Oskar von Knobloch

Ludwig Wilhelm Oskar von Knobloch (born May 29, 1822 in Althausen , † January 23, 1899 in Wartenburg an der Elbe ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 12th Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Oskar was the son of the Prussian major general Wilhelm von Knobloch (1794-1854) and his wife Ida, born von Parpart (1801-1883).

Life

After attending the Cöllnisches Gymnasium and the division school of the Guard Corps in Berlin, Knobloch joined the Guard Rifle Battalion of the Prussian Army on April 22, 1841 as a rifleman . He was promoted to secondary lieutenant by the end of July 1842 , from mid-January 1846 he was assigned to the 8th Engineer Division for one year and then to the 8th Artillery Brigade for a further year . During the March Revolution in 1848 Knobloch was involved in the suppression of the revolutionary unrest in Berlin, and later in the year during the war against Denmark he was involved in the battles near Schleswig and Düppel and the bombardment of Frederecia.

After the war he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on September 11, 1852 and transferred to the Guard Jäger Battalion on March 26, 1854 . After a year-long service in the Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment , Knobloch was transferred to the 4th Infantry Regiment on March 27, 1858 . There he rose to captain on May 15, 1858, and on September 23, 1858, he was a company commander at III. Battalion in the 4th Landwehr Regiment. This was followed by a number of further transfers, on August 1, 1859 he was initially with the 4th Combined Reserve Battalion, served from July 1, 1860 as a company commander in Infantry Regiment No. 44, and on March 13, 1862 again in the Grenadier Regiment " King Friedrich the Great ”(3rd East Prussian) No. 4 and on January 11, 1866 in Infantry Regiment No. 49.

During the German War he was from May 22nd to September 3rd, 1866 in command of the III. Battalion in the 9th Landwehr Regiment and was promoted to major on October 30, 1866 after the war . On April 22, 1867 he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 6th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 49 and took over on March 25, 1868 2nd Battalion. During the Franco-Prussian War he fought at the sieges of Metz , where he received the endangered position at the ironworks of Ars-sur-Moselle , and Paris . He fought in the skirmishes at Thias and Mont Mesly, and was badly wounded in the Battle of Villiers . Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the fusilier battalion on January 18, 1871 .

After the war, on December 12, 1872, he was appointed to command the infantry regiment No. 75 under position à la suite and on February 18, 1873, he was appointed regimental commander. Knobloch rose in this capacity to colonel at the end of March 1873 and was accepted as a knight of honor in the Order of St. John on June 23, 1873 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was commissioned on April 17, 1879 with the command of the 12th Infantry Brigade. On June 11, 1870 he was appointed brigade commander and promoted to major general. On September 18, 1880, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, Second Class with Oak Leaves. Due to a severe rheumatic disease Knobloch gave his farewell and was on 14 May 1881 Pension for disposition made.

He died on January 23, 1899 in Wartenburg on the Elbe.

family

Knobloch married Emma Freiin von Meerscheidt-Hüllessem (1840–1932) in Danzig on October 23, 1864 . The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 164-165, no. 3142.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1902. Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1901, p. 489.