Klaus from and to Egloffstein

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Klaus Gottfried Friedrich August Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein (born May 16, 1844 in Weimar ; † December 13, 1933 ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Klaus came from the noble family von Egloffstein . He was the son of the President of the Higher Regional Court in Jena Julius von Egloffstein (1809-1884) and his wife Marie, née Vitzthum von Egersberg (1817-1885). His brothers Heinrich (1845–1914) and Wilhelm (1853–1929) also rose to become generals of the infantry.

Military career

Egloffstein was raised in his parents' house and attended grammar school in Weimar and the Roßleben monastery school . On November 15, 1861 he joined the 1st Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 26 of the Prussian Army as a three-year-old volunteer with the prospect of promotion . By November 1862 he was promoted to second lieutenant and took part in the battles near Beaumont and Sedan as well as the siege of Paris in 1870/71 as prime lieutenant during the war against France . His behavior was confirmed by the award of the Iron Cross II. Class and the Honor Cross III. Class of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern honored with swords.

After the peace agreement , Egloffstein was commanded from November 15, 1873 to July 24, 1874 as an adjutant to the 39th Infantry Brigade in Hanover . Left in this command, he was then transferred to the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 . After being promoted to superfluous captain , Egloffstein was appointed chief of the 11th company in the regiment on December 12, 1874, upon release from his command . On May 15, 1883 he was transferred to the 1st Guards Regiment on foot and promoted to Major on September 8, 1885 . As such, he was from February 5, 1887 to February 15, 1889 battalion commander in the Kurhessischen Fusilier Regiment No. 80 and was then appointed commander of the Jäger battalion "von Neumann" (1st Silesian) No. 5 . In this capacity Egloffstein advanced to lieutenant colonel . Promoted to colonel , he was appointed commander of the 3rd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 50 in Rawitsch on February 17, 1894 . As major general , Egloffstein was from March 22, 1897 to June 8, 1900 in command of the 24th Infantry Brigade in Neisse . He was then commissioned to lead the 17th division and was appointed commander of this large unit in Schwerin on July 9, 1900 , while at the same time being promoted to lieutenant general . Egloffstein handed over the division to his successor Günther von Kirchbach on May 18, 1903 and became governor of Cologne . In this position he was given the character of General of the Infantry on June 22, 1905 . Egloffstein was put up for disposition with the statutory pension on October 2, 1906 in approval of his resignation request. Wilhelm II paid tribute to him on October 25, 1906 for his many years of service by awarding the crown to the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class with oak leaves.

Egloffstein was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 250.
  2. ^ Karl Meyer: History of the Infantry Regiment Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (1st Magdeburgisches) No. 26. 1813-1913. Verlag E. Baensch, Magdeburg 1913, p. 419.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 123 of October 4, 1906, p. 2826.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 132 of October 25, 1906. p. 3053.
personal data
SURNAME Egloffstein, Klaus from and to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egloffstein, Klaus Gottfried Friedrich August Freiherr von und zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1933