Hermann von Wilczeck

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Hermann Karl Ernst Moritz Freiherr von Wilczeck (born September 1, 1836 in Polkwitz , † October 31, 1901 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Hermann's great-grandfather Matthias Wilczeck was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on October 10, 1769 - and to the rank of baron on March 29, 1787 . He was a son of the Prussian colonel and commander of the 1st Uhlan Regiment Joseph von Wilczeck (1794-1852) and his wife Karoline, née Sethe (1804-1860).

Military career

Wilczeck attended the community school in his hometown and the cadet house in Wahlstatt , which he had to leave at the end of March 1850 at the request of his father. He then graduated from the Realschule in Breslau and the Gymnasium in Militsch . On September 15, 1853, Wilczeck joined the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army and was promoted to second lieutenant until the beginning of February 1856 . As such, he was transferred to the 7th Jäger Battalion in mid-November 1859 and accepted into the Order of St. John in January of the following year . In July 1864 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and in 1866 led a company in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz during the war against Austria . After the war, Wilczeck became a captain and company commander on December 13, 1866 . In this capacity he worked from February 9, 1867 to April 1, 1870 in the newly formed Jäger Battalion No. 10 . He was then transferred to the Guard Jäger battalion as a company commander . After the beginning of the war against France, Wilczeck and his company took part in the fighting at Gravelotte , Beaumont and Sedan . During the siege of Paris he was transferred to the 1st Reserve Jäger Battalion on October 20, 1870.

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Wilczeck returned to the Guard Jäger Battalion on March 4, 1871 after the preliminary peace at Versailles . At the end of December 1875 he was transferred to the Guards Fusilier Regiment , where he was promoted to major shortly afterwards and in mid-May 1876 was promoted to regular staff officer . In the late summer of that year he was commanded as an observer to the Russian military maneuvers near Warsaw . From February 10, 1878 to December 10, 1880 Wilczeck acted as commander of the 2nd Battalion and then received command of the Guard Jäger Battalion. In this position he advanced to colonel by mid-September 1886 and was appointed commander of the 4th Guards Regiment on foot on December 4, 1886 . The Crown Prince and later Kaiser Wilhelm II became his brigade commander in 1887. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was commissioned on March 22, 1889, initially with the leadership of the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade and appointed Wilczeck with the promotion to major general commander of this large unit . As lieutenant general he was then from April 18, 1893 commander of the 9th division in Glogau . In this position he was awarded the Knight of St. John in June 1896 and the Order of the Crown, 1st class, in September 1896 .

On January 27, 1897, he took a two-month vacation to restore his health. Since there was no improvement, Wilczeck was released from his command on March 17, 1897 and transferred to the army officers. Wilczeck received the character of General of the Infantry on April 17, 1897 and was appointed Governor of Cologne on April 28, 1897 . Wilhelm II awarded him the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves in mid-June 1898 . With the approval of his resignation request and a gift of grace of 2000 marks , he was put up for disposal on June 16, 1901 with the statutory pension . He died of a stroke in Wiesbaden and was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne.

family

Wilczeck married on November 13, 1865 in Hau with Jacqueline d'Hervaud Bigot de Villandry (1845-1919). The marriage was divorced and he married Agnes Warder (1855-1883) on September 28, 1881 in Flensburg . After her untimely death, Wilczeck married Antonie von Mühlenfels (1844-1892) on July 15, 1890 in Altefähr . Several children emerged from the marriage, including the sons:

  • Jacques (* 1866), Prussian first lieutenant a. D.
  • Ernst (1868–1952), German colonel
  • Kuno (1872–1914), Prussian major, killed near La Bourgonce at the beginning of the First World War

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the Gothaischen Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrliche Häuser , 1937, p. 612 he was born in 1835.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1899, p. 1117.
  3. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 105.
  4. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 286.
personal data
SURNAME Wilczeck, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilczeck, Hermann Karl Ernst Moritz Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Polkwitz
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1901
Place of death Wiesbaden