Karl Adolf von Strotha

Karl Adolf von Strotha (born February 22, 1792 in Frankenstein ; † February 15, 1870 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and minister of war in 1848/50 .

Life

origin

He was the son of Johann Christoph von Strotha († 1806) and his wife Sophie, née von Kessel. His father was a Prussian colonel , commander of the infantry regiment "von Thile" and a knight of the order Pour le Mérite .

Military career

Strotha was employed in mid-August 1805 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Treuenfels" of the Prussian army and took part in the 1806 battle of Jena . During the surrender of Anklam , he was briefly taken prisoner by the French . After the Peace of Tilsit, Strotha remained in the reduced army and in 1809 joined the Silesian Artillery Brigade as an ensign . On April 25, 1811 he advanced to secondary lieutenant and took part in the battles near Großgörschen , Bautzen , Dresden , Haynau , Kulm , Dohna and Leipzig in 1813/14 during the Wars of Liberation . His achievements were honored with the award of the Iron Cross II. Class, the Russian Order of St. Anna II. Class with Ribbon and the Order of St. Vladimir IV. Class.

In June 1815 Strotha was promoted to prime lieutenant. A year later he became a captain in the Brandenburg Artillery Brigade . He also traveled to various European countries. Between 1827 and 1830 he was an artillery officer from the square in Magdeburg . Then Strotha became a major in the Guard Artillery Brigade and a member of the Artillery Examination Commission. On March 30, 1836, he was assigned to lead the 3rd Artillery Brigade and on January 14, 1837, he was appointed brigadier. In this position he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 30, 1840 and to colonel on April 7, 1842. This was followed by a brief assignment as a brigadier of the 7th Artillery Brigade in Münster from January 21, 1847 to March 2, 1848 . Under awarding of the character as a major general Strotha was appointed on March 2, 1848 commander of Saarlouis appointed. He received the patent for his rank on May 10, 1848.

On November 8, 1848, Strotha became Minister of State and War in the Brandenburg Cabinet and head of the management of the Great Military Orphanage . He was instrumental in the military organization of the counter-revolution. So he had General of the Cavalry Friedrich von Wrangel march into Berlin. Later he organized the fight against the revolutionaries in Dresden , Baden and the suppression of the Palatinate uprising . In 1850 he submitted his resignation because of differences of opinion between King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Behind this were also questions of competence between the king and minister. The king made appointments without the ministerial countersignature that is common in other ministries.

Strotha was promoted to lieutenant general in the army on May 27, 1850, relieved of his position as minister of state and war. On September 26, 1850, he was appointed inspector of the 2nd Artillery Inspection and at the same time he also acted as President of the Artillery Examination Commission from September 29, 1850 , before he retired on February 18, 1854 with the statutory pension .

Strotha was a member of the first chamber of the Prussian Landtag in 1849 and 1850 and a member of the Erfurt Union Parliament in 1850 .

As an author of military history, Strotha wrote a number of writings.

family

Since Strotha was not married and was the last of his sex, at his request by Prince Regent Wilhelm I with AKO on March 7, 1860, the nobility diploma was transferred to his natural children Karl Adolf Schneider and his sister Karoline Marie Emilie, married Simon.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 177-179, no. 1803.
• Bernhard von Poten :  Strotha, Adolf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 627-629.
• Bärbel Holtz (edit.): The minutes of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 4 / II. (1848–1858), Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11825-4 , ( Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New series.)

Web links

• Strotha . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 16 . Altenburg 1863, p. 938-939 ( zeno.org ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The correct date of birth can be found in Strotha's left, unpublished memoirs and is also given in: Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 6, p. 177. In older literature the wrong year of birth 1786 is found.