Kuno Thassilo from Auer

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Kuno Thassilo von Auer (born July 28, 1818 in Königsberg , † December 24, 1895 ibid) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Kuno Thassilo came from the noble family von Auer . He was the son of the later Prussian Major General Kasimir von Auer (1788-1837) and his wife Friederike Leopoldine Ferdinande von Kleist (born October 16, 1792 in Perlin ; † November 17, 1876 in Königsberg).

Military career

Auer attended high school in his hometown and on September 1, 1835, joined the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a musketeer . In 1855 he became a captain and in the following year adjutant to the chief of the general staff . Auer took part in the campaign against Denmark in 1864 and on April 18, 1865, as Lieutenant Colonel, was commander of the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment No. 18 . In the war against Austria Auer fought near Gitschin and Königgrätz . After the end of the war, Auer was promoted to colonel on December 31, 1866 with a patent dated October 30, 1866 and on that date was appointed commander of Grenadier Regiment No. 1 . 1868 in the Prussian War Ministry offset Auer was on 18 August 1868 with board for disposition made to the primogeniture goldsmiths in the district Samland to farm.

During the mobilization on the occasion of the Franco-Prussian War , Auer was appointed deputy commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade on July 18, 1870. From this position he was awarded the Red Eagle Order III on July 27, 1871 . Class delivered with a bow. Auer received on 10 February 1872 the character as a major general and in appreciation of his many years of service on September 9, 1879 the Order of the Crown II. Class with star and swords, as well as on 17 September 1887, the Cross of the Commanders of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern .

As a member of the Conservative Party , he took part in politics. He was involved in the Prussia antiquity society and was head of the Königshalle for many years .

family

Auer was married to Charlotte Viktoria Angela Agnes von Plocki from the Scharnigk family (born January 24, 1831 in Königsberg, † April 22, 1907 in Rudolstadt) since November 7, 1849. She was the daughter of Franz Felix Kajetan von Plocki (* August 30, 1795; † June 7, 1784) and his first wife Charlotte Philippine Maria von Hatten (* April 24, 1801; † November 24, 1831). The couple had the following children:

  • Maria Magdalena (* June 16, 1851) ⚭ 1874 Franz Adolph von Porembsky (* 1841; † 1907), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Georg Kasimir (* May 16, 1855) ⚭ 1884 Gertrude Dorothea Mathilde von Kalkstein (* March 7, 1854)
  • Antonius Dietrich (born October 28, 1860, † 1923), captain in the 3rd East Asian Infantry Regiment, died as a major and was governor of the Knight Academy around 1910
  • Friedrich Wilhelm (born October 18, 1864 in Berlin; † January 3, 1918 near Origny), Prussian major general, most recently commander of the 103rd Division ⚭ Anna Maria Charlotte von Werder (born May 7, 1869)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. Würzburg 2002. ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
  2. ^ Journal for the history and archeology of Warmia. Volume 15. Part 2. P. 766. Pedigree of the Plocki family
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Kuno Thassilo from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1895
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)