Julius von Roeder

This article deals with Lieutenant General Julius von Roeder (1808–1889). For the lawyer (1798–1881) see Julius von Röder .

Julius August Heinrich Edwin von Roeder (born January 7, 1808 in Grottkau , † May 28, 1889 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and governor of Mainz fortress .

Life

origin

His parents were the future Prussian major general Heinrich von Roeder (1742–1831) and his second wife Sophie Henriette Christiane, née Trützschler von Falkenstein (1762–1838). Three other brothers Maximilian Eugen (1782–1844), Karl (1787–1856) and Hermann (1797–1857) also became Prussian generals.

Military career

From 1819 Roeder visited the cadet houses of Potsdam and Berlin . On April 8, 1825, he was transferred to the Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment of the Prussian Army in Berlin as a second lieutenant . Roder graduated from the General War School in 1829/32 and was assigned to the topographical office from 1837 to 1839 . As prime lieutenant Roeder was a teacher at the cadet house in Berlin from 1841 to 1846, was promoted to captain on October 12, 1846 and appointed chief of the 6th company of the regiment on April 13, 1847 . During the revolution of 1848 he was a member of the castle guard and took part in the suppression of the barricade uprising .

He took part with the regiment in the Schleswig War and was seriously wounded on April 23, 1850 in the Battle of Schleswig by a shot in the abdomen. Roeder recovered quickly and came back to the front after a few weeks. In 1851 he was promoted to major , in 1852 he was given command of the 1st Battalion. In 1855 he became second in command of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment in Berlin. In 1856 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , in 1858 he was appointed commander of the 5th Jäger Battalion in Görlitz . On February 17, 1859, he was assigned to lead the 10th Infantry Regiment in Posen . With his promotion to colonel , Roeder was appointed regimental commander on May 31, 1859. In July 1860 the association was given a new name. With the renaming, the 1st Silesian Grenadier Regiment (No. 10) in Schweidnitz and Reichenbach (Fusilier Battalion) moved into its new garrison . Under position à la suite of the regiment, Roeder was entrusted with the leadership of the 12th Infantry Brigade on March 10, 1863 and promoted to major general on March 17, 1863 and appointed commander of this brigade .

Roeder took part with his large association in the war against Denmark in 1864 and was also able to distinguish himself on April 18, 1864 in the battle for the Düppeler mill . Then he managed to translate to the island of Alsen . Together with the “Groeben” brigade, he was able to strike the Danish reserves hours after the transfer. For the campaign, Roeder received the Order of Pour le Mérite and the Commander's Cross of the Austrian Imperial Royal. Leopold Order with war decoration. On his return from the campaign, his helmet was adorned with a laurel wreath by Grand Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg . He valued this sign so much that he determined in his will that this wreath should be placed in the coffin with him.

In January 1866 he was appointed inspector of the garrisons of the federal fortresses of Mainz and Rastatt . To mobilize for the war of 1866 he and his staff were placed under the military governor of the Rhine Province and Westphalia. Roeder then received the order to occupy the Duchy of Nassau . From July 22nd to August 6th, 1866 he was in command of Frankfurt am Main . After the war he was appointed governor of the fortress Mainz on September 13th and in this position was promoted to lieutenant general on September 20, 1866. In the following years Roeder received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, as well as the Grand Cross of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous with swords. Since he suffered a lot from the consequences of his severe injury in 1848, Roeder was put on the disposition with the statutory pension on July 2, 1868, when he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern .

family

Roeder married Konstanze Freiin von Medem (1808-1883) in Berlin on October 16, 1838 . The marriage had four children. His only son died during the war against France as Prime Lieutenant of the 1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 46 in the Battle of Sedan .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 139-140, no. 2205.
• Annual reports on change and progress in the military. XVII. Volume, 1890, p. 440.