Karl von der Groeben (General, 1788)

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Karl von der Groeben (born September 17, 1788 in Schrengen ; † July 13, 1876 at Gut Neudörfchen near Marienwerder ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

His parents were Ernst Wolfgang Albrecht von der Groeben (1740-1818) and his wife Albertine Luise Ernestine, née von Ostau (1756-1812). She was a daughter of Albrecht Siegmund von Ostau (1717–1777). His grandfather Johann Georg von der Groeben (1709–1777) was a son of the famous explorer Otto Friedrich von der Groeben .

Military career

Groeben joined the Prussian Army at the age of 18 , then took part in the 1806/07 campaigns in the corps of L'Estocq . In the battles at Kozebrok and Heilsberg he distinguished himself, at that time Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Silesian Uhlan Regiment , that King Friedrich Wilhelm III. awarded the order Pour le Mérite . In the application of his superior Kall from May 15, 1808 it says

“, .... EKM I dare to ask for the order pour le merite for three officers listed below .... 3. Lieutenant Graf vd Groeben, an active, young officer with a lot of head, who praised himself with the night attack at Kozebrok as well as at Heilsberg .... At that moment the officer von Wakenitz was attacked and scattered at the bridge, my field guard who stood clearly behind him was also attacked by infantry and cavalry, I let my horse blow. Lieutenant Graf vd Groeben offered to rush to the aid of the field guard with the first people who arrived .... He attacked the enemy in the dark of night so courageously that he threw everything back over the bridge, knocking many down in the process let ... '. The king then granted the medal plm on July 15, 1809, and Groeben thanked him with a letter dated August 17, 1809 'very submissive'. "

In 1812 he resigned from service - at his own request - and took part in the battles of Lützen and Bautzen as part of the Russian army . In August 1813, Groeben was appointed to the Prussian General Staff as a staff officer and wounded outside Dresden . However, he took part in the battles at Kulm and Leipzig again. In 1814 Groeben was present at the enclosure of Luxembourg , but was seriously wounded again at Gué-à-Trème and promoted to major in July . In 1815 Groeben took part in the battles at Ligny and Waterloo . He was then a lieutenant colonel and transferred to the general command on the Rhine .

In May 1817 Groeben was appointed Chief of Staff of the VI. Army corps transferred to Breslau and promoted to colonel there in 1823 . In the following year he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the II Army Corps . On June 14, 1829, Groeben became the crown prince's first adjutant . With his promotion to major general on March 30, 1834, he was given command of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade . Left in this position, Groeben was again adjutant to the Crown Prince from September 26, 1834. On March 30, 1838, he was initially assigned to lead the 14th Division and finally appointed on September 10, 1840 as the commander of this large unit.

Gut Neudörfchen around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

After Groeben was promoted to lieutenant general in 1842 , he was made adjutant general to the king in 1843 . In March 1848 Groeben temporarily took over command of the VII Army Corps. In June 1849 he and Moritz von Hirschfeld commanded the two improvised Prussian corps sent to Baden to suppress the Palatinate-Baden revolution .

In 1852 Groeben became the commanding general of the VII Army Corps and in June 1853 of the Guard Corps . From 1854 Groeben belonged to the Prussian manor house , where he sympathized with the strictly conservative and ecclesiastical party. On June 1, 1858, Groeben retired from active service, but remained adjutant general to the king and lived on his estate in Neudörfchen in the Marienwerder district in West Prussia .

Groeben published the posthumous works of Carl von Clausewitz .

The address book compiled “using official sources” for Berlin and its suburbs in 1899 states that the Groeben-Ufer in what would later become Berlin-Kreuzberg was named after him; In 2009 it was decided to rename it May-Ayim-Ufer .

family

Groeben married Selma Thusnelda Freiin von Dörnberg (1797–1876) in Hausen on June 8, 1816 , daughter of the Hanoverian Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Dörnberg († 1850). The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Georg Reinhold (1817–1894), Prussian general of the cavalry ⚭ Countess Elisabeth von Münster-Ledenburg (1824–1908)
  • Albrecht Wilhelm (1818–1864), Prussian major ⚭ Countess Mathilde von Kielmansegg (1838–1914)
  • Bernhard Karl Wolfgang (* 1820)
  • Marie (1821-1822)
  • Anna (1822-1834)
  • Rudolf (1824-1835)
  • Siegfried (1825–1892) ⚭ 1859 Hedwig von Krassow (1841–1864)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Walter (1827–1889), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Wilhelm (* 1829)
  • Günther (1832–1900), Prussian Lieutenant General ⚭ Louise von Eschwege (1847–1941), widowed Countess von Wedel

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Lehmann: The knights of the order pour le merite. Volume I. Mittler, Berlin 1913, p. 632/33, No. 608.
  2. ↑ Neudörfchen . ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 210 kB) Drawing by Alexander Duncker , 1857–1883, at the Central and State Library Berlin @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zlb.de
  3. ↑ Gröben-Ufer . In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1899, part 3, p. 213 (also all subsequent years).
personal data
SURNAME Groeben, Karl von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groeben, Karl Graf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Schrengen
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1876
Place of death Gut Neudörfchen, Marienwerder