Leopold von Dallmer

Hans Theodor Leopold Dallmer , von Dallmer since 1871 (born November 8, 1827 in Braunsberg , † January 10, 1901 in Kötzschenbroda ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Leopold was a son of the Prussian Rittmeister Karl Friedrich Dallmer (1787–1867) and his wife Emilie, née Neumann († 1882).

Military career

Dallmer visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . On July 4, 1844 he was aggregated as Second Lieutenant of the 1st Engineer Inspection of the Prussian Army and a month later transferred to the 2nd Engineer Department. He graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School from October 1844 to June 1846 for further training and subsequently joined the 1st Reserve Engineer Company in Luxembourg . In the years that followed, Dallmer provided service for the 3rd and 1st engineer inspections and for the fortifications in Graudenz , Königsberg and Lötzen . As a prime lieutenant he then graduated from the War Academy for three years, then went to the Fortification Stettin and in May 1859 became captain in command of the 3rd company of the 2nd engineer division. During the mobile relationship on the occasion of the Sardinian War , Dallmer was with the VII Mobile Army Corps . After being used again at the Königsberg fortification, he was transferred to the second engineer inspection on November 9, 1860 and assigned to the Neisse fortification . On May 7, 1861, Dallmer was assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment for six months . After a further extension of six months, Dallmer joined the 7th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 44 on July 2, 1862 as a company commander . In this capacity, Dallmer took part in the battles near Trautenau and Königgrätz during the war against Austria in 1866 and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, fourth class with swords.

After the peace agreement , Dallmer rose to major and in mid-October 1867 was commander of the fusilier battalion. As such, he took part in the battles at Colombey , Noisseville and the siege of Metz in 1870/71 during the war against France . After the fortress fell , he briefly assumed command of the regiment until Dallmer was seriously wounded in the battle of Amiens by a shot through the right elbow joint. He suffered from the consequences of this injury throughout his life.

Distinguished with both classes of the Iron Cross , Dallmer was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the day of the imperial proclamation and on June 16, 1871 by Wilhelm I elevated to the hereditary Prussian nobility . When he was promoted to colonel , he was appointed commander of the 1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 13 in Münster on March 22, 1873 . After he had received the Order of the Crown, Second Class in September 1877 , he was commissioned on March 13, 1879, with the position of his regiment à la suite, to lead the 27th Infantry Brigade in Düsseldorf, and on June 11, 1879, Dallmer was appointed with the promotion to major general to commander of this large formation . With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, he was put up for disposal on July 10, 1880 with the statutory pension .

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Colombey, the Emperor gave him the character of Lieutenant General on August 14, 1895 .

family

Dallmer married Lucie Christiane Delius (* 1841) in Bremen on January 29, 1881. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 175-176, no. 3149.
• Julius von Basse, Karl von Kleinsorgen: Tribe list of the infantry regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1st Westphalian) No. 13. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart no year, p. 20.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1915, p. 182.