infantry Regiment "Prince William" no. 112 and instructed Flower subsequently position à la suite in the lead of the first Rhenish Infantry Regiment. 25 in Strasbourg . On January 20, 1873 he was regimental commander and in this position was promoted to colonel on March 22, 1873 , and on May 8, 1877 he was awarded the Order of the Crown, 2nd class. Blume advanced to major general on March 13, 1879 and was given command of the 29th Infantry Brigade stationed in Cologne . With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves, he was put up for disposition on August 7, 1880 with the statutory pension in approval of his resignation request.

After his adoption he was on May 3, 1888 together with his brother by Emperor Friedrich III. the hereditary Prussian nobility raised .

family

Blume married Irene Aldefeld (1831–1902) in Wetzlar on October 8, 1851 . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Sophie Franziska (* 1852) ⚭ November 26, 1878 Hermann von Lohr († 1901)
  • Irene Berta (* 1854) ⚭ June 28, 1883 Ernst Fleck († 1884), Prussian President of the Wroclaw Railway Directorate
  • Wilhelm Hermann (1856–1898), imperial district director ⚭ April 13, 1889 Elise Seitz (* 1869)
  • Luise Alwine (* 1860) ⚭ July 23, 1891 Heinrich von Arnim († 1900), Prussian Medical Council
  • Hermann Franz (* 1865), merchant, Prussian first lieutenant in the Landwehr a. D. ⚭ September 19, 1903 Anna Müller (* 1879)
  • Friedrich Karl (* 1872), Prussian major a. D. ⚭ August 23, 1902 Margarete Abel (* 1875)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1919, p. 83.
personal data
SURNAME Blume, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blume, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1889
Place of death Marburg