Hermann von Wedel (General, 1814)

Hermann Karl von Wedel (born August 3, 1814 in Blankensee , Pyritz district , † July 19, 1896 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of the Prussian Rittmeister a. D. Ernst David Ludwig von Wedel (1757–1827) and his wife Henriette Luise, born von Burghagen (1775–1835) from the Pumptow family. His father was last in the Dragoon Regiment No. 3 and heir on Blankensee.

Military career

He received his education at the grammar school in Stargard in Pomerania . On May 11th, 1831 he joined the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (called Queen) as a cuirassier . By mid-February 1836 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and was commanded to the teaching cadron in 1841/42. In 1844 he was transferred to the 2nd Landwehr Regiment, where he was the cavalry tribe of III. Battalion in Anklam . He became Premier Lieutenant on May 22, 1846 . In 1850 Wedel was assigned to the cavalry tribe of the 1st Battalion in Stettin . On October 2, 1851, he became squadron leader of the 2nd Heavy Landwehr Cavalry Regiment, and on June 14, 1854 he joined the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment as squadron chief . On April 12, 1859 he was awarded the character as a Major and it was on June 14, 1859 patent awarded to his rank. At the same time he rose to the status of regular staff officer until Wedel was aggregated into the regiment on July 25, 1859 . On May 12, 1860, he was transferred as a regular staff officer to the 4th Combined Uhlan Regiment, from which the Litthau Uhlan Regiment (No. 12) emerged at the beginning of July 1860 .

On September 28, 1863 he was appointed commander of the Magdeburg Dragoons Regiment No. 6 and on June 25, 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . During the German War Wedel fought in 1866 in the battles near Oerlenbach, Holzkirchhausen and Roßbrunn as well as in the siege of Würzburg . On September 20, 1866 he became a colonel and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Excellent with swords. On June 9, 1868, he received his parting with inn and the permission to wear his regiment uniform.

For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the war against France , he was put on disposition on July 18, 1870, initially with a pension and as inspector of the replacement squadrons of the III. Army Corps used. On April 4, 1871 Wedel received the character of major general, on July 10, 1871 he was made inactive again.

He died unmarried on July 19, 1896 in Berlin and was buried on July 22, 1896 in the Invaliden Cemetery.

His brigade commander Benno Hann von Weyhern wrote in his assessment of January 1, 1865: “The Lieutenant Colonel von Wedel has achieved extraordinary things in the course of a year. The regiment has risen under his leadership in a way that can hardly be done in such a short time possible. In further training against the other regiments of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel von Wedel, with his seldom solid expertise and zeal, succeeded in raising this so that his regiment is now almost on a par with the others. His influence on the internal order of the regiment, his influence on the officer corps, is to be emphasized. Strictly in service, he is always a well-to-do superior and with his honest, honorable and gallant sense of his subordinates highly respected. The Lieutenant Colonel von Wedel not only fills his position excellently, but is also capable of higher positions with his military and scientific education. "

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 149-150, no. 2796.
• Yearbook of the German nobility . Volume 1, 1896, p. 939.