Max von Krosigk

Max Adolf Friedrich von Krosigk (born May 18, 1846 in Magdeburg , † February 18, 1919 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Max came from the von Krosigk family . He was the son of Kurt von Krosigk (1819–1898) and his wife Armgard, born von Haeseler from the Klosterhäseler family (1822–1891). The Prussian Lieutenant General Georg von Krosigk (1854–1912) was his younger brother.

Military career

Krosigk attended the Roßleben monastery school until September 1864 and joined the 7th Company of the 1st Guard Regiment on foot of the Prussian Army on April 1, 1865 as a flag junior . He attended the Potsdam War School , which Krosigk graduated with the highest commendation. As Portepeefähnrich he took part in the fighting at Thrush and Queenhof during the German War in 1866 and was seriously wounded by a shot in the left thigh in the Battle of Königgrätz . For his brave behavior during this battle, Krosigk was awarded the Military Medal of Honor, 1st Class. As a second lieutenant he was commanded from October 1869 to the War Academy , which Krosigk had to leave a year later because of the Franco-German War . Krosigk was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment for the duration of the mobile relationship and took part in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris as well as the battles at Malmaison and Montretout . After the war ended, Krosigk returned to the War Academy, which he completed by the end of July 1873. In the meantime he had become Prime Lieutenant on September 2, 1872 and received the Iron Cross, 2nd class , for his services during the war .

From the end of April 1874 to the beginning of April 1877, Krosigk was active in the General Staff and was then transferred as a captain to the General Staff of the XIV Army Corps . From there he joined the General Staff of the 17th Division on May 5, 1881 , resigned on April 15, 1882, and became company commander in Grenadier Regiment No. 89 . On January 3, 1884, he was transferred to the General Staff, 1st Guard Division . Just three weeks later, Krosigk was placed à la suite and appointed personal adjutant to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia . In this position he was promoted to major on April 15, 1884 and as such on March 8, 1887 battalion commander in the Guard Fusilier Regiment . For a short time, Krosigk was then from October 21, 1889 to March 23, 1890 in the General Staff of III. Army Corps and was then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Head of Department in the General Staff. From July 28, 1892, he commanded the Guards Fusilier Regiment, was appointed Colonel on January 27, 1893 and, following the position à la suite, on May 30, 1896 with the command of the 28th Infantry Brigade. With his promotion to major general on June 16, 1896 Krosigk was appointed commander of this brigade, which he commanded until December 16, 1896 and then took over the 3rd Guard Infantry Brigade. In this function, Krosigk was also a member of the study commission of the War Academy from July 7, 1897 to October 17, 1899. On January 27, 1900, when he was promoted to lieutenant general, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Guard Division . Under awarding of the Crown Order , First Class Krosigk was on April 17, 1901 Board for disposition made. Already on September 14, 1900 he had received the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves.

In recognition of his many years of service, Krosigk received the Commendation of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on February 27, 1906 and, as a special honor, permission to wear the uniform of the Guard Fusilier Regiment on September 13.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Krosigk married on March 12, 1878 in Halle (Saale) with Anna Marie Sophie Julie Countess von Kielmannsegg (1856-1929). The marriage resulted in two daughters and a son who died young:

• Armgard Luise Anna (1880–1944) ⚭ Friedrich (Fritz) Ferdinand von Bültzingslöwen (1874–1943)
• Freda Luise Elisabeth Hedwig (* 1884)
• Vollrath Kurt Ernst Lothar (1892-1894).

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 72-74, no. 2750.