Karl von Strantz (General, 1820)

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Karl Theodor von Strantz (born October 25, 1820 in Berlin ; † April 26, 1895 there ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Karl von Strantz (1783–1865) and his wife Sophie Charlotte, née Countess von Wylich and Lottum (1793–1869). His younger brother Friedrich Balzer (1829-1897) also rose to lieutenant general.

Military career

Strantz visited the cadet house in Berlin and was then employed as a second lieutenant in the 1st Cuirassier Regiment of the Prussian Army . For three years from October 1844 he was sent to the General War School for further training , which he graduated with very good results. On the occasion of the suppression of the uprising in Poznan , Strantz took part in the battle near Raszkow in 1848 .

In early November 1849, he as adjutant of the War Minister of Strotha in the war ministry added. Strantz also served his successor von Stockhausen until he was made available to the Chief of the General Staff on January 7, 1852. He was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in June 1852 and on November 1, 1853 he was assigned to the General Staff . Promoted to captain , Strantz came to Magdeburg on May 25, 1854, to join the general staff of the IV Army Corps . This was followed by assignments in the general staff of the 1st Guard Division and as a captain and squadron chief in the 6th Uhlan Regiment . On January 18, 1859, Strantz was reassigned to the General Staff as a major and was active in the General Staff of the 7th Division from October 29, 1859 to March 6, 1863 . Subsequently charged him under position à la suite in the lead of the first Silesian Hussars. 4 in Oława and appointed Stantz on 17 March 1863 was promoted to lieutenant colonel as commander of this association . On April 3, 1866, he returned to the General Staff in Berlin as head of department, was briefly assigned to the government in Schleswig , where he was entrusted with the management of business as chief of the general staff.

Promoted to colonel in this capacity on June 8, 1866 , Strantz was senior quartermaster at the High Command of the Main Army during the German War and took part in the battles at Tauberbischofsheim , Helmstadt , Roßbrunn and the bombardment of the Marienberg fortress . For his work he was awarded the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Honorary Commander Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig . After the end of the war, Strantz resumed his post as head of department in the General Staff, and from the end of September 1866 he was also a member of the study commission of the War Academy. On November 18, 1868, he received the rank and fees of a brigade commander and a year later was appointed commander of the 8th Cavalry Brigade in Erfurt under position à la suite of the General Staff .

During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France initially assigned to the staff of the 5th Cavalry Division under Lieutenant General von Rheinbaben , Strantz advanced to major general on July 26th . After the Battle of Spichern , on August 10, 1870, he became the commander of the 3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade (3rd Reserve Division). He led this large association in the enclosures of Thionville , Mézières , Péronne and Tertry - Pœuilly and in the battle of Saint-Quentin . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Strantz was appointed commander of the newly formed 30th Cavalry Brigade in Metz after the preliminary peace at Versailles on March 20, 1871 , and in April of the same year he was assigned to the international border regulation commission between Germany and France in Brussels . Granted the character of lieutenant general, Strantz was put up for disposal on March 12, 1874 in approval of his resignation petition with the statutory pension .

He died unmarried in Berlin.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 23 of March 18, 1874, p. 212.
personal data
SURNAME Strantz, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strantz, Karl Theodor von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1895
Place of death Berlin