Oskar von Nachtigal

Oskar Heinrich Alexander Nachtigal , von Nachtigal since 1871 (born October 4, 1828 in Ottmachau , Province of Silesia , † April 17, 1890 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer, most recently a general of the infantry .

Life

origin

He was the son of Major a. D. Joachim Heinrich Nachtigal (1794–1873) and his wife Marie, née Michaelis (1806–1834).

Military career

Nachtigal visited the Katharineum in Lübeck . He joined the combined lübeck-brem on June 13, 1843 as a fusilier . Battalion and was commanded for training at the Oldenburg Military School until November 1, 1847 . Afterwards promoted to secondary lieutenant, Nachtigal took part with his battalion in the fighting in Schleswig and Holstein in 1848 . By February 1865 he was promoted to major and from March 19, 1865 to June 27, 1866 worked as an agent for the 2nd Division of the X German Federal Corps at the Federal Military Commission in Frankfurt am Main . 2. appointed staff officer of Füsilierbataillons Bremen on 6 July 1866 Nachtigal took them by the Oldenburg and the Hanseatic Brigade during the German war on Main campaign part. He made the battles at Werbach and Gerchsheim as well as the bombardment of Würzburg and was awarded the Crown Order III for his services . Excellent with swords.

One year after the peace treaty , Nachtigal was accepted into the Prussian Army and was given command of the 1st Battalion in the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 . There he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1868 .

Coat of arms window

In 1912, like all former Katharineers active in the Franco-Prussian War, a monument was set up by the wine merchant Gerhard von Melle in 1912 through a foundation in the form of a window in the auditorium .

As such, Nachtigal was appointed commander of the 4th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 30 on July 18, 1870 for the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France . With this regiment he made the sieges of Strasbourg and Belfort , with and fought at Rambervillers , Épinal , on the Ognon , at Pasques , Longeau, Langres , Villersexel and Chavanne . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Nachtigal was promoted to colonel on January 18, 1871 and confirmed as regimental commander on March 29, 1871 for the peace relationship.

Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1871 for his services in war and peace .

In position à la suite of the regiment, Nachtigal was commissioned on January 26, 1875 to lead the 14th Infantry Brigade . On April 13, 1875 he was appointed commander and five days later he was promoted to major general . Nachtigal was transferred to Königsberg on February 5, 1881 , where he was initially charged with the command of the 1st Division and on March 30, 1881, while being promoted to Lieutenant General, he was appointed commander. This was followed by a position as commander of the 13th division in Münster from April 17, 1883 . Temporarily left in this position, Nachtigal received the rank and fees of Commanding General on January 17, 1887 . In addition, on March 22, 1887, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class, with oak leaves and swords on the ring and the enamel ribbon of the Order of the Crown. Since there was no position available for him to take over an army corps , Nachtigal submitted his departure. On October 8, 1887, he was put up for disposal as a general of the infantry with a pension .

After his death, Nachtigal was transferred to Bremen and buried there.

family

He had married Marie Mohr (1831-1902) on March 16, 1854 in Bremen. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, o. O. [Hamburg], o. J. [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 169-171, no. 2806.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Honor plaque for those who participated in the war in the 1870/71 campaign (coat of arms window). In: Vaterstadtische Blätter ; Born 1912, no. 27, edition of July 7, 1912, pp. 105-107.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 86 of October 15, 1887. p. 1878.