Hermann von Lüderitz

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Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Lüderitz (born January 1, 1814 in Orpensdorf , † November 13, 1889 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and politician .

Life

origin

He was the son of Ludolf Friedrich von Lüderitz (born November 10, 1776 in Lüderitz; † July 4, 1843 ibid), captain a. D. and Herr auf Lüderitz, and his wife Dorothea Friederike Johanna, née von Barsewisch , widowed von Kleist (born April 9, 1784 in Vielbaum ; † October 16, 1855 in Lüderitz ). His brother was the later Prussian Lieutenant General Otto Wilhelm Heinrich von Lüderitz (1818-1885).

Military career

Lüderitz attended the cathedral and trade school in Magdeburg and was employed on August 11, 1831 in the 6th cuirassier regiment of the Prussian army . On August 14, 1833 he was promoted to second lieutenant and on May 19, 1846 to prime lieutenant. After various assignments, Lüderitz rose to Rittmeister in June 1852 and became squadron chief in mid-February 1853 . As a major he was active in the regimental staff until mid-May 1860 he was commanded to the combined Guard-Dragoon Regiment, from which the 2nd Guard-Dragoon Regiment was formed. On April 23, 1863, entrusted with the leadership of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment and at the same time given à la suite , Lüderitz was appointed regimental commander on September 22, 1863 with his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel . Promoted to colonel on June 8, 1866 , Lüderitz took part in the battles near Skalitz , Schweinschädel and Königgrätz with his regiment during the war against Austria . For his achievements he received the Order of the Red Eagle III on September 20, 1866. Class with swords.

On June 18, 1869, Lüderitz was appointed commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade under position à la suite of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment, and on January 23, 1870 he was awarded the Order of the Crown, 2nd class. At the beginning of the war against France in 1870, Lüderitz was given command of the 1st Mobile Cavalry Brigade and was promoted to major general shortly afterwards . He led his brigade in the battles at Gravelotte , for which he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, and at Beaune-la-Rolande and in the battles at Vendôme , Monaie, St. Amand, Pias, Villeporches, and Château-Renault . Lüderitz was also involved in the sieges of Metz and Thionville .

Awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class at the end of the war, he became commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade on May 23, 1871. On January 18, 1874, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring, for his long-standing services . On May 15, 1875 Lüderitz was awarded the character as a lieutenant general with board for disposition made.

politics

He was Lüderitz from 1877 to 1889 for the constituency of Magdeburg-Osterburg member of the German Reichstag . He was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

After his death he was transferred from Berlin to Lüderitz and buried there on November 16, 1889. His tombstone, a large blasted granite block , is in the Lüderitzer Heide.

family

Lüderitz had married Bertha Freiin von Puttkamer, widowed von Boehlendorff-Koelpin (born July 18, 1822 in Jassen, † March 10, 1899 in Berlin) in Berlin on May 3, 1863.

He owned the manors Lüderitz and Schernebeck , both in the Stendal district .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , p. 434, no. 2682.
  2. ^ Noble delegates in the Prussian House of Representatives
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1876. Sixth and twentieth year, .577
personal data
SURNAME Lüderitz, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lüderitz, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and German politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Orpensdorf , Stendal district
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1889
Place of death Berlin