Hermann von Ostrowski

Hermann Alexander Stanislaus von Ostrowski (born December 26, 1816 in Memel , † December 2, 1896 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 17th Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Hermann was a son of the Prussian captain Otto Eduard von Ostrowski (1787-1816) and his wife Elisabeth, née Woitkowski.

Military career

Ostrowski visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . Subsequently, on August 14, 1834, he was transferred to the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a non-commissioned officer and was promoted to secondary lieutenant until mid-February 1837 . From January to June 1840 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Danzig. This was followed by commandments from August 1942 to April 1843 to record the area around Königsberg and in May 1843 the area around Lötzen and in March 1846 the area around Marienburg . On May 11, 1847 Ostrowski was ordered to carry out further topographical surveying by the Great General Staff . During the mobilization he was commanded from December 1, 1850 to February 1, 1851 as a general staff officer to the 1st Infantry Division . From April 1, 1852 to December 1, 1853 Ostrowski was commanded to accept Danzig and the surrounding area. In the meantime he rose on June 22, 1852 with a patent from May 10, 1851 to Prime Lieutenant and was from March 1, 1854 company commander in the 1st Battalion in the 1st Landwehr Regiment. With promotion to captain , he was transferred to the 4th Infantry Regiment on May 9, 1854 . For two years Ostrowski was in command as a company commander in the 1st Battalion in the 4th Landwehr Regiment in Osterode . On December 9th he was appointed company commander and on January 9th, 1864 he was transferred as a major to the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 in Glatz . As commander of the 2nd battalion, Ostrowski took part in the battles near Skalitz and Schweinschädel during the war against Austria . In the battle of Königgrätz he was in the outpost battles at Rykow and the enclosure of Königgrätz on the right bank of the Elbe . For this he received the Crown Order III on September 20, 1866 . Class with swords.

After the war, on July 20, 1867, he became commander of the 1st Battalion in the 2nd Silesian Grenadier Regiment No. 11 in Altona , took over the Fusilier Battalion on March 1, 1868 and rose in this position to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1868 on. Ostrowski was on March 24, 1870 brigadier of the 2nd Gendarmerie Brigade and when mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France on July 18, 1870 commander of the mobile 2nd combined Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment. Left in this position, he was promoted to colonel and transferred to officers from the army on July 26, 1870 . During the war against France, he led his regiment in the sieges of Strasbourg , Schlettstadt and Belfort as well as the battles of Guebersheim, Sulz, Rougemont, Petitmagny , Arcey , L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs , Hérimoncourt , Adelnau and Bosmont . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Ostrowski was appointed commander of the 4th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 54 after the preliminary peace of Versailles on March 20, 1871 . On July 28, 1874, he was ordered to represent the commander of the 17th Infantry Brigade on leave in Glogau and on August 7, 1874, he was assigned the command of this brigade under position à la suite . He was promoted to major general on September 15, 1874 when he was appointed brigade commander. In this position, he was awarded the in September 1875 Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and on January 2, 1877 he was board for disposition made. He died on December 2, 1896 in Wiesbaden.

Colonel von Lyncker wrote in his assessment in 1863: “If I allow myself to warmly recommend Captain von Ostrowski as the oldest captain of the regiment for consideration, it is because I consider it my sacred duty, in the interests of this very capable, particularly capable and already versatile recommended officer to the best of his ability. "

family

Ostrowski married on April 27, 1853 in Danzig Eleonore Ernestine Elise Wegner (1829-1903), a daughter of the businessman Ernst Gottlieb Wegner. The marriage resulted in the children Max (* 1855), Helene (* 1856) and the later Prussian captain Hermann (* 1858).

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 386-388, no. 2660.