Hermann von Walther and Croneck

Ernst Alexander Hermann von Walther and Croneck (born March 14, 1801 in Spandau , † December 12, 1893 in Kapatschütz, district of Trebnitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Hermann was a son of the Prussian major in the Invalidenbataillon Vollrath Ehrenfried Hermann von Walther and Croneck (1752-1841) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Sprenger (1781-1865).

Military career

After attending a private school in Berlin, Walther joined the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment of the Prussian Army on October 3, 1816 as a three-year-old volunteer with the prospect of promotion and was promoted to captain and company commander by the end of July 1838 . On March 27, 1847, he was promoted to major and was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion in the 4th Guards Landwehr Regiment in Koblenz . During the suppression of the Baden Revolution , Walther took part in the battles near Wiesenthal, Neudorf and Kuppenheim in 1849 . For that awarded him the Grand Duke Leopold with the Commander's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion from.

Walther was transferred to the Guard Reserve Infantry Regiment on May 11, 1852 and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on March 22, 1853 . On April 27, 1854, he joined the Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment as a commander and rose to colonel in mid-July 1857 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 21st Infantry Brigade on July 7, 1858 . Walther was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class , on February 13, 1858, and promoted to major general on November 22, 1858 . On October 28, 1859 he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus, First Class. On May 13, 1861 he became the commander of the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade and received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. He was put up for disposal on January 3, 1862 with the character of lieutenant general and pension . He died on December 12, 1893 on his Kapatschütz estate near Prausnitz .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , p. 480, no. 2097.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1918. Twelfth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1918, p. 939.
• Paul von Scheven: Officer regular roles and rankings of the Royal Prussian Emperor Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2. 1814–1894. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1894, p. 24.