Karl Theodor von Sauer

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Karl Theodor von Sauer (born December 20, 1834 in Innsbruck , † May 19, 1911 in Munich ) was a Bavarian artillery general , treasurer and between 1887 and 1895 governor of the Ingolstadt fortress .

Career

From the cadet corps coming stepped sour after passing Junker course in 1854 as a second lieutenant in the 1st Field Artillery Regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold" the Bavarian army one. From 1859 he worked as a weapon science teacher at the newly established military school in Munich . In 1863 he became an orderly officer of King Maximilian . From 1864 to 1873 he served as a wing adjutant under Ludwig II. From 1876 he commanded the 2nd foot artillery regiment . In 1882 he became major general and commandant of the Germersheim Fortress . In 1887 he took over the business of the fortress governor of Ingolstadt and in the following year he was officially appointed lieutenant general and governor of the Ingolstadt fortress. In this position he received on December 20, 1893 the character of general of the artillery. In approval of his resignation request , Sauer was put up for disposal on April 11, 1895 with a pension . On the occasion of his departure he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit .

On February 28, 1895 he was made an honorary citizen of Ingolstadt and in 1898 an honorary citizen of Germersheim. The Sauerstrasse in Ingolstadt is named after him.

Sauer was also active as an author and published on topics such as weapons theory and tactics of the fortress war.

literature

  • von Voss (ed.): v. Löbell's annual reports on the army and warfare. XXXVIII. Born: 1911, ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1912, p. 449.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sauer, Karl Theodor von. In: Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 16, List of the Dead. Reimer, Berlin 1911.
  2. ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Ingolstadt . Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Reimund Herbst: “Socialist agitators” form an association. In: Donaukurier . June 27, 2003. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Sauer, Karl Theodor von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian general of the artillery
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1911
Place of death Munich