Maximilian von Braumüller

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Friedrich Maximilian Braumüller , since 1903 von Braumüller (born June 4, 1845 in Berlin , † April 11, 1925 in Berlin-Lichterfelde ) was a Prussian officer , most recently a lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the merchant Gottfried Wilhelm Braumüller (born October 28, 1815 in Berlin; † August 16, 1867 there) and his wife Ottilie, née Koblank (born November 23, 1822 in Berlin; † May 14, 1888 there). His older brother was the future Prussian Lieutenant General Heinrich Wilhelm Braumüller (1844–1913).

Military career

Braumüller was brought up in his parents' home and graduated from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in his hometown. He then visited the cadet schools in Potsdam and Berlin. On May 2, 1863, Braumüller joined the 4th Guard Grenadier Regiment Queen of the Prussian Army as a characterized porter ensign . With this regiment he took part in the 1864 campaign against Denmark in the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen , the enclosure of Fredericia and the battle near Klein-Rheida. It proved itself so much that on March 10, 1864, Braumüller was awarded the Second Class Military Medal of Honor. In the same year, on May 22nd, he was promoted to second lieutenant . Braumüller also took part in the war against Austria in 1866 . For the duration of the mobile relationship he was in command of the 2nd Guards Grenadier Landwehr Regiment in Düsseldorf and came with the III. Battalion in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . From May 1, 1868 to April 30, 1869, he worked as an educator at the Plön Cadet House . Braumüller then returned to his regular regiment and became a mobile III at the beginning of the war against France. Battalion of the 2nd Guards Grenadier Landwehr Regiment. He took part in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris and was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on November 15, 1870 . As such, Braumüller fought at Le Bourget at the end of October and served as a company commander from December 11, 1870 to April 4, 1871. After the Peace of Frankfurt , Braumüller received the Iron Cross 2nd class for his achievements during the war .

With his promotion to captain , Braumüller became chief of the 7th Company in Koblenz . After eleven years of service followed in June 1888 was promoted to Major his transfer to Stralsund in the fifth Pomeranian Infantry Regiment. 42 and on October 15, 1889 he was appointed commander of the II. Battalion. With the promotion to lieutenant colonel on April 18, 1893, he rose to the regimental staff. From June 16, 1896 to July 2, 1899, Braumüller was Colonel in command of Infantry Regiment No. 129 and was then promoted to Major General to command the 68th Infantry Brigade in Metz . In this position he received the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves on May 12, 1900 and the Star for the Order of the Crown, II. Class on May 23, 1902 . Braumüller was put up for disposition on September 12, 1902 , and was given the status of lieutenant general, and the following year, Wilhelm II raised him to the hereditary nobility for himself and his descendants on August 28 for his many years of service . He was also given permission to wear the uniform of Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 on June 16, 1913.

tomb

Maximilian von Braumüller died in 1925 at the age of 79 in Berlin-Lichterfelde. His grave is in the Wannsee II cemetery . A lying inscription plaque made of black granite serves as a grave marker.

family

Braumüller married Margarete Henriette Conrad (born April 20, 1849 in Paris , † November 26, 1917 in Charlottenburg ) in Berlin on May 4, 1869 . The marriage produced five sons. Four of them embarked on an officer career.

Works

  • Commemorative sheets for the ranking of the 4th Queen of the Guard Grenadier Regiment. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1885
  • History of Queen Augusta's Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1907.

literature

  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 89-91, no. 3095.
  • Karl Heyn, Max Woltersdorf: master and ranking list of all officers of the 3rd West Prussia. Infantry Regiment No. 129 from 1881 to 1906. Gerhard Stalling publisher. Berlin, Oldenburg, Leipzig 1906, p. 97.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , p. 86, no. 3093.
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 659.
personal data
SURNAME Braumüller, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braumüller, Friedrich Maximilian von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1925
Place of death Berlin-Lichterfelde