Ludwig von Wasserschleben

Karl Christian Ludwig Wasserschleben , since 1858 von Wasserschleben , (born May 4, 1798 in Bialystok , † July 23, 1867 in Warmbrunn ) was a Prussian infantry general and inspector general of the engineer and pioneer corps .

Life

origin

Ludwig was the son of Karl Christian Wasserschleben and his wife Karoline, née Clausen († 1840). His father was a secret councilor in South Prussia and later in Liegnitz .

Military career

Wasserschleben attended the Knights' Academy in Liegnitz and joined the depot company of the Silesian Rifle Battalion of the Prussian Army as a rifleman during the wars of liberation at the end of April 1814 . He briefly graduated from the military school in Breslau and took part in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo as portepeefähnrich during the summer campaign of 1815 . Wasserschleben was wounded near Issy and awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the Second Peace of Paris , he was commanded for further training at the General War School, where he was promoted to secondary lieutenant in April 1816 . In 1818 he was assigned to the topographic office .

Due to his talent for engineering and pioneering at the war school, Wasserschleben was transferred to the engineering corps at the end of July 1820. He was first in the 1st Engineer Brigade and the Guard Pioneer Department and came in September 1823 as an adjutant to inspect the Silesian fortresses. In this function Wasserschleben was transferred to the second lieutenant on October 2, 1824 and on September 29, 1828, while leaving his position for the second engineer inspection. In 1832 he was in Glogau for fortification work . In the following year Wasserschleben was transferred to the 5th Pioneer Department and on April 26, 1835 as captain and chief of the 1st Company to the 3rd Pioneer Department. After two years in the troop service, he was appointed adjutant of the 3rd Engineer Inspection. At the end of October 1841 Wasserschleben was promoted to second adjutant at the general inspection of the fortresses and on March 30, 1844 to major . On September 26, 1848 he was appointed head of the engineering department in the War Ministry . At the same time he also worked as a member of the study Directorate of the General Military Academy and rose in March 1852 Lieutenant Colonel and two years later the colonel on. On March 15, 1855, Wasserschleben was charged with taking on the business as director of the General War Department in the War Ministry. He was then director of the department from October 1855 to April 1857, then became inspector of the 3rd engineer inspection and in this position was promoted to major general on April 9, 1857 . For his work in engineering , King Friedrich Wilhelm IV elevated Wasserschleben to the hereditary Prussian nobility on August 7, 1858 .

On October 2, 1860, he became the inspector of the 1st Engineer Inspection. From November 1860, Wasserschleben also acted simultaneously as inspector of the United Artillery and Engineering School and as President of the examination commission for captains and first lieutenants of the engineering corps. On October 18, 1861, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and on March 17, 1863, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class with Oak Leaves. On April 9, 1863, Wasserschleben was commissioned to take on the business as the second general inspector of the fortresses, and on January 9, 1864, he was confirmed in this position. A month later, he was released from his position as President of the Examination Board. On the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service, King Wilhelm I paid tribute to him by awarding him the Order of the Crown, First Class. On May 21, 1864 Wasserschleben was commanded to deputize for the sick inspector general of the engineering corps, Prince Radziwill . After he was released from his relationship as inspector of the United Artillery and Engineering School in April 1865, Wasserschleben was appointed the new inspector general on May 24, 1866 after Prince Radziwill had passed. In this capacity he was promoted to General of the Infantry on September 20, 1866. He died the following year while doing his ministry.

family

Wasserschleben married August Marie Pilarski (1810-1882) on June 15, 1832 in Liegnitz. She was the daughter of the government councilor Gottlieb Pilarski from Liegnitz. The marriage resulted in three sons and two daughters.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 408-409, no. 2029.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maximilian Ferdinand Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian status increases and grace acts. Berlin 1874, p. 124.