Julius von Loewenfeld (General, 1838)

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Julius Joseph Adalbert Louis Ulrich Bernhard von Loewenfeld (born September 14, 1838 in Hamm , † June 26, 1916 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Julius came from the old Swabian noble family von Loewenfeld. He was the son of the later Prussian general of the infantry Julius von Loewenfeld (1808-1880) and his wife Karoline, nee Freiin Schilling von Canstatt (1811-1900). The general of the infantry Alfred von Loewenfeld was his brother.

Military career

After the visit of the Cadet Corps , Loewenfeld was transferred to the 1st Guard Regiment on foot of the Prussian Army on May 2, 1857 . During the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War he was with the replacement battalion of the 1st Guard Infantry Brigade and was then commanded from December 1859 to July 1860 to the 2nd Battalion in the 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment in Stettin . This was followed by a command to the 1st Combined Guards Infanetrie Regiment, from which the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot emerged on July 4, 1860 . From September 28, 1862 Loewenfeld acted as a regimental adjutant and took part in this position during the war against Denmark in 1864 in the battles at Satrup and Erritsoe , the enclosure and bombardment of Fredericia and the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen .

At the end of December 1864 Loewenfeld was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and graduated from the War Academy from October 1865 to May 1866 . He then returned to his regiment when mobilizing on the occasion of the war against Austria and led the 2nd company in the battles at Soor and Königinhof . In the battle of Königgrätz , he and his company succeeded in capturing several enemy artillery on the hills northeast of Chlum . For this Loewenfeld was King I. Wilhelm with the Order le Mérite Pour excellent.

After the peace agreement, Loewenfeld was promoted to captain at the end of October 1866 and transferred as a company commander to Infantry Regiment No. 81 in Mainz . He led his 12th company in the war against France in 1870 in the sieges of Metz , Thionville and Longwy and in the battles at Noisseville and Bellevue . Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, he was adjutant to the governor of the fortress of Metz from November 8, 1870 to June 23, 1871 . This position was held by his father. Subsequently Loewenfeld became chief of the 1st company in the 3rd Guards Grenadier Regiment Queen Elisabeth , rose to major in mid-July 1875 and transferred to regimental staff in May 1876. On September 30, 1876 he was appointed commander of the 1st battalion. After his promotion to lieutenant colonel , Loewenfeld returned to the regimental staff in mid-November 1883 before he was transferred to the army officers on July 6, 1886 with the character of a colonel and his previous uniform. On November 13, 1886, he was given a patent for his rank à la suite of his regiment and appointed commandant of Torgau . In this capacity Loewenfeld was awarded the Order of the Crown II. Class as well as on 27 January 1890, as a major general character until May 20, 1893 Board for disposition was made.

Loewenfeld was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

In 1875 he married Elisabeth von Witzleben (* 1854), daughter of Major Albrecht von Witzleben, in Naumburg . The couple had several children:

  • Albrecht Karl Julius (born March 10, 1876), Lieutenant Colonel
  • Hans Ludwig Julius Karl (1877–1879)
  • Wilhelm ("Wilfried") Friedrich Julius Hans (* September 25, 1879; † July 5, 1946), Vice Admiral ∞ 1927 Countess Dorothee von Bismarck-Schönhausen (* December 9, 1892; † July 14, 1975)
  • Julius Rupertus Edwin Alexander (born August 3, 1881), pastor ∞ 1909 Johanna Helene Auguste Elisabeth Burckhardt (born September 13, 1887)
  • Heinrich Günther Karl Julius (December 19, 1895 - July 15, 1918), favored by Dormans

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , p. 292, no. 2305.
  2. ↑ Hugo von Kathen : The 3rd Guard Regiment on foot. 1860-1890. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1891, annex, p. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Loewenfeld, Julius von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Julius Joseph Adalbert Louis Ulrich Bernhard von Loewenfeld (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamm
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1916
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)