Hugo von Block

Hugo von Block (born July 28, 1818 in Berlin , † July 10, 1897 in Herischdorf ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

Hugo was the son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block (1781-1839) and his wife Karoline, born von Ahlimb (1781-1823).

Block visited the Berlin cadet school and was on August 5, 1837 Portepeefähnrich the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army transferred. By the end of April 1838 he was promoted to aggregate second lieutenant , only to be assigned to the regiment in mid-April 1840. From April 1842 he was in command of the combined Guard Reserve Battalion for one year. During the March Revolution , Block took part in the suppression of the barricade uprising in Berlin in 1848 . By the end of June 1852 he was promoted to captain and was appointed company commander on November 1, 1854 and chief of the Leibcompanie on December 30, 1856. On March 10, 1858, he received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class. During the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War , Block was entrusted with the command of the reserve battalion of the 1st Guard Infantry Brigade in June / July 1859 . As a lieutenant colonel he took part in the battle of Königgrätz during the war against Austria in 1866 and received the Order of the Crown III on September 20, 1866 . Class with swords.

After the peace treaty , Block was transferred to Göttingen on October 13, 1866 as commander of the 7th Westphalian Infantry Regiment and promoted to colonel in this position at the end of the month . He led this regiment in the war against France in 1870/71 in the battles at Vionville , Gravelotte and Noisseville , the battles at Ladonchamps, Joigny, Ladon and the siege of Metz . In the battle of Beaune-la-Rolande he was wounded and awarded the Iron Cross II. Class under position à la suite on May 9, 1871, appointed Commandant of Thonville . Block was christened on 18 August 1871 the character as a major general and was on 18 October 1871 board for disposition made. He died on July 10, 1897 in Herischdorf.

Block married Luise von Bülow (1827-1894) on May 14, 1845 in Berlin . The couple had several children:

Amalie (1846–1893) ⚭ 1862 Count Max von Voss-Dölzig (1837–1922), Lord of Stavenow
Karl Friedrich (* 1848), Prussian lieutenant colonel ⚭ Leopoldine Weyrich
Max (1854–1939), Prussian major general ⚭ 1881 Martha Bier (* 1863)
Karl (* 1850), farmer
Hugo (1852–1870), Prussian ensign
Freya (* 1856)
Luise (* 1862) ⚭ 1895 Count Max von Voss-Dölzig

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 291-292, no. 2608.

Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1911. Fifth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1910, p. 72 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Block, Hugo von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general and lastly in command of Thonville
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1897
Place of death	Herischdorf