Kurt von Pritzelwitz

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Kurt Karl Wilhelm Gustav von Pritzelwitz (1854–1935)

Kurt Karl Wilhelm Gustav von Pritzelwitz (* 19 December 1854 in Berlin , † 19th February 1935 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian general of the infantry in the First World War .

Life

origin

He came from the old Bohemian noble family von Pritzelwitz and was the son of the later general of the infantry Gustav von Pritzelwitz (1813–1895) and his wife Karoline, born von Wrochem (born October 2, 1821 in Brzesnitz ; † September 9, 1907 in Braunschweig ) .

Military career

On April 28, 1872, Pritzelwitz came from the cadet corps as a second lieutenant in the 1st Guard Regiment on foot of the Prussian Army . After attending the War Academy , he was assigned to the General Staff . Subsequently, Pritzelwitz was a military attaché at the legation in Munich . In 1897 he became a major on duty wing adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a lieutenant colonel he was appointed commander of the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot in 1899 . He was recalled just a year later and he was assigned to Crown Prince Wilhelm as military advisor . From 1903 to 1907 Pritzelwitz was the commander of the 40th Infantry Brigade and in this role meanwhile became major general in 1904 . On October 1, 1907, he took over the 17th Division in Schwerin as Lieutenant General . On September 13, 1911, Pritzelwitz was appointed commanding general of the VI with simultaneous promotion to general of the infantry . Army Corps in Wroclaw .

After the mobilization and the outbreak of World War I, his troops moved to the Western Front . The Silesian VI. Corps was subordinate to the 4th Army when it broke into the Ardennes , but supported the 5th Army attack on Virton . During the Battle of Longwy on August 22nd, it achieved a complete victory over the French colonial corps between Rossignol and Tintigny . The troops of Pritzelwitz went into position warfare during the following fighting in the Champagne near Prunay and Auberive . In 1915 his corps fought in the Artois and proved itself in the autumn battle at La Bassée and Arras . On November 7, 1915, due to age, he gave up his command, was transferred to the officers of the army and put up for disposition on January 12, 1916 under the award of the order Pour le Mérite .

family

Pritzelwitz married Maria von Eickstedt on June 16, 1886 in Gieraltowitz (born October 1, 1868). The couple had several children:

  • Beata Marie Lina Ida (* December 22, 1887) ∞ 1910 (divorced 1920) Johannes von Reibnitz (* October 23, 1882 - † June 25, 1939)
  • Kurt Gustav Hugo Wilhelm Erdmann Hubertus (born November 22, 1891)
  • Hildegard Martha Helene Mathilde (born January 15, 1897)
  • Martha Maria Elisabeth (born December 11, 1897)

Orders and decorations

literature

  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, pp. 160–161.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1906, p.612

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Freiherrliche Häuser A Volume VII, Volume 44 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1969, p. 101.
  2. ^ Freiherr von Bock: list of the officers' corps of the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot June 19, 1813– May 15, 1913. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, p. 257.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. Ed .: Prussian War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 70.
personal data
SURNAME Pritzelwitz, Kurt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pritzelwitz, Kurt Karl Wilhelm Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1935
Place of death Potsdam