Hermann von Vietinghoff (Lieutenant General)

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Hermann Adolph Richard Conrad Freiherr von Vietinghoff called Scheel (born February 28, 1829 in Schweidnitz , † January 5, 1905 in Görlitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of the Prussian major a. D. Gustav Adolph Freiherr von Vietinghoff called Scheel (* February 2, 1793 in Wensöwen ; † September 16, 1858 in Züllichau ) and his wife Karoline Luise, born von Hederich (* December 30, 1807 in Nimptsch ; † February 23, 1881 in Züllichau).

Military career

After visiting the school in Swidnica Vietinghoff came on 23 March 1841, the cadet in the military academy to Wahlstatt and moved on July 5, 1844 as a cadet to Berlin. On May 2, 1848 he was Portepee- ensign in the 7th Infantry Regiment , where on 30 May 1848 to second lieutenant promoted when he in 1848 in the uprising in Poznan ( March Revolution was used) and at the Battle of Xion took part.

On April 21, 1855 he was transferred to his old cadet institute in Wahlstatt as a teacher with effect from May 1 of that year. On November 6, 1858 he became Premier Lieutenant and in this rank from July 6, 1859 assistant and department head of the cadet institution. From October 13, 1856 he was a captain with a patent from September 20, and on July 31, 1860 he became head of department at the cadet institute in Potsdam under position à la suite of the cadet corps and assigned to the cadet institute in Berlin. On July 23, 1861 he was appointed company commander in the Berlin cadet institute. On May 3, 1866, Vietinghoff was assigned to Grenadier Regiment No. 10 , where he soon took part in the Austro-Prussian War and here in the battle at Zuckmantel and the Battle of Königgrätz .

He was promoted to major on May 1, 1870, and appointed as a regular staff officer at the cadet institute in Berlin. During the Franco-Prussian War , between July 20, 1870 and March 20, 1871, he was 1st adjutant of the governor of Mainz during the mobile relationship . On October 22, 1872 he became a member of the study commission of his old cadet corps in Berlin. From 12 December 1874, he was a battalion - commander of the infantry regiment # 84. Abkommandiert, where he arrived on Jan. 18, 1875 to lieutenant colonel was promoted. As a colonel (from April 18, 1878) he was appointed commander of Infantry Regiment No. 17 on October 17, 1878 .

On April 15, 1884, Vietinghoff was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade. On July 12, 1888, he was given the command of the 21st Division and on August 4, 1888, he was promoted to lieutenant general. On November 14, 1890 Vietinghoff was awarded the Order of the Crown , First Class with board for disposition made.

family

Vietinghoff's first marriage was on July 29, 1854 at Gut Jakobskirch, Glogau district Ida Richter (born August 12, 1829 at Gut Jakobskirch; † January 2, 1872 in Berlin ), the daughter of the landowner Karl August Richter, master of Gut Jakobskirch, and Mathilde Kliem ( adopted writers). The couple had several children:

  • Alfred Alexander Gustav Conrad Guido (born June 29, 1856) ⚭ 1896 Editha von Lekow (born May 7, 1873)
  • Cäcilie (born October 11, 1860)
  • Gustav Adolf Bernhard Georg (* July 8, 1862) ⚭ 1897 Margaerte Foerster (* November 11, 1879)

In his second marriage, on February 8, 1883 in Dresden , Vietinghoff married Margarethe Gehe (* July 3, 1855 in Dresden; † September 30, 1888 there) widow of Erwin von Großmann (* 1852; † 1877), the daughter of the Saxon captain Albert Gehe and Luise Hänel. The couple had several children:

  • Lothar (born November 7, 1884)
  • Irene (born March 6, 1886)
  • Irmgard (born December 22, 1887)

Awards

  • Red Eagle Order IV class with swords on September 20, 1866
  • Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves and swords on January 23, 1887

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1911, fifth year, p.333
personal data
SURNAME Vietinghoff, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vietinghoff, Hermann Freiherr von; Vietinghoff-Scheel, Hermann Freiherr von; Hermann Adolph Richard Conrad Freiherr von Vietinghoff called Scheel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweidnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1905
Place of death Goerlitz