Louis of Colomier

Louis Max Napoleon Colomier , von Colomier since 1864 (born March 30, 1809 in Versailles , † April 6, 1886 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer and general who served in the artillery from 1827 to 1872 .

life and work

Colomier was the son of the French major Louis Colomier (* 1774, died 1810 in Logroño as adjutant of the Dragons de la Garde impériale in the Spanish campaign ) and his wife Luise Sophie, née Krumm from Berlin (1778-1847). After the death of her husband, the widowed Luise Colomier and her son moved back to their home in Berlin , apartments can be found there from 1818. Louis attended high school in Berlin.

Colomier joined the Guard Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army as a gunner on October 1, 1827 and graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School in 1828/30 . In June 1830 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and from 1839 served as a department adjutant. In this position promoted to Prime Lieutenant in mid-March 1842 , Colomier became adjutant at the 2nd artillery inspection at the end of February 1843 . On March 16, 1848, when he was promoted to captain , he was transferred to the adjutantage.

On May 3, 1849 Colomier married Johanna Amalie Conrad (1825–1913), daughter of the city elder and railway director Johann Heinrich Conrad, in the Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin . The Colomier couple had three children, two of whom died young. The daughter, Marie Luise Alexandrine von Colomier (1866-1924), who in 1886 married the captain Theodor von Alten (born January 21, 1853), grew up.

On August 21, 1852, Colomier was transferred from the adjutant to the 6th Artillery Regiment. Colomier was promoted to major in October 1853 and made artillery officer from Fort Gdansk Square . 1856 commanded Colomier the Train of III. Army Corps . In 1857 he was transferred to the 5th Artillery Regiment, and in the same year to the Guard Artillery Regiment. Colomier was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1859 and was given the position of commander of the 3rd Artillery Regiment. In 1861 he was promoted to colonel .

From December 15, 1863 Colomier was leader of the artillery of the combined army corps in the war against Denmark . In this function he led the Prussian field artillery in the battle of Missunde and led the entire Prussian-Austrian artillery during the siege and storm of the Düppeler Schanzen as well as the transition to Alsen . For the successful storming of the Düppeler Schanzen, which took place according to Colomier's plan of attack, he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite , preferably promoted to major general and raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on the occasion of the victorious invasion of the troops in Berlin on December 7, 1864 .

Colomier was now commander of the Guards Artillery Brigade and at the same time acted as a member of the General Artillery Committee and the Examination Commission for Prime Lieutenant of the Artillery. During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against Austria Colomier became the commander of the artillery of the Guard Corps and took part in the fighting at Thrush , Queen's Court and Königgrätz .

In 1867 there was another promotion to lieutenant general , from 1868 as inspector of the 1st artillery inspection. From July 18, 1870 Colomier was commander of the artillery at the high command of the 2nd Army in the Franco-Prussian War , from May 1871 then inspector of the 4th artillery inspection. Due to a kidney disease Colomier was on 23 January 1872 awarding of the character as General of Infantry with the statutory board for disposition made. After his departure, he received the Iron Cross 1st Class and on June 11, 1879 the Red Eagle Order 1st Class with oak leaves and swords on the ring.

In Berlin-Zehlendorf , Colomierstrasse, built between 1880 and 1882, was named after him in the villa district Colonie Alsen . The villa district was founded by Colomier's brother-in-law Wilhelm Conrad . The name of the Alsen Colony - after the island from the war against Denmark - is said to go back to Colomier's suggestion.

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Beutner: The Royal Prussian Guard Artillery. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1889/94 (Appendix VII, entry 174: v. Colomier, Louis Max Napoleon , p. 83).

Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 313-315, no. 2316.

Marcelli Janecki (Red.): Handbook of the Prussian Nobility , Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892, p. 90 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Handbook of the Prussian Nobility , Volume 1.ES Mittler, Berlin 1892, p. 89.
↑ v. Colomier, L., Verw. Majoress . In: CFW Wegener: General names and housing gazette , 1818, p. 56. “Kleine Wallstraße No. 9” (today Schadowstraße). Collomier, W. g. Crooked, French. Maj.-Witt. In: General housing indicator for Berlin, Charlottenburg and surroundings , 1820, p. 67. “Mittelstrasse 30”.
↑ ^a ^b Colomierstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert ).
↑ Year book of the German nobility , Volume 1, 1896, p. 20 .

personal data
SURNAME	Colomier, Louis of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Colomier, Louis Max Napoleon von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian general in the artillery
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Versailles
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1886
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Handbook of the Prussian Nobility , Volume 1.ES Mittler, Berlin 1892, p. 89.

[2] v. Colomier, L., Verw. Majoress . In: CFW Wegener: General names and housing gazette , 1818, p. 56. “Kleine Wallstraße No. 9” (today Schadowstraße). Collomier, W. g. Crooked, French. Maj.-Witt. In: General housing indicator for Berlin, Charlottenburg and surroundings , 1820, p. 67. “Mittelstrasse 30”.

[LuiseLexStr-3] Colomierstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert ).

[4] Year book of the German nobility , Volume 1, 1896, p. 20 .