Ludwig Schotten

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Ludwig Conrad Wilhelm Ferdinand Schotten (born March 13, 1853 in Oldenburg , † August 22, 1913 in Strasbourg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and inspector of the 3rd cavalry inspection.

Life

origin

Ludwig was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Hieronymus Schotten (1822-1897) and his wife Friederike, née Hegeler (1830-1906).

Military career

Schotten attended preschool and grammar school in Oldenburg and the cadet house in Bensberg . After the beginning of the war against France , he was transferred to Hofgeismar on August 2, 1870 as a characterized portepeefähnrich of the replacement squadron of the 1st Hessian Hussar Regiment of the Prussian Army . On October 18, 1870 he was transferred to the active regiment in France and in the further course of the war he took part in the battles at Loigny-Poury , Orleans , Beaugency-Cravant and Le Mans as well as the battles at Châteauneuf, Bretoncelles and Alençon .

Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, Schotten advanced to secondary lieutenant after the preliminary peace of Versailles at the end of March 1870 and from October 1874 was commanded for two years for further training at the military riding institute in Hanover . He rose to prime lieutenant in mid-November 1881 and was commanded as deputy adjutant of the 21st Division in 1883 . Insinuation à la suite his regiment took place on 17 October 1883 its commanding as adjutant of the 19th Cavalry Brigade , and on August 14, 1886 Scots was leaving in this position as a captain in the 2nd Rhenish Hussars. 9 displaced . From June 17, 1887 to September 18, 1891 he worked as a squadron chief in the regiment. This was followed by a job as an adjutant at the General Command of the XV. Army Corps in Strasbourg. In this capacity, he was promoted to major on September 14, 1893 . On June 17, 1897, Schotten was transferred to the hussar regiment “Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg” (2nd Hessian) No. 14 to Kassel as a regular staff officer . He was commissioned on May 22, 1900, initially with a position à la suite, to lead the 2nd Rhenish Hussar Regiment in Strasbourg and was appointed regimental commander on August 18, 1900 with the promotion to lieutenant colonel. Schotten was promoted to colonel on January 27, 1903, and on August 1, 1904, he was commissioned with the command of the 7th Cavalry Brigade in Magdeburg , on August 18, 1905, he was appointed commander of this large unit and on April 14, 1907, in this capacity Promoted major general. On March 22, 1910 he was transferred to Saarbrücken as inspector of the 4th Cavalry Inspection . Schotten was promoted to lieutenant general on April 20, 1910 and returned to Strasbourg for the third time in his career on April 3, 1911, when he was appointed inspector of the 3rd Cavalry Inspection. Under the star ceremony for Red Eagle he was Scots on 27 January 1912. II. Class with oak board for disposition made.

He spent his retirement in Strasbourg, where on August 22, 1913 he fell unhappy from his horse during a morning ride near the Kehler Tor and suffered fatal injuries.

family

Schotten married on October 16, 1880 in Frankfurt am Main Georgine Andreae (1856–1923), a daughter of Hermann Victor Andreae (1817–1889). The couple had two daughters:

  • Maria (* 1881) ⚭ March 10, 1911 Johannes Waitz (1866–1958), Prussian major general, director of the Central Department in the War Ministry
  • Pauline (* 1888)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein: History of the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19, former Grand Ducal Oldenburg Cavalry Regiment. Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1899, p. 256.
personal data
SURNAME Schotten, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schotten, Ludwig Conrad Wilhelm Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian Lieutenant General and Inspector of the 3rd Cavalry Inspection
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1913
Place of death Strasbourg