Leopold Hentschel von Gilgenheimb (General)

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Leopold Heinrich Otto Karl Ritter Hentschel von Gilgenheimb (born December 24, 1845 in Posen , † May 31, 1919 ) was a Prussian infantry general

Life

origin

Leopold was a son of the Prussian Privy Councilor of Justice Josef Hentschel von Gilgenheimb (1803-1860) and his wife Rosalie, née Countess d'Ambly des Ayvelles (1821-1885).

Military career

Gilgenheimb visited the cadet corps and on April 9, 1864 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Pomeranian Hussar Regiment (Blücher Hussar No. 5) of the Prussian Army . Shortly thereafter, on May 12, 1864, he moved from cavalry to infantry with the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 . With this association he took part in the Battle of Skalitz in 1866 during the war against Austria . In the battle of Königgrätz he was temporarily the leader of the 11th company, with which he was able to capture seven enemy guns in the village of Wschestar . For this he received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords.

In 1870/71 Gilgenheimb was used in the war against France in the bombardment of Pfalzburg and in the siege of Paris . From December 1, 1870, he acted as a regimental adjutant and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. When he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on November 18, 1871, he was transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 and he was commanded as adjutant of the 55th Infantry Brigade in Karlsruhe . Upon release from this command, Gilgenheimb was assigned to the General Staff for one year at the end of April 1874 . This command was extended for another year until he was promoted to captain on April 4, 1876 , when he was transferred to the General Staff. This was followed by assignments in the General Staff of the 5th Army Corps and in the 31st Division . From mid-October 1882 to mid-February 1884 Gilgenheimb was chief of the 2nd Company in the 3rd Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 29 and was then transferred back to the General Staff of the Army under transfer to the General Staff of the 16th Division . There he rose to major in April 1884 and came back a year later to the General Staff of the V Army Corps. For one year Gilgenheimb was commander of the 1st battalion in the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13 in Munster , until he became a lieutenant colonel on March 24, 1890, under position à la suite of the great general staff of the army Württemberg to take over the business as chief of the general staff of the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps was commanded. In this capacity he advanced to colonel at the end of January 1893 and on March 27, 1894 was appointed commander of the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13.

As major general he was then from June 16, 1896 to August 17, 1899 commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade in Koblenz . Gilgenheimb was then promoted to Lieutenant General in Stettin and appointed commander of the 3rd Division . Awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class, on the occasion of the Order's festival in 1903 , on January 27, 1903, he received the rank and fees of Commanding General . On April 1, he was appointed commanding general of the XV. Army Corps in Strasbourg and on November 14, 1903 promotion to General of the Infantry. In recognition of his services, Gilgenheimb received the Grand Cross of the Albrechts Order in 1904, the Grand Cross of the Bavarian Military Merit Order in February 1906 and the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring in June 1906. In approval of his resignation request , Gilgenheimb was put up for disposal on January 13, 1910 with the statutory pension .

He was a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle and lived in Stuttgart after his departure.

During the First World War Gilgenheimb was reused and served as the commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the XV. Army Corps deployed.

family

Gilgenheimb married Maria Willert (* 1848) in Breslau on June 12, 1869 . The following children were born from the marriage:

literature

  • Julius von Basse, Karl von Kleinsorgen: Stamm-Liste of the Infantry Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1st Westphalian) No. 13. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart no year, p. 23-24.
  • Gene. the Inf. Leopold Ritter Hentschel v. Gilgenheimb. In: Military weekly paper . No. 6 of January 13, 1910, p. 129.
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadligen houses 1918. Twelfth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1917, pp. 364–365.

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. 77.
  2. ^ From Chorus: History of the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1905, p. 39.
  3. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 149.
personal data
SURNAME Hentschel von Gilgenheimb, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hentschel von Gilgenheimb, Leopold Heinrich Otto Karl Ritter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1919