Karl Ludwig Michael Rautenberg

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Karl Ludwig Michael Rautenberg (born July 24, 1829 in Arnswalde , † May 20, 1896 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

His parents were the accounting officer and a prime lieutenant . D. Michael Rautenberg (1786–1851) and his wife Dorothe Hedwig, née Wellmer (* 1849).

Career

He attended the high school in Kolberg. He then became a cadet in Kulm on September 1, 1843 and a cadet in Berlin on July 3, 1844 . After graduating, he was aggregated as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Artillery Brigade on April 22, 1847 . From October 1, 1847 to July 1, 1849 he was posted to the United Artillery and Engineering School . On October 6, 1849 he was recruited as an artillery officer with a patent on September 15, 1847. He was then posted on November 30, 1851 to lead an artillery command to Swinoujscie . From October 1, 1852 to September 30, 1855 he was Fireworks Lieutenant and was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on July 2, 1857. He was promoted to captain on July 1, 1860 and was appointed battery chief on January 12, 1864 . From there he was posted to the artillery examination commission on October 19, 1865 . In the run-up to the German War , he became chief of the 4th Company on May 15, 1866 and chief of the 2nd 6-pounder battery on May 21, 1866. During the campaign he took part in the battle of Königgrätz . On September 8, 1866, he returned to the Artillery Examination Board. On September 20, 1866, he received the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with swords, for the campaign .

He was true on 22 June 1867 a member of the artillery Examination Board and was added à la suite of Fortress Artillery Regiment. 2. On 13 November 1868 he was leaving his position as a major non-commissioned à la suite of Fortress Artillery Regiment 5, on September 4, 1869, he received his patent dated June 18, 1869.

During the Franco-Prussian War he came to the coastal fortifications on the Elbe and Weser rivers on August 18, 1870, but on November 8, 1870, he became the commander of a fortress detachment in the theater of war. So he found himself at the sieges of Diedenhofen , Montmédy , Mézières and Paris . For this he received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on February 6, 1871 and returned to his peace position on April 18, 1871.

After the war he became head of the experimental department of the artillery examination commission and on January 6, 1874 he was posted to the war ministry. There he was appointed chief of the artillery department on February 18, 1874 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 19, 1874 . He became a colonel on March 22, 1877 and was given the rank of brigade commander on January 14, 1879 and became a member of the General Artillery Committee. On March 27, 1879 he came as a commander in the 4th foot artillery brigade and was placed à la suite of the War Ministry . There he received the Order of the Crown, 2nd Class, on September 23, 1879 . On March 11, 1882, he was put up for disposal with the character of major general with a pension .

He died on May 20, 1896 in Berlin and was buried on May 23, 1896 in the cemetery in Hasenheide.

family

Rautenberg married Auguste Henriette Anna Schoeneberg (* October 28, 1835 - September 13, 1876) in Kolberg on April 19, 1854, a daughter of the businessman August Eduard Schoeneberg and niece of Christian Friedrich Scherenberg . The couple had several children:

  • Marie (* 1855)
  • Ernst August Michael (1856–1943), Prussian general
  • Otto Karl Hermann (1862–1897), captain in field artillery regiment No. 3

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad Staehler: History of the Foot Artillery Regiment No. 15 and its regular troops , Berlin 1877, p. 70.
personal data
SURNAME Rautenberg, Karl Ludwig Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnswalde
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1896
Place of death Berlin