Ludwig von Hammerstein-Loxten

Ludwig Wilhelm Adalbert Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten (born September 21, 1839 in Loxten ; † August 25, 1927 there ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the manor owner Hermann von Hammerstein-Loxten († 1876) and his wife Dorothea, née Freiin von Rössing († 1847).

Military career

Hammerstein first visited the cadet corps in Hanover and joined the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Hanover Army on May 1, 1857 . As a Second Lieutenant , he was transferred to the Guard Infantry Regiment on January 9, 1858. There Hammerstein advanced to prime lieutenant in May 1859 , graduated from the military academy in 1860/61 and subsequently acted as regimental adjutant. In this capacity he took part in the battle of Langensalza in 1866 during the war against Prussia .

After the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover , Hammerstein entered Prussian service on March 9, 1867 and was employed in the Leib Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 . With his promotion to captain on March 22, 1868, he was appointed chief of the 1st company . In this capacity Hammerstein took part in the war against France in 1870/71 . He fought at Spichern and was slightly wounded at Vionville . He then took part in the battles at Gravelotte , Beaune-la-Rolande and Orléans . In the battles of III. Army corps at Mazangé was able to prove itself particularly well on January 6, 1871 and received the Iron Cross 1st class. His company suffered heavy losses and he was seriously wounded.

On April 30, 1877, Hammerstein was promoted to major and in February of the following year became a regular staff officer . In the same capacity he came to the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot on April 6, 1880 , acted there from August 1, 1882 to March 21, 1883 as commander of the 2nd battalion and then became commander of the fusilier battalion. As such, promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 10, 1884 , Hammerstein was transferred to the 1st Guards Regiment on foot as a regular staff officer on September 23, 1884 . In the late summer of 1885 he was in command as an observer to the corps maneuvers of the Italian army taking place on the left bank of the Po . On September 1, 1887 there was commissioned Hammerstein with the leadership of Queen Augusta Grenadier Guards Regiment. 4 and appointed him on 14 February 1888 simultaneous promotion to colonel as commander of this association . Under position à la suite of the regiment, Hammerstein was commissioned on June 11, 1890 with the command of the 10th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) . From August 12, 1890 to July 14, 1893 he was a major general in command of this brigade . He was then promoted to lieutenant general and appointed commander of the 13th division in Munster .

On August 25, 1897 Hammerstein was charged with the statutory board for planning and deliver both as head of the country gendarmerie appointed. In this position he kept the active service marks and was continued in the anciennity lists. On January 27, 1898, he was awarded the character of General of the Infantry. In recognition of his many years of service, Wilhelm II awarded Hammerstein the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order in 1902 . In addition, he placed him on December 19, 1903 à la suite of Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4. Hammerstein was released from his position as chief of the rural gendarmerie on August 1, 1904 and appointed governor of the house of invalids . He held this post after the end of the First World War until 1919 and then retired.

family

Hammerstein married Marie von Hinüber (1849-1919) in Hanover on May 16, 1867 . His son Adolf Freiherr von Hammerstein-Loxten emerged from the marriage.

literature

• General of the Infantry Frhr. v. Hammerstein-Loxten. in: Military weekly paper . No. 55, April 30, 1907, pp. 1249-1251.
• List of officers of the Royal Prussian 3rd Guard Regiment on foot. From 1860 to 1910. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1910, pp. 67–68.
• Maximilian Braumüller : History of the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1901, Annex 5, p. 26.
• Eduard Kroll: Officer master list of the Leib Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1. Brandenburgisches) No. 8. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1899, pp. 598-599.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 78 of September 1, 1897, p. 2091.
2. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 31.