Karl von Graberg

Karl Gustav Adolf Ferdinand Graberg , von Graberg since 1861 , (born November 5, 1806 in Erfurt , † July 8, 1866 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Karl was the son of Alexander Bernhard Christian Graberg († 1823) and his wife Katharina Anna Theresia Eleonore, born von Marquier.

Military career

Graberg attended grammar school in his hometown and joined the 3rd Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army as a gunner on October 11, 1823 . As Portepeefähnrich he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School for further training in 1826/28 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on March 30, 1830 . With a patent from March 16, 1830 Graberg was from November 4, 1833 as an adjutant in the 4th Artillery Brigade and on October 14, 1841 was promoted to prime lieutenant . With his promotion to captainGraberg was appointed chief of the 4th foot company in the 7th artillery brigade in Munster on February 13, 1847 . On October 10, 1848 he was aggregated into the brigade and commanded Graberg as an adjutant at the General Inspectorate of Artillery . This was followed by his transfer to the adjutantage on November 6, 1850 and promotion to major on February 10, 1853 .

On June 27, 1854, Graberg was appointed first adjutant to the General Inspectorate of the Artillery under position à la suite of the Guards Artillery Regiment . At the same time he acted from July 25, 1854 as a member of the Higher Military Study Commission and was transferred to the artillery department of the War Ministry on November 15, 1855 . Here sidewalk Graberg on 26 February 1857 Section Chief and was in this capacity on April 9, 1857 Lieutenant Colonel and on 31 May 1859 Colonel promoted. His achievements found through the award of the Red Eagle Order III. Class with ribbons and the commander II. Class of the Guelph order and the order of the Zähringer lion his expression. From October 1, 1860 to June 24, 1864 Graberg worked as a brigadier of the 7th Artillery Brigade.

In recognition of his many years of service , King Wilhelm I raised Graberg to the hereditary Prussian nobility on October 10, 1861 . He was entrusted with the Commander of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown by the Bavarian King Maximilian II . On the occasion of the war against Denmark Graberg was active in 1864 in the battle near Fredericia , in the siege and assault on the Düppeler Schanzen as well as in the transition to Alsen . For this, Graberg was awarded the Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords, and the Commander's Cross of the Austrian Imperial and Royal . Leopold Order awarded war decoration.

With the formation of the 7th Artillery Brigade in Münster, Graberg was promoted to major general on June 25, 1864 and appointed commander of this large unit . On April 18, 1865, he gave command to a successor to Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Decker (1815–1872) and was appointed inspector of the 2nd artillery inspection in Berlin. From June 5, 1865, Graberg was also President of the Examination Commission for Premier Lieutenant of the Artillery, until he was finally put up for disposal on May 19, 1866 with the statutory pension .

After his death on July 12, 1866, he was buried in the Matthäifriedhof in Berlin.

family

Graberg married Friederike Rambeau (1810-1836) on January 14, 1834 in Erfurt . After her untimely death he was married on August 1, 1839 in Caveritz Heldwig Amalie Stuck (1817–1871). The first marriage was childless; the second gave birth to the following children:

• Bernhard Gustav Alexander (* 1840), Prussian captain
• Hermann Karl Wilhelm (1842–1926), Prussian general of the infantry
• Karl Albert (* 1843), Prussian major
• Karl Alexander (* 1848)
• Alwine Hedwig (* 1849)
• Karl Ferdinand (* 1850), Prussian second lieutenant and merchant
• Karl Wilhelm (1851–1870), last Prussian second lieutenant
• Elise Margarete (* 1855)
• Elise Pauline Sophie (* 1857) ∞ Otto von Emmich , Prussian general of the infantry

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 307-308, no. 2310.