Otto von Schell (General)

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Karl Friedrich Otto Paul von Schell (* 4. October 1834 in Münster ; † 16th October 1902 in Hanover ) was a Prussian lieutenant general ..

Life

origin

The von Schell family was an old soldier family, the line of which begins in 1325. They were first found in southern Germany, and since the Seven Years' War also in Prussia. Otto was a son of the Prussian Prime Lieutenant Friedrich von Schell (1810–1849) and his wife Auguste, née von Gillhausen (1809–1884). His brother Adolf (1837-1888) rose to major general .

Military career

Schell first attended the secondary school in Bochum and the grammar school in Cologne and then the cadet houses in Bensberg and Berlin . He was then transferred to the 17th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a distinctive porter ensign. By the beginning of February 1856 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and in 1859, during the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War, he was commanded to the mobile 1st battalion in the 17th Landwehr Regiment. In June / July 1860 he was assigned to the Saarn rifle factory and to Pioneer Battalion No. 7 the following year. On October 28, 1863 Schell was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion. After his promotion to Prime Lieutenant, he rose to regimental adjutant on December 11, 1865. In this position he took part in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria . For his work he was awarded the Red Eagle Order IV Class with Swords.

After the peace agreement, he was promoted to captain and company commander on March 5, 1867 . In the war against France he led a company in the Geldern occupation battalion from July 18, 1870 to February 28, 1871 and was then battalion leader until May 15, 1871. He took part in the siege of Diedenhofen and on October 17, 1870 in the skirmish. For this he received the Iron Cross 2nd class on April 6, 1872 .

After the war, Schell was promoted to major on April 30, 1877 , and on November 12, 1878, was transferred to the 3rd Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 83 as a regular staff officer , and in mid-March 1882 was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in Kassel . He got the on April 15th 1884 character as a lieutenant colonel and on 5 July 1884, the patent to his rank. On October 14, 1884, he joined the 4th Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112 as a regular staff officer . Under position à la suite , he was assigned on February 14, 1888, initially to lead the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 and on April 17, 1888, he was appointed regimental commander with the promotion to colonel . According to the assessment of Emil von Albedylls from 1890, at that time commanding general of the VII Army Corps in Munster , Schell, who became the commander of the 67th Infantry Brigade in Metz on November 4, 1890 , “as regimental commander would have asked for the Officer corps of his regiment earned quite considerable merits. In his respectable, soldierly and generally very sympathetic personality, he was an excellent leader and also knew how to remove found, not inconsiderable damage with a firm hand. "

The major general became a legal knight of the Order of St. John on June 24, 1892 , received the Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves and swords on the ring on January 13, 1893 and the Crown Order II class with a star on September 8, 1893 . On December 19, 1893, he was promoted to his position as lieutenant general, with a provisional leave to it, and on March 13, 1894, he was put at disposal with a pension . Schell died on October 16, 1902 in Hanover and was buried there.

family

Schell married on October 6, 1868 in Celle Konstanze von Hugo (1844-1908). The couple had several children:

  • Ottilie (* 1869) ⚭ 1890 (divorced 1905) Karl Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay (1866–1906), Chancellor of the German Naval Union
  • Karl (* 1870), Prussian captain ⚭ 1896 Lola von Hesse-Hessenburg (* 1878)
  • Martha (* 1878) ⚭ Hermann Hempel, Prussian cavalry officer

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. 1921. Fifteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1920, p. 246.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1919. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1918, p. 47.
personal data
SURNAME Schell, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schell, Karl Friedrich Paul Otto von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1902
Place of death Hanover