Moritz von der Goltz

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Moritz Freiherr von der Goltz (born May 20, 1820 in Seeburg , † February 17, 1881 in Erfurt ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Moritz was a son of the Prussian captain Wilhelm von der Goltz (1773–1831) and his wife Karoline, née von Woisky (1792–1850) from the house of Basien. The Major General Willibald von der Goltz (1829-1899) was his younger brother.

Military career

Goltz visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . During his time in Berlin in 1836/37 he was a page with Prince Wilhelm of Prussia . Then he was transferred on August 5, 1837 as a surplus second lieutenant of the 6th Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army . For further training, Goltz graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School in 1838/39 , was appointed artillery officer at the beginning of January 1840 and transferred to the Guards Artillery Brigade in mid-October 1843 . At the same time he was a teacher at the brigade school from February 1845 to the end of September 1846. This was followed by employment as an adjutant in the I. Department. In March 1848 Goltz took part in the suppression of the unrest in Berlin. At the end of March 1849 he was transferred to the 4th Artillery Brigade while being promoted to Prime Lieutenant . In the same year, during the war against Denmark , Goltz was deployed in the mobile fortress artillery company No. 1 in the battle on the Düppeler Heights and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords.

On January 1, 1853, he became a captain and worked from March 1853 to September 1854 as a teacher to Prince Wilhelm von Baden . During this time he also acted as a companion to Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia . On December 23, 1854, Goltz became chief of the 3rd Guard Fortress Company in Spandau . Under position à la suite of the Guard Artillery Regiment, he was appointed chief of the fortress company in Mainz on June 5, 1856 . Glotz was assigned to the Guards Artillery Regiment on June 8, 1859 and appointed chief of the 4th 12-pound battery . This was followed on June 21, 1862 as an artillery officer from the square in Cologne. After his promotion to major , Goltz became commander of the II. Fortress Division of the Guards Artillery Brigade in mid-April 1865 and on September 24, 1865, commander of the III. Foot department. At the same time Goltz acted from October 1865 to April 1867 as a member of the examination committee for prime lieutenants of the artillery. He took part in the campaign against Austria in 1866 as commander of the artillery of the 2nd Guard Infantry Division and was deployed at Czerwenenahora, Thrush and Königgrätz .

For his behavior with the Order of the Crown III. Awarded swords in the first class, Goltz was promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 30, 1866 , and on April 9, 1867 charged with the command of field artillery regiment No. 10 . On January 14, 1868 he was appointed regimental commander and promoted to colonel on June 18, 1869 . As such, Goltz was commander of the artillery corps of the Xth Army Corps during the war against France in 1870/71 . He took part in the battles at Vionville , Gravelotte , Noisseville , Beaune-la-Rolande , Orléans , Beaugency and Le Mans and received the order Pour le Mérite in addition to both classes of the Iron Cross . After the peace agreement, he was appointed commander of the 9th Artillery Brigade on March 5, 1872. With the separation between fortress and field artillery, he continued to lead the 9th Field Artillery Brigade from the end of October 1872 , was awarded Major General on September 2, 1873 and two years later with the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring. As a result of a serious operation on the face, Goltz was put up for disposal on September 15, 1877 with the character of lieutenant general and the statutory pension .

family

Goltz married on September 2, 1878 in Erfurt with Karoline Kah (1852-1928), daughter of the appellate judge Kah. The marriage resulted in the son Georg Konrad (1879–1915), who fell as a Prussian captain in the Grenadier Regiment "Kronprinz" (1st East Prussian) No. 1 during the First World War on the Eastern Front .

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SURNAME Goltz, Moritz von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goltz, Moritz Freiherr von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Seeburg
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1881
Place of death Erfurt