Kraft to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

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Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

Kraft Karl August Eduard Friedrich Prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (born January 2, 1827 in Koschentin , † January 16, 1892 in Dresden ) was a Prussian artillery general and military writer .

Life

Grave of Kraft Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden

origin

Kraft came from the noble house of Hohenlohe- Ingelfingen. His parents were the Prussian Prime Minister Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797–1873) and Luise zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1799–1881). Carl zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1820–1890) and Friedrich Wilhelm zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1826–1895) were his brothers, Alfred zu Erbach-Fürstenau (1813–1874) was his brother-in-law.

Career

He joined the Guard Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army on April 24, 1845 as a second lieutenant and between 1845 and 1846 he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School . On March 18, 1848, during the March Revolution , he took part in the suppression of street fighting in Berlin . In 1849 he was assigned to the artillery examination commission. Between 1850 and 1853 he then attended the General War School and in June 1854 became a prime lieutenant military attaché in Vienna . There he prepared reports on the Austrian army, for which he was later promoted to captain in the general staff . He was also a wing adjutant to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV from 1856 until his death .

Promoted to major in 1858 , he joined Wilhelm I's entourage and witnessed the beginning of the German-Danish War at Friedrich von Wrangel's headquarters as a lieutenant colonel in 1864 . On June 16, 1864, Hohenlohe's activity as a wing adjutant, which he had continued under Wilhelm I, ended, as he was appointed commander of the Guards Artillery Regiment. In 1865 he was promoted to colonel and at the same time came to the general artillery committee. In the German War of 1866 he was used as the commander of the reserve artillery of the Guard Corps and played a major role in the fighting at Königinhof and Königgrätz , where he occupied the heights of Chlum , but was also wounded.

On March 22, 1868 he was promoted to major general and also appointed commander of the Guards Artillery Brigade . At the same time he becomes a member of the artillery examination commission. The Prince took part in the Franco-Prussian War as commander of the artillery of the Guard Corps and was involved in all battles and skirmishes of this corps. In the battles of Saint Privat and Sedan in particular , he was able to influence events and was appointed commander of the entire siege artillery outside Paris on December 23, 1870 . For his achievements he received the order Pour le Mérite on February 18, 1871 .

After his return he was appointed inspector of the 2nd Artillery Inspection on September 21, 1871. In 1872 Lieutenant General Theophil von Podbielski became inspector general of the artillery and enforced the separation into field and fortress or foot artillery . As a member of the General Artillery Committee, Hohenlohe had spoken out against this order.

On January 23, 1873 Hohenlohe was commander of the 12th division in Neisse and on March 22 of that year was promoted to lieutenant general. In 1875 he finally became adjutant general . In 1879 Hohenlohe was recalled by the chairmanship of the General Artillery Committee and put up for disposition on November 28, 1879 . He now moved his residence to Dresden.

In March 1883 he was awarded the character as General of Infantry and five years later Adjutant to Emperor Frederick III . Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded Hohenlohe the title of General of the Artillery in 1889.

Hohenlohe used peacetime and his retirement in Dresden to write down his notes. He used his war experience for the training of his regiment and also for the artillery of the entire army by means of printed lectures and by processing service regulations and reports.

family

In 1880 Hohenlohe entered into a morganatic marriage with Luise Thiem, who was given the name of a woman from Lobenhausen by diploma on September 19, 1880 . The marriage remained childless, although the couple had an adopted daughter.

Fonts

literature

Web links

Commons : Prinz Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical paperback . 106th year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1869, p. 722 ; 108th year, 1871, pp. 133-134.
personal data
SURNAME Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, power too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, force Karl August Prince to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the artillery, military writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Koschent
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1892
Place of death Dresden