Ludwig von Petersdorff

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Ludwig Friedrich Albrecht von Petersdorff (born March 19, 1826 in Labes , † October 5, 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 29th division .

Life

origin

Ludwig was the eldest son of the gentleman on Friedrichsfelde Ferdinand von Petersdorff (1801-1840) and his wife Antoine, née von Delitz († 1863).

Military career

After attending the city ​​school in Arnswalde and the grammar school in Stargard , Petersdorff joined the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on July 21, 1843 . He was promoted to Second Lieutenant by the end of August 1846 and took part in the battle at Wreschen in 1848 when the Polish uprising was put down in the province of Posen . From mid-November 1850 to the end of October 1852 he was adjutant of the 1st battalion and from February 1853 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Sömmerda for five months . On June 1, 1855 he was appointed regimental adjutant and on January 8, 1856 he was appointed adjutant of the 8th Infantry Brigade in Erfurt . In this capacity Petersdorff rose to prime lieutenant in mid-February 1859 . Promoted to captain , he was transferred to the 9th Infantry Regiment (Colberg) on November 10, 1859 , and was appointed chief of the 12th Company in mid-December 1860 . During the January uprising in 1863, Petersdorff and his company were deployed to secure the Polish border and received the Order of Saint Anne III for his work . Class. In 1866 he led his company in the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords.

After the war, on March 26, 1867, he was transferred as a major to the General Staff of the 20th Division and on March 22, 1868 to the General Staff . When mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France , Petersdorff joined the General Staff of the II Army Corps on July 18, 1870 and took part in the battles at Gravelotte and Villiers , the siege of Metz and the battles of Salins , Frasne and Pontarlier .

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Petersdorff was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the II Army Corps in Stettin on October 28, 1871 . In this position he rose to the rank of colonel by mid-September 1874 and on September 16, 1879 received the rank and duties of brigade commander. This was followed from July 10, 1880 to November 2, 1885 as a major general and commander of the 27th Infantry Brigade in Düsseldorf . Then Petersdorff was promoted to lieutenant general as commander of the 29th division in Freiburg im Breisgau and was awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, on the occasion of the festival in January 1888. For health reasons he submitted his departure and was put up for disposition on September 19, 1888, with the award of the Order of the Crown, 1st Class with a pension . He died on October 5, 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

General Hann von Weyhern wrote in his assessment on January 1, 1877: “Colonel von Petersdorff, who has been Chief of the General Staff for several years, has proven to be particularly suitable for this position in every respect. Having emerged from practical service, he is completely familiar with it. His intellectual ability, his clear vision, the way in which he knows how to instruct his subordinates, his formative attitude towards his superiors allow him to achieve excellent results, and it is desirable that this officer who is to be recommended for special promotion in his current one Remain in position longer. "

family

Petersdorff married on October 6, 1857 in Prust Ulrike von Wedelstaedt (1834–1914), a daughter of the Lord on Prust Michael von Wedelstaedt (1801–1876). The couple had several children:

  • Anna (* 1858) ⚭ 1878 Paul von Broecker († 1881), Prussian captain, son of General Rudolf von Broecker
  • Michaele (* 1860) ⚭ 1895 Heinrich von Strauch († 1917), Prussian major
  • Hedwig (* 1861)
  • Walter (1863–1914), Prussian colonel and commander of the 4th Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 143 , killed near Saarburg ⚭ 1898 Bertha Eberlin (1873–1925)
  • Margarete (* 1876)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. The nobility born in Germany (primeval nobility). 1917. Eighteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1916, p. 939 f.
personal data
SURNAME Petersdorff, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petersdorff, Ludwig Friedrich Albrecht von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 29th division
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Labes
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1889
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau