Ludwig von Rohr

Karl Heinrich Christian Ludwig von Rohr (born April 4, 1777 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † June 18, 1855 in Kleve ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

His parents were Karl Gottlob Adolf von Rohr (* 1736) and his wife Marie Eleonore, née Krause. The father was a prime lieutenant a. D. , last in the infantry regiment "von Kleist" and later postmaster in Xanten .

Military career

Rohr entered January 8, 1793 as a private corporal in the infantry regiment "von Manstein" of the Prussian army . In the First Coalition War he took part in the battles near Kaiserslautern , Deidesheim , Edinghofen, Venningen and the Schätzel. With his promotion to Second Lieutenant Rohr was transferred to the newly established infantry regiment "de Courbière" on September 18, 1797 . In 1804 it was used in the "von Brauchitsch" grenadier battalion. During the Fourth Coalition War , Rohr was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on December 10, 1806 and awarded the Pour le Mérite order for his services in the defense of Danzig . He also took part in the battle at Christburg .

After the Peace of Tilsit , the 2nd West Prussian Infantry Regiment was formed from his previous regiment , in which he was promoted to staff captain in mid-March 1812 . In the same year Rohr took part with the association during the campaign in Courland in the fighting near Dahlenkirchen and Kyopen. During the wars of liberation that followed, he became the commander of the 1st Battalion in the 1st West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 6 and was awarded the Iron Cross Class II and the Order of St. Vladimir IV Class for his work in the Battle of Großgörschen . In the further course of the war Rohr fought near Bautzen , Kulm , Leipzig , Laon , Paris , Leitzkau, Waldau, Nollendorf, Bouvail, Ville de Paris and Charleroi. For Leipzig he was awarded the Iron Cross First Class. In the meantime he rose to captain and company commander on June 26, 1813 and was promoted to major on September 21, 1813 .

Due to the wounds that Rohr had sustained near Ligny, he was no longer fit for duty until spring 1816. On October 2, 1815, he was awarded the oak leaves to the order Pour le Mérite and shortly thereafter promoted to lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1815 with a patent from November 3, 1815 . On May 24, 1816 he was appointed commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment (1st Magdeburg) . In the spring and summer of 1818, Rohr was entrusted with the formation of the 35th Infantry Regiment No. 35 , left in this command . On March 30, 1823 he was promoted to colonel with a patent dated April 14, 1823 . In 1825 he received the service cross . On March 30, 1832, Rohr was appointed commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) . In this capacity he received from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. a gift of 1000 thalers and was promoted to major general on March 30, 1834. His achievements in the command of the troops were honored on January 18, 1836 by the Order of the Red Eagle, Second Class with Oak Leaves. With the character of Lieutenant General Rohr was granted his departure on March 7, 1839 with an annual pension of 2250 thalers. In the summer of 1839 he was sent to Berlin to represent Gustav von Rauch , Minister of War , who was in poor health .

Rohr died unmarried on June 18, 1855 in Kleve.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 195–197, no. 1500.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ His grandfather was the Polish constable sergeant Adam Gottlieb von Rohr, who was married to Johanne Leopoldine von Zedlitz. His father had gone into Prussian service after the Saxons surrendered in Pirna. Compare: History and news of the royal. prussia. Kleist's fusilier regiments. P. 101f.
2. ^ Karl Meyer: History of the Infantry Regiment Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau (1st Magdeburgisches) No. 26. 1813-1913. Baensch Verlag, Magdeburg 1913, p. 107.