Leo von Beczwarzowsky

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Leo Richard von Beczwarzowsky (born October 19, 1835 in Düsseldorf , † June 4, 1901 in Liegnitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Leo was the son of the Prussian colonel and commander of the rural gendarmerie Wilhelm von Beczwarzowsky (1791-1857) and his wife Emilie, née von Pflugk (1805-1879), widowed Rudloff. His father was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on September 6, 1854 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV . He had six siblings and his brother Walter (1840–1918) also became a Prussian lieutenant general.

Military career

After visiting the cadet corps , Beczwarzowsky was transferred to the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on May 1, 1855, as characterized portepeef ensign. At the beginning of February 1857 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant , was a battalion adjutant from December 1859 to December 1863 and then rose to regimental adjutant. In this position he was promoted to prime lieutenant in mid-February 1864 . On June 25, 1864 Beczwarzowsky was commanded as adjutant of the 30th Infantry Brigade to Cologne and took part in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria as part of the Elbarmee . For his behavior he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords.

After the peace treaty Beczwarzowsky was commanded from February 1867 to October 1869 as an adjutant at the General Command of the V Army Corps in Poznan under General von Steinmetz . In mid-April 1867 he was promoted to captain and on June 14, 1867, while remaining in his position, he was transferred to the 4th Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 67 . With a patent from November 2, 1866, Beczwarzowsky was transferred to the Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment 90 on October 21, 1869 as chief of the 12th Company . With this association he took part in the battles at Orléans , Beaugency and Le Mans as well as the sieges of Metz , Toul and Paris in 1870/71 during the war against France . In December 1870 he was assigned to lead the 2nd Battalion.

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross II. Class Beczwarzowsky was transferred to the Grenadier Regiment "Kronprinz" (1st East Prussian) No. 1 at the end of March 1871 and commanded as adjutant to the General Command of the 1st Army Corps . With promotion to major , he was aggregated into the regiment on July 22, 1871 and sent to the War Ministry in Berlin . In mid-January 1872 he was transferred to Department A of the Department of Disability in the Ministry. On April 16, 1874, when he was appointed battalion commander in the 4th Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment (Prince Carl) No. 118, he returned to service and was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1877 . From September 15, 1880 to January 3, 1881 Beczwarzowsky was initially commanded to represent the inspector of the military penal institutions. Then he was appointed inspector of the military penal institutions under position à la suite of the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 and promoted to colonel in mid-September 1881 . As such, from January 12, 1884 to February 4, 1887, he was in command of Queen Elisabeth's Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 . Subsequently initially charged with the command of the 8th Infantry Brigade in Thorn , Beczwarzowsky was appointed commander of this brigade on March 8, 1887 and promoted to major general . He was given the character of Lieutenant General on May 22, 1889, and was put up for disposal with a pension .

family

He married Katharina von Horn (* 1850), daughter of the Ober-President von Posen Karl von Horn, in Königsberg on June 27, 1871 . The marriage resulted in two daughters:

  • Margarete Doris Emilie (* 1872) ⚭ 1898 Kurt von Grawert (1849–1921), German major general
  • Dora Eveline Katharine (* 1875)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold von Ledebur: Adelslexicon of the Prussian monarchy T – Z. Addendum: A – Z. P. 191.
  2. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907. First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 323.
personal data
SURNAME Beczwarzowsky, Leo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beczwarzowsky, Leo Richard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1901
Place of death Liegnitz