Karl von Lotzbeck
Karl Lotzbeck , from 1881 Ritter von Lotzbeck , (born October 14, 1832 in Bayreuth , † January 19, 1907 in Munich ) was a German surgeon in the Bavarian Army.
Life
Lotzbeck was a son of the Latin school professor Johann Lotzbeck and his wife Karoline, née Kaiser from Ansbach .
After attending high school in Bayreuth, he began studying human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . On November 15, 1851 he became a member of the Corps Franconia Munich . When he was inactive , he moved to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen and the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen . In Tübingen he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . After a few years as a surgical assistant doctor , he completed his habilitation.
Since 1859 he was a military doctor in the Bavarian Army , in 1860 he became a battalion doctor and in 1863 a regimental doctor . As such, Lotzbeck worked in hospitals in Schleswig and Holstein during the war against Denmark in 1864 . In the war against Prussia in 1866 he worked as a medical officer in hospitals in Kissingen and Würzburg . During the war against France in 1870/71, Lotzbeck was chief medical officer at a field hospital. He earned special services in the battles at Sedan , Wörth and Orléans . In 1877 he was promoted to general physician 2nd class. In 1881, Lotzbeck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown by King Ludwig II . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility status and he was allowed to call himself "Knight von Lotzbeck" after his entry in the nobility register .
From 1882 he was corps doctor of the 1st Army Corps . In 1883 he was appointed general physician, first class, and on July 15, 1883, general staff physician and head of the military medicine department in the war ministry. Thus standing at the head of the Bavarian medical corps, he received the rank of lieutenant general in 1891 . Two years later, Lotzbeck was awarded the title of Excellence. On the occasion of his farewell in 1895 he received the 1st class of the Order of Merit from St. Michael and was placed à la suite of the medical corps.
Lotzbeck's peace garrison was always Munich. He gave surgery courses for military doctors and headed the surgical department of the military hospital in Müllerstrasse. He also ran an important private practice. He was the personal physician of Arnulf von Bayern and Max Joseph in Bavaria . Since 1861 he was married to Anna Dörrer, daughter of a city court assistant. When he died at the age of 71, he was buried in Bergen (Chiemgau) .
Streets in Mammendorf and Munich's old town are named after Lotzbeck . He was an honorary member of the Bavarian Women's Association of the Red Cross .
Fonts
- Congenital tumors of the posterior sacrum. Munich 1858.
- The fracture of the coronoid process of the ulna. Munich 1865.
- The tracheotomy for gunshot wounds. 1873.
- Health care for the troops of the Bavarian army. 1865.
- About the life, work and importance of Ambroise Paré.
literature
- 200 semesters of Munich francs . [Munich] 1936, pp. 106–108 (No. 206)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d List of members of the Corps Franconia Munich.
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 172/184.
- ↑ Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1906. Verlag R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1906, p. 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lotzbeck, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lotzbeck, Karl Wilhelm Heinrich Ritter von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surgeon, General Staff Doctor in the Bavarian Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1907 |
| Place of death | Munich |