Oskar Wunderlich

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Oskar Wunderlich
Roll call of the 75s on the occasion of their 25th anniversary (1891) on the Domshof in Bremen

Oskar Ernst Friedrich Heinrich Wunderlich (born September 3, 1846 in Ehrenbreitstein , † October 16, 1914 in Lübeck ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

He was the son of the consistorial president of the same name Oscar Wunderlich and his wife Christine, née Viereck.

After graduating from high school, on April 1, 1866, Wunderlich joined the Leib Grenadier Regiment (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 of the Prussian Army in Frankfurt (Oder) as a three-year-old volunteer . As such, he took part in the battles at Gitschin and Königgrätz during the war against Austria in the same year and was promoted to second lieutenant on October 13, 1866 . He was also used with the regiment in the war against France in 1870/71 . Here he took part in the siege of Metz and the battles at Beaune-la-Rolande , Orléans and Le Mans . Wunderlich received the Iron Cross 2nd class for his achievements .

During the war he was for on 4 December 1870 aide of Fusilier - Battalion appointed. In this position, promoted to Prime Lieutenant on June 9, 1874 , Wunderlich graduated from the War Academy in Berlin for three years from October 1, 1874 . Promoted to captain on March 22, 1881 , he was appointed chief of the 2nd Company of the newly founded Infantry Regiment No. 132 in Glatz on April 1, 1881 . In the same capacity he commanded from 22 March 1887 to 13 October 1890, the 11th Company of the 138 Infantry Regiment. In Strasbourg , was then to Major transported and the staff of the first Hanseatic Infantry Regiment. 75 after Bremen displaced . On December 1, 1892, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion in Harburg , which was stationed in Bremen from October 1, 1893. In March 1897, Wunderlich became a lieutenant colonel and was promoted to deputy regimental commander . With his promotion to colonel on May 22, 1899, he was given command of the 3rd Posensche Infantry Regiment No. 58 in Glogau . From March 22, 1903, as major general , he commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Rastenburg . In recognition of his many years of service, Wunderlich received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, on the occasion of the Order's festival on January 24, 1905 . Under awarding of the character he was on 20 March 1906 in approval of his lieutenant-general farewell request with the statutory board for disposition made.

He spent his old age in Lübeck. He was a member of the Association of Inactive Officers in Lübeck and the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities . Around noon on October 16, 1914, he was on a walk near the castle gate when he was hit . A doctor who was summoned quickly could only determine that he was dead.

At that time his three sons were already in the field as lieutenants .

literature

  • Max Kaempf: List of officers of the 3rd Posen Infantry Regiment No. 58. Glogauer Druckerei GmbH, Glogau 1910, p. 162.
  • Paul Hermann von Zabiensky: Master list of the 1st Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 132 from 1881 to 1909. Printing house of the Straßburger Neuesten Nachrichten AG. Strasbourg 1908. p. 13.
  • From Lübeck's towers. Vol. 24, No. 43, edition of October 24, 1914, article: Lieutenant General z. D. Wunderlich, exc. †.
  • Lübeck General-Anzeiger . Vol. 33, No. 243A, evening edition of October 16, 1914, category: local notes.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 11 of 1905, p. 219.
  2. ↑ Local notes : In: Lübeckische Blätter , 56th vol., Number 42, edition of October 18, 1914, p. 666.
personal data
SURNAME Wonderful, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wunderlich, Oskar Ernst Friedrich Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehrenbreitstein
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1914
Place of death Lübeck