Max von Pawlowski

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Max Adolf Stanislaus von Pawlowski (born July 9, 1849 in Lapsau , † February 26, 1918 in Hanover ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of a manor owner .

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house and visiting the cadet institutes in Kulm and Berlin , Pawlowski was transferred to the substitute battalion of the 5th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 41 of the Prussian Army on June 13, 1866 as a characterized Portepeefähnrich . With the association he took part in the war against Austria in the same year and was promoted to second lieutenant on November 14, 1867 . As such, appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion on August 26, 1870 , Pawlowski was deployed during the Franco-German War at Colombey , Noisseville and Saint-Quentin , participated in the siege of Metz and received the Iron Cross II for his services . Class.

From December 1, 1873 to March 31, 1877 he served as a regimental adjutant and in the meantime was on February 25, 1875 Prime Lieutenant . He was then commanded on March 13, 1879 as an adjutant to the 7th Infantry Brigade and shortly thereafter on April 5, assigned à la suite of the regiment. In mid-August 1880 , Pawlowski was transferred to the 3rd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 4 as a captain à la suite . On April 1, 1881, Pawlowski was relieved of his command as adjutant in the Infantry Regiment No. 129 in Bromberg . Here he served as chief of the 5th company until mid-January 1888 . Transferred to the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74, he was then assigned to the 1st Division as adjutant and in mid-November 1888 in the same position to the 1st Army Corps . Promoted to major there on December 13, 1888 , Pavlovsky was transferred to the Guard Fusilier Regiment on March 8, 1890 as a battalion commander. Within this regiment he rose on May 14, 1894 as a lieutenant colonel to the regular staff officer . From June 16, 1894 to March 21, 1897 he acted as commander of the Guard Rifle Battalion . At the same time as he was promoted to colonel , Pawlowski then took over the King's Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145 stationed in Metz . He was released from this command on May 21, 1900 and, with the following promotion to major general, was appointed commander of the 38th Infantry Brigade in Hanover. After almost three years he handed the brigade over to his successor Hermann von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim and was appointed commander of Strasbourg .

As such, Pawlowski was awarded the star of the Order of the Crown, II. Class, in June 1903 and the Star of the Order of the Red Eagle, II. Class with Oak Leaves, for his long-standing services . He also received the character of Lieutenant General on April 24, 1904.

In approval of his resignation, Pavlovski was put up for disposition with a statutory pension on April 2, 1908.

During the First World War Pawlowski was reactivated and from January 1915 served as the inspector of the prisoner-of-war camps in the area of ​​the X Army Corps . He died in this position at the end of February 1918.

Awards

literature

  • Karl Hayn, Siegfried Woltersdorf: Basic and ranking list of all officers of the 3rd West Prussia. Infantry Regiment No. 129 from 1881 to 1906. Gerhard Staling publisher. Berlin / Oldenburg / Leipzig 1906. p. 12.
  • Military weekly paper . No. 102/103 of June 10, 1916. pp. 2431-2432. (Short biography on the occasion of his 50th anniversary with the company.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Master list of officers and medical officers of the Guard Rifle Battalion , Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 105.
  2. ↑ Royal Prussian Order List , Part Three , Berlin 1877, p. 726.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 61 of June 18, 1903. pp. 1509-1510.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 75 of June 22, 1905. pp. 1765-1766.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 45 of April 7, 1908. pp. 1039-1040.
  6. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1926. p. 694.
  7. ↑ Dietmar Raksch: Award certificates and certificates of ownership from the Kingdom of Prussia and the Republic of Prussia 1793–1972 . Hamburg 2002. p. 320.
  8. ↑ Dietmar Raksch: Award certificates and certificates of ownership from the Kingdom of Prussia and the Republic of Prussia 1793–1972 . Hamburg 2002. p. 362.
personal data
SURNAME Pawlowski, Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pawlowski, Max Adolf Stanislaus von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Lapsau
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1918
Place of death Hanover