Louis from Frobel

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Johann Karl Louis von Frobel (born July 11, 1791 in Rausse, Neumarkt district , † February 15, 1862 in Wernigerode ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Louis was a son of the district administrator of the County of Glatz and Herr auf Rausse, Johann Nepomuk von Frobel (1755-1809), and his second wife, Helene Sophie Caroline, née von Rabiel (1768-1820). She was a daughter of Major General Christian Gottlieb Ludwig von Rabiel . The Prussian Lieutenant General Franz von Frobel (1802-1886) was his brother. His sister Charlotte (1795-1859) was married to Major General Friedrich Ludwig von Sell .

Military career

Frobel joined the Prussian Army's "von Braunschweig" infantry regiment as a private corporal in 1805 and took part in the battle of Jena and the defense of Glatz fortress during the Fourth Coalition War. On April 21, 1807, he was a cadet in the III. Battalion of the “von Grawert” infantry regiment and aggregated to the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment at the end of July 1809 . Frobel retired from the army on June 6, 1811.

He returned in 1813, was employed as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the 1st Silesian Infantry Regiment on March 2, 1813 , but was transferred to the 9th Reserve Infantry Regiment on July 20, 1813. During the Wars of Liberation Frobel fought in the battles near Bautzen , Großbeeren and Dennewitz . He also took part in the blockades in Stettin, Wittenberg, Herzogenbusch and Compiegne as well as the storm on Arnhem. In the battle at the Blue Lock in front of Antwerp , he acquired the Iron Cross, 2nd class. On April 10, 1815, he was transferred to the 3rd Rhenish Landwehr Infantry Regiment as Prime Lieutenant .

After the war he was transferred to the 3rd and 4th rifle departments on March 18, 1816 and rose to captain at the end of June 1825 . On July 6, 1833, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Rifle Division and promoted to major on March 9, 1839 . In recognition of his services during his 28-year garrison time, the city of Wetzlar made him an honorary citizen on September 7, 1846 . On August 24, 1848, he was transferred to the 15th Infantry Regiment as battalion commander and on January 16, 1849, he was appointed commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment . In this position Frobel advanced to colonel by mid-January 1851 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern at the end of April 1852 and the Red Eagle Order III in mid-June 1852 . Excellent with a bow. Under awarding of the character as a major general Frobel took his on May 11, 1854 farewell with board . On July 21, 1854, his pension was put up for disposal . He died on February 15, 1862 in Wernigerode and was buried on February 18, 1862 in the Theobaldi cemetery.

In his assessment from the year 1847 it says: “ A moral, highly decent, educated man and a very well informed and just as practically useful officer. It has all the properties to serve the highest service in a higher sphere of activity and is therefore completely suitable for extraordinary further transport. "

family

Frobel married Marianne von Cramer (1793–1847), a daughter of the Imperial Chamber Court assessor Albrecht von Cramer, in Marburg on February 15, 1821 . She was made an honorary citizen of Wetzlar on September 14, 1846 for her charitable services and the founding of the women's association.

The couple had an adopted daughter: Karoline Wilhelmine von Frobel-Reineck (1819–1873). She was the daughter of Princely Isenburg's Privy Councilor Friedrich Christian Ludwig von Reineck and his wife Sophie Caroline Luise von Dalwigk . On July 21, 1849, names and coats of arms were united with the Prussian cabinet order.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In: Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Ritter- u. Noble families. his name is Friedrich Ludwig
  2. ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Wetzlar. on www.wetzlar.de
  3. ↑ Association of the nobility 1849. In: Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian standing elevations and acts of grace. P. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Frobel, Louis of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frobel, Johann Karl Louis von (full name); Frobel, Friedrich Ludwig von (alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Rausse, Neumarkt district
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1862
Place of death Wernigerode