Hugo von Pannwitz

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Hugo Eduard von Pannwitz (born September 27, 1820 in Marienwerder , † March 9, 1892 in Ohlau ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Hugo was a son of the Prussian forest master Julius von Pannwitz (1788–1867) and his wife Luise, nee Freiin von Glaubitz (1793–1857), a daughter of Major General Johann Sigismund von Glaubitz .

Military career

After attending the Jacob School in Danzig and the grammar schools in Marienwerder and Oppeln , Pannwitz joined the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a musketeer on April 1, 1838 . With his promotion to Second Lieutenant on June 8, 1841, he was transferred to the 38th Infantry Regiment (6th Reserve Regiment) in Glatz . From April 1845 he was in command of the 6th Combined Reserve Battalion for one year. During the September Revolution, Pannwitz took part in the barricade fighting in Frankfurt am Main in 1848 and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords. From January to mid-June 1849 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Saarn for training purposes and then took part in the battle near Sinsheim with the 1st Company during the suppression of the Baden Revolution . He was seriously wounded and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion . After a hospital stay in Heidelberg , Pannwitz took part in the war against Denmark .

From May 1850 to September 1854 he was adjutant of the Landwehr battalion of his regiment, and in mid-December 1853 he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant . From December 1855 to June 1856 he was assigned to the rifle acceptance commission in Breslau . For on December 19, 1857 Captain transported Pannwitz was ordered on 28 March 1858 as a company commander in the militia battalion of his regiment and on August 5, 1859 company commander appointed. While being promoted to major , Pannwitz was transferred to the staff of the 2nd Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 15 (Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands) on April 3, 1866 and was commander of the Landwehr battalion in Essen for the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the German War . After the war he was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in Minden on October 2, 1866 , that he served as a lieutenant colonel in the war against France at Colombey , Gravelotte , Mercy-le-Haut , Ormancy, Marnay, Byans and Vorges as well in 1870/71 before Metz and Salins. While taking the town of Jussy , Pannwitz was wounded in a house-to-house fight by blowshots on the arm and in the liver area .

Pannwitz was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Cross of Honor II Class of the Lippe House Order with Swords and the Military Merit Medal . After the peace treaty on November 4, 1871, he was transferred to the 1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 6 and on Promoted to colonel January 18, 1872 . On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his regiment, he received the Order of the Red Eagle III on March 27, 1873. Class with swords on rings. In approval of his leave request , he was on 15 June 1875 the character as a major general and board for disposition made. He died on March 9, 1892 in Ohlau.

family

Pannwitz married Anna Chorus (1834-1919) in Breslau on September 25, 1858. The marriage resulted in Johanna (1860–1863), Erwin (1864–1865), Eva (* 1865), Gertrud (* 1869) and three other children.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Necrology. In: Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung. Volume 44, 1868, p. 116 f.
  2. ↑ G. Dreising: History of the Fusilier Regiment General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke (Silesian) No. 38. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1897, p. 78.
  3. ^ Alfred Cramer : Officer master list of the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, pp. 266–267.
personal data
SURNAME Pannwitz, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pannwitz, Hugo Eduard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienwerder
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1892
Place of death Ohlau