Ludwig von Cranach

Ludwig Otto Lucas von Cranach (born August 7, 1818 in Craazen, Soldin district ; † September 15, 1894 in Teltow ) was a Prussian infantry general and chief of the 8th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 57 .

Life

origin

Ludwig was a son of Wilhelm von Cranach (1789–1834) and his wife Klara, born von Sander (1797–1883). His father was a Prussian captain a. D. , dike captain and heir on Nieder-Lindenbusch.

Military career

Cranach visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on August 12, 1835, he was transferred to the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . For further training he completed the general war school for three years from mid-October 1844 and was commanded from February 1848 to the end of November 1850 as adjutant of the 2nd battalion in the 21st Landwehr Regiment to Stolp . In this capacity, Cranach rose to the position of Premier Lieutenant and was again in command of the 2nd Battalion in the 21st Landwehr Regiment from March 27, 1851 to March 31, 1855. As a captain, he was appointed company commander in his main regiment on November 15, 1855, and from August 13, 1859 to May 7, 1860, he was once again active as a company commander in the 21st Landwehr Regiment. This was followed by his command as a company commander in the 21st Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 8th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 61 was formed on July 1, 1860 . Cranach was chief of the 7th Company before him on September 14, 1860 was promoted to Major in the first Rhenish Infantry Regiment. 25 replied. On January 16, 1862, he received the command of the 2nd Battalion and on October 20, 1864 he took over the Fusilier Battalion. As a lieutenant colonel , Cranach led his battalion during the German war in the Main campaign in the battles near Roßbrunn and Uettingen and the bombardment of Würzburg . At Waldaschach he succeeded in throwing superior enemy forces over the Saale and taking the place with minor losses of his own . For this, on September 20, 1866, he was awarded the highest Prussian honor for bravery, the Order Pour le Mérite .

After the peace agreement, he was transferred to the Guard Fusilier Regiment on October 30, 1866 . Insinuation à la suite on September 25, 1867, first with the leadership of the 8th Westphalian Infantry Regiment. 57 and with promotion to commissioned one Cranach Colonel , he was on 22 March 1868 Commander of this association appointed. In the war against France in 1870/71 he took part in the battles near Vionville , Gravelotte , Beaune-la-Rolande , Vendôme , Bellevue, Tapes, Joigny , Juranville , Beaugency , Château Serqueux, Mounaie, Villeporcher , Saint Amand , Château-Renault and Tours part and temporarily led the 38th Infantry Brigade on behalf of the sick commander . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , Cranach received the oak leaves for the order Pour le Mérite.

After the war, on February 27, 1872, he was initially entrusted with the command of the 62nd Infantry Brigade in Strasbourg under position à la suite of his regiment and was appointed commander on April 13, 1872. Cranach was promoted to major general at the end of March 1873 and was transferred to Cologne as commandant on February 2, 1875 . On April 30, 1877 he was commissioned with the functions of governor of Cologne with an annual salary of 5400 marks. On September 15, 1877, he received the crown medal, second class with a star, and on November 18, 1877, he was promoted to lieutenant general governor of Cologne. Insinuation à la suite of the 8th Westphalian Infantry Regiment. 57 and awarded the Red Eagle , First Class with oak leaves was Cranach on 5 October 1882 board for disposition made.

After his departure, Cranach received the character of General of the Infantry on September 23, 1884 and on August 4, 1885 Kaiser Wilhelm I appointed him chief of the 8th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 57 on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service September 15, 1894 unmarried in Teltow and was buried on September 18, 1874 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

The Cranach grove in the Mülheimer Heide in Cologne-Niehl is named after him.

The Lieutenant General von Thile wrote in his assessment in 1882: “ The Lieutenant General von Cranach is a straight, open and very honorable character, prudent and energetic, at the same time calm and benevolent. In Cologne he earned general respect and admiration. "

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 8, pp. 479-481, No. 2708.
• Genealogical paperback of the knights and Noble families. 1880. Fifth year, Brno 1879, p. 83.