Karl von Gründler

Karl Julius Gründler , von Gründler since 1855 (born December 22, 1819 in Friedberg (Hesse) , † January 22, 1898 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

His parents were quartermaster Christian Gründler († 1836) and his wife Johanette, née Reiber († 1844).

Career

After attending grammar school in Darmstadt , Gründler joined the 1st Infantry Regiment (Leib Guard Regiment) of the Grand Ducal Hessian Army as a musketeer on December 22, 1835 and advanced to lieutenant until the beginning of April 1842 . From February 8, 1843 to December 15, 1847, due to his talent for drawing, he was assigned to the planning chamber of the general quartermaster staff and in between 1846/47 he was assigned to the pioneer company for three months at a time. On August 7, 1848 he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion and in this capacity he took part during the suppression of the Baden Revolutionparticipated in the battles near Freiburg im Breisgau , Ober-Laudenbach , Hemsbach and Weinheim . Gründler was promoted to first lieutenant in early April 1849 and was in command of the War Ministry in Darmstadt from February 1850 to October 1854, and from January 1855 to the general quartermaster staff. Grand Duke Ludwig III. On September 6, 1855 , Gründler raised to hereditary nobility .

In the years 1857/58 he was also a member of the general officer's examination committee. Gründler rose to captain on March 27, 1859 and took part in September 1861 as an observer in the Prussian maneuvers of the VII and VIII Army Corps . During the war against Prussia in 1866 he took part in the battle near Gerchsheim , after the war he became a major at the end of January 1867 and from May 1868 was assigned to the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 in Berlin for six weeks to learn about the rules of the drill to familiarize. After Gründler was promoted to lieutenant colonel in early December 1868 , he became leader of the 1st battalion in the 4th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 30 in Mainz in mid-November 1869 .

After the beginning of the war against France , Gründler was commissioned on September 7, 1870 with the leadership of the 4th Infantry Regiment (Prince Carl) and on September 23, 1870 he was appointed regimental commander. He led his association during the sieges of Strasbourg and Metz as well as at Orléans , Beaugency , Montlivault , Chambord and Vienne.

For his work with the Iron Cross II. Class and the Military Order of Merit awarded, Gründler was after the peace agreement on 10 October 1871 Colonel and 1 January 1872 the course of the military convention in its position in the Association of the Prussian army adopted. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was transferred to Kolberg on February 6, 1873 as commander . On July 21, 1876 Gründler was put up for disposal with the character of major general and pension . On his farewell, he received the Commander's II. Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Infantry Regiment "Prince Carl" (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 118 in mid-January 1891, the Crown Order II. Class . On August 22, 1891, he was granted his retirement pension. He died of stomach cancer on January 22, 1898 in Charlottenburg .

family

Gründler married Frances Maria Baillie (* 1821) in Paignton on October 23, 1855 . The couple had several children:

• Therese (1856–1911) ⚭ 1874 Wilhelm Isenbart (1843–1908), Prussian major general
• Hugo (1858-1865)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , p. 419, no. 2982.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1913. Seventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1912, p. 286.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner (Ed.): J. Siebmachers´s large and general Wappenbuch. Third volume, fourth section: The nobility of the Electorate, Grand Duchy and the Landgraviate of Hesse. Verlag Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1859, p. 11.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 15 of February 15, 1873, p. 129.
3. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume 1, p. 64.