Ludwig Wilhelm Löhlein

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Ludwig Wilhelm Löhlein (born March 17, 1837 in Gernsbach , † April 16, 1892 in Karlsruhe ) was a Grand Ducal Councilor of Baden , a prison director and an officer as well as a writer.

Life

Löhlein was born as the son of the mayor of Gernsbach, Friedrich Löhlein. He received his education mainly in Heidelberg , where he first attended the lyceum and then the university . Löhlein studied medicine in Heidelberg and later in Freiburg . During the Crimean War , Löhlein joined the Foreign Legionaries of the English army. After his return he joined the Jäger Battalion of the Baden Army , where he became a lieutenant in 1859 and a first lieutenant after the German War of 1866. At the beginning of the Franco-German War he took command of the 1st Company of the 1st Leibgrenadier Regiment and was involved with his troops in the siege of Strasbourg . On December 18, 1870, Löhlein was wounded in a battle near Nuits and was then captured by the French in a hospital near Dijon . He escaped from captivity via Switzerland and recovered from his injury during a cure in Baden-Baden .

Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Knight's Cross of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit , Löhlein was accepted into the Prussian Army with the regiment after the war . For health reasons he took leave of the military in 1873 as captain with the statutory pension and the right to wear the regimental uniform . He worked as a military writer and journalist. His main work is the text on the campaign of General August von Werder's corps . Löhlein also wrote a number of articles for the first two volumes of the Baden Biographies . He was involved in founding the Badisches Militär-Vereinsblatt. Organ of the Baden Military Association and the papers of the Baden Women's Association of the Red Cross.

Löhlein soon joined the Baden civil service, namely the administration of the male penitentiary , in whose branch office in Kislau Castle he took over the management after training. In 1878 he took over the state prison and the women's penal institution in Bruchsal. In 1881 he was also formally appointed director of these institutions. Löhlein also worked on the city council of Bruchsal . For health reasons, he asked for retirement in 1889, which was granted to him with his promotion to the government council. He then moved from Bruchsal to Karlsruhe, where he was again active as a writer.

Ludwig Wilhelm Löhlein was married to Emilie Löhlein (1848–1920). The marriage resulted in four children: the eldest daughter was Luise Karoline (* 1869), the eldest son the later Vice-Admiral Heinrich Löhlein (1871-1960). The second daughter was called Emilie Therese (* 1872) and the youngest son was Gustav Friedrich (* 1874).

Fonts

  • Campaign 1870–71. The operations of General von Werder's corps according to the files of the General Command presented by Ludwig Löhlein. ES Mittler & Sohn , 1874.
  • A festival for the Nuitstage by Ludwig Capitano. Macklot, 1891.
  • New Baden hymn for the 40th anniversary of the government ... of Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden. Macklot, 1898.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baden biographies. P. 526.
personal data
SURNAME Löhlein, Ludwig Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löhlein, L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden government councilor, prison director and officer as well as writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Gernsbach
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1892
Place of death Karlsruhe