Hermann von Fabeck

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Hermann Wilhelm Alexander Franz von Fabeck (born January 19, 1816 in Berlin , † December 25, 1873 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Carl von Fabeck (1788-1870) and his first wife Amelie Ottilie Charlotte, widowed von Knobloch, née von Massenbach (1786-1832). His brother Gustav August Theodor Robert (1813-1889) was also a Prussian lieutenant general.

Military career

Fabeck visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on August 5, 1833, he was transferred to the Emperor Alexander Grenadier Regiment of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . From 1840 to 1847 Fabeck was adjutant of the 1st battalion. As a prime lieutenant he took part in the suppression of the barricade uprising in Berlin and was then assigned to the school department of the training infantry battalion on May 30, 1848. On June 18, 1850, he was promoted to captain and appointed company commander in the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment. After commanding the 2nd and later the 6th Company, Fabeck became major on January 12, 1858 , and commander of the 2nd Battalion on June 15, 1859. Within the regiment, he commanded the fusilier battalion from August 15, 1861 and became lieutenant colonel two months later .

Under position à la suite of the regiment, Fabeck was ordered to Gotha on May 27, 1864 with the rank and fees of a regimental commander to take over the contingent there. Promoted to colonel on June 18, 1865 , he led the Saxon-Coburg troops in the 1866 campaign in the battle of Langensalza and in the Main Army in the battles near Hundheim and Roßbrunn . After the peace treaty , his achievements were recognized by the award of the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with the ribbon and swords as well as with the Commander of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order .

On October 1, 1867, the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 of the Prussian Army was formed from the previous contingent . Fabeck remained from the post of regimental commander until July 6, 1868 and was then appointed commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade in Neisse with a position à la suite . There he was promoted to major general on July 23, 1868 with a patent from July 3, 1868 . With this brigade Fabeck took part in the encirclement and siege of Paris and the battles at Chevilly and Villejuif during the war against France in 1870/71 . He received the Iron Cross II. Class and the Grand Commander's Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit . Wilhelm I also paid tribute to Fabecks on January 18, 1873 with the award of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring. On February 20, 1873 he was appointed commander of the 21st Division in Frankfurt am Main and promoted to lieutenant general on March 22, 1873. Fabeck died in this position on December 25, 1873.

family

Fabeck had married Ernestine Wilhelmine Pauline Berta von dem Borne on September 28, 1848 in Berneuchen (* February 21, 1829, † 1910). The marriage had two children:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 425-426, no. 1625.
  2. ↑ Arnold: List of the officers of the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 including regular troops, from February 18, 1807. Gotha 1900, p. 144.
  3. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses 1905. Sixth year, p.131
personal data
SURNAME Fabeck, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fabeck, Hermann Wilhelm Alexander Franz von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1873
Place of death Frankfurt am Main