Ludwig Dieterich

Ludwig Joseph Karl Anton Dieterich (born April 20, 1819 in Olpe ; † December 28, 1895 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ludwig was a son of the Prussian lieutenant of the same name in the Landgendarmerie and later salt magazine inspector Ludwig Dieterich († 1852) and his wife Elisabeth, née von Stockhausen († 1867).

Military career

After attending the community school in Kolberg and the grammar school in Berlin, Dieterich joined the Prussian Army's 2nd Pioneer Department as a pioneer on October 3, 1837 . For further training, he completed the United Artillery and Engineering School for three years from October 1838 . In the meantime he was on 4 November 1840 as second lieutenant of the 1st Engineer inspection aggregated after graduating the first pioneer company displaced and einrangiert mid-December 1843rd Dieterich was promoted to department adjutant at the end of April 1844, was ordered to fortify in Danzig on March 24, 1848 , and was appointed adjutant of the 1st Pioneer Inspection on March 21, 1849 . During the campaign against Denmark from April 6 to August 31, 1849 he was adjutant to the staff officer of the engineers at the high command of the German federal troops in Schleswig and Holstein and in this capacity took part in the battle at Düppel . As a prime lieutenant he did fortification service in Danzig again from June 26, 1852. Dieterich was appointed adjutant of the 1st engineer inspection on May 31, 1853 and in this position was promoted to captain on October 1, 1853 , and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords, in January 1857 at the festival of the Order . After several months of assignment to the engineering department, he was appointed head of the 3rd department in the War Ministry on March 22, 1860 and promoted to major on June 1, 1860 . On January 13, 1864, Dieterich returned to the troop service with the transfer to Neisse as commander of the Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 6 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-June 1865 . As such, he led his battalion in the war against Austria in the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866 and received the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with swords.

After the peace agreement Dieterich mid-April 1867 the character as Colonel awarded and a month later his appointment was made to engineer officer of the court in Neisse. On October 17, 1867, with effect from April 18, 1867, he received his patent as colonel and was also appointed inspector of the 2nd Pioneer Inspection in Glogau . During the mobilization for war against France on July 18, 1870 Dieterich was first engineer officer in the Generalgouvernement in the area of ​​the I. , II. , IX. and Xth Army Corps . On April 25, 1871 he returned to his position as inspector of the 2nd Pioneer Inspection. Dieterich received on January 18, 1872 the character of Major General and the Crown Order II. Class. Granted a patent on January 18, 1872, he was promoted to major general on April 12, 1873 and appointed inspector of the 2nd Engineer Inspection. From May 15, 1875 he was also the inspector of the United Artillery and Engineering School. Dieterich was promoted to lieutenant general on March 22, 1877 and was released from his position on November 28, 1882 as president of the engineering corps examination committee. On the occasion of the religious festival he was awarded in January 1883 I. with the Red Eagle Class with oak leaves and swords on rings and on May 15, 1883 Board for disposition made. He died in Berlin on December 28, 1895 and was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof on January 2, 1896.

Colonel von Schweinitz wrote in his assessment in 1865: “A staff officer trained in all branches of the engineering service, as well as in that of the adjutantage and the war ministry, under whose leadership the part of the troops subordinate to him is in excellent condition. With a lively character, chivalrous disposition, full of zeal and love for the profession, he also has an educational and encouraging effect on the officers' corps through instruction and example. Strong in mind and body, he is particularly suitable for field service and especially for the position of 1st engineer officer in the headquarters of a mobile army corps. He can be counted among those excellent officers who know in advance that they are qualified to occupy higher positions in the corps. "

family

Dieterich married Klara Röpell (1829–1908) on May 4, 1848 in Maczkau . She was a daughter of the landowner Friedrich Röpell and after her death was also buried in the Berlin Invalidenfriedhof .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , p. 280, no. 2602.