Karl von Kraewel (General, 1814)

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Karl Christian Ferdinand von Kraewel (1814-1891)

Karl Christian Ferdinand von Kraewel (born January 22, 1814 in Neisse , † September 20, 1891 in Friedrichshagen ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Karl was a son of the artillery officer Friedrich von Kraewel (1776-1841), who was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on May 13, 1826, and his first wife Karoline, née Woltersdorf (1784-1848). The marriage was divorced on December 15, 1814.

Life

Kraewel visited the Berlin cadet house and then joined the Guard Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army on August 10, 1831 as an aggregated second lieutenant . For further training, he completed the United Artillery and Engineering School from October 1831 to July 1833 and was placed over the budget at the end of December 1833. From 1839 to 1841 he worked as a brigade adjutant and in mid-December 1843 he was promoted to prime lieutenant .

When barricades were being erected in Berlin during the March Revolution , Kraewel rode from his apartment to the barracks on March 18, 1848. At the Oranienburger Tor he was stopped at a barricade, but was let through when he was told that he had to start his service. In the barracks he was ordered to fetch ammunition, which was stored in front of the gate. He then drove four cars uncovered towards the barracks when the train was stopped. A stone was thrown from the crowd, which hit Kraewel in the mouth, causing him to fall from his horse. The guard at the barracks noticed the incident and fired a cannon in the direction of the crowd, which then broke apart. The injured Kraewel and the convoy were taken to the barracks. The stone had knocked out most of his teeth and injured his upper and lower jaw. He first returned to his apartment, but then wanted to go back to the barracks. When he went out into the street, a crowd was about to pounce on him. A drawing teacher living in his house calmed the crowd and sent him back to bed, where a doctor would take care of Kraewel afterwards.

On September 11, 1849, he was transferred to the 6th Artillery Brigade , where he was promoted to captain and battery chief at the end of February 1850 . On January 22, 1852 he was transferred back to the Guards Artillery Regiment and at the end of May 1852 he was commanded as an adjutant to the General Inspectorate of Artillery under position à la suite . From September 16, 1852 Kraewel acted as the personal adjutant of Prince Adalbert of Prussia and was reassigned to the Guard Artillery Regiment on October 12, 1854, with a patent from November 10, 1849. On December 1, 1854, he received the Knight's Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig and on June 3, 1856, he was aggregated as a major without a patent of the adjutantage. With the patent of his ranks in mid-March 1857 he was employed as a department commander in the 5th Artillery Regiment in Sagan . In this position, Kraewel advanced to colonel by the end of March 1863 , and when he left the city he was given honorary citizenship . He then took up his command as commander of the Brandenburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 3 in Berlin on June 25, 1864 .

During the war against Denmark Kraewel was entrusted with the command of the mobile combined field artillery regiment. After the demobilization he returned to his peace position and from the end of October was also active as a voting member of the General Artillery Committee. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was transferred to Posen on May 19, 1866 as commander of the 5th Artillery Brigade . During the war against Austria , Kraewel led the artillery of the V Army Corps under General von Steinmetz in the battles near Nachod , Skalitz , Schweinschädel , Gradlitz and Königgrätz . For his work he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, and was promoted to Major General on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 . Awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords, Kraewel said goodbye to his pension on October 16, 1869 at his own request .

He buys the Glowno estate near Posen and wanted to spend his old age there. For financial reasons he had to sell this property again.

For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , Kraewel was re-used as commander of the Poznan fortress and received the Crown Order II class after the peace treaty .

He died on September 20, 1891 in Friedrichshagen near Berlin.

family

Kraewel married on November 8, 1850 in Ratibor, Maria Countess Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche and Camminetz (1826-1907). The couple had several children:

  • Elisabeth (* 1851) ⚭ Franz Rudolf Karl von Struensee (1834–1888), Prussian major general and son of Gustav von Struensee
  • Christian (* 1853), teacher at the Marieneingenieurschule ⚭ Emilie Fahrenholz (* 1864)
  • Anna (* 1855)
  • Karl (1858–1921), Prussian major general ⚭ Gertrud Fränkel (* 1861)
  • Richard (1861–1943), Prussian general of the infantry ⚭ 1886 Magarethe Stenzler (1864–1940)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907. First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 759.
personal data
SURNAME Kraewel, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kraewel, Karl Christian Ferdinand von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1891
Place of death Friedrichshagen