Hermann von Dörnberg

Hermann Wilhelm Karl Georg Freiherr von Dörnberg (born November 2, 1828 in Arnsberg , † April 3, 1893 in Kassel ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of Oberforstmeister Karl von Dörnberg (1796–1873) and his wife Emma, ​​née von Rohr (1802–1877). His brother Ferdinand (1833-1902) also rose to lieutenant general.

Military career

Dörnberg attended the high school in Siegen , the grammar school in Potsdam and the cadet house in Berlin . He was then employed on May 27, 1845 as a second lieutenant in the 29th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army . From January 1847 he was first assigned to the 8th Pioneer Department, later to the Guard Pioneer Department. From October 1852 to the end of July 1855, Dörnberg completed the general war school for further training . He then rose to regimental adjutant, was first lieutenant in March 1859 and in early June 1860 he was assigned to the topographic office. With his promotion to captain on February 23, 1861, he was transferred to the General Staff . This was followed by general staff assignments in the VII Army Corps and the 13th Division in Munster . In this position, Dörnberg took part in the battle near Rackebüll and the storm on the Düppeler Schanzen in 1864 during the war against Denmark and was honored for his behavior with the Red Eagle Order IV class with swords.

On June 9, 1864, Dörnberg resumed service and became company commander in the 8th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 64 . In the following year he was promoted to major in the general staff of the combined infantry division in Schleswig under Lieutenant General von Canstein . On January 4, 1866, Dörnberg was again transferred to the General Staff and from there a month later to Trier to the General Staff of the 16th Division . During the war against Austria in 1866 he was able to particularly prove himself at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz and received the Order of the Crown III. Class with swords. After the peace treaty , Dörnberg briefly acted as battalion commander in the Silesian Fusilier Regiment No. 38 , and then on November 6, 1866, he took over the Fusilier Battalion in the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 . In this position he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1868 and was regimental commander for the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France . He led his association in the sieges of Metz , Thionville and Verdun and in the battles at Amiens , Hallue , Bapaume and Saint-Quentin .

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Dörnberg was appointed regimental commander on June 20, 1871 and promoted to colonel on August 18, 1871 . Under position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade on March 11, 1876 and promoted to major general on March 22, 1876 . On September 15, 1877, he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, for his services in the troop leadership. Under ceremony of the Crown II. Class with star and swords was Dörnberg on 11 December 1879 for health reasons at his own request with the statutory board for disposition made.

After his departure, Kaiser Wilhelm II gave him the character of Lieutenant General on September 19, 1891 . He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Dörnberg married on December 7, 1865 in Friedland with Emily Freiin von Dörnberg zu Herzberg (1840-1867). After her untimely death, he married Anna von Wedderkop (1838–1901) in Oldenburg on August 30, 1877 . The daughter Cordelia (* 1879) emerged from this marriage and married Friedrich von Bassewitz in Weimar in 1903 .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 287-289, no. 2885.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses 1886. S. 177-178.