Paul von Krenski

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Paul Karl Anton von Krenski (born August 8, 1827 in Frankenstein in Silesia , † December 27, 1885 in Rudolstadt ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 6th field artillery brigade .

Life

origin

Paul was a son of the Prussian major Theodor von Krenski (* 1770) and his wife Mathilde Elisabeth, née Creutier (1794–1847).

Military career

After visiting the cadet houses in Wahlstatt and Berlin , Krenski was transferred to the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant in the Guard Artillery Brigade on July 4, 1844 . For further training, he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School for two years from October 1845 . In 1848 he took part in the suppression of the March Revolution in Berlin and in the following year was commanded as battery chief in the Schleswig-Holstein Army . In this capacity he took part in the battles at Fridericia , Kolding and Gudsoe during the war against Denmark and received the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class with swords , for his work .

In October 1852 Krenski was ordered to teach the sea cadets on the training ship Mercur and took part in a trip to West Africa and South America . After his return, he was briefly assigned to the General War School , before he was transferred to the 6th Artillery Regiment in Breslau on November 15, 1853 and promoted to Prime Lieutenant . On June 4, 1857, Krenski was promoted to captain in the 2nd Artillery Regiment and was at the same time commanded as an adjutant to the General Inspectorate of Artillery and as a teacher at the General War School. This was followed by his transfer to the General Staff of the IV Army Corps in Magdeburg on April 23, 1863 and his promotion to major on September 22, 1863. As such, he was in 1866 during the war against Austria in the General Staff of the 7th Infantry Division operates and could in the battles of Miinchengratz and Hradec Kralove and in Blumenau prove, so he called by its commander Lieutenant General of Fransecky the Order Pour le Mérite awarded .

After the Peace of Prague , Krenski returned to the General Staff of the IVth Army Corps in mid-September 1866 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 . On January 17, 1867 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to Serbia and with a special assignment from King Wilhelm I to Romania . The ruling Prince Karl was a Hohenzollern. At the beginning of July 1867, Krenski was briefly commanded to represent the Chief of the General Staff of the V Army Corps , before being entrusted with the management of business at the end of the month and appointed Chief of Staff on May 16, 1868 . Relieved of this position, he was aggregated to the General Staff of the Army on September 10, 1868 and initially on leave for two months to Bucharest , which was extended until the end of March 1869. There he was supposed to organize the Romanian army . After his return Krenski was on May 13, 1869 commander of the Brandenburg Field Artillery Regiment. 3 (General Feldzeugmeister) in Jüterbog appointed.

With the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France he was aggregated to the General Staff of the Army on July 18, 1870 and used as Chief of the General Staff of the Army Department of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and promoted to Colonel on July 26, 1870 . During the campaign, Krenski took part in the sieges of Metz , Toul and Paris and in the battles at Loigny , Orleans and Beaugency . From January 2 to March 25, 1871 he was leader of the detachments off Longwy and Langres .

Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross as well as the Grand Commander of the House Order of the Wendish Crown with Swords, Krenski returned to his peacetime position as regimental commander in Jüterbog on March 25, 1871. Insinuation à la suite was he of 30 November 1872 to 29 April 1874 to commander of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade in Munster . Then Krenski was placed à la suite with the army and commanded the 13th field artillery brigade to Württemberg . In this position he rose to major general on May 2, 1874. Released from his command in Württemberg, he was transferred to Wroclaw on September 15, 1876 as commander of the 6th Field Artillery Brigade and in the same month was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on a ring. The Württemberg King Karl paid tribute to him by awarding him the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick . On February 2, 1878, he was put up for disposal with a pension . He died on December 27, 1885 in Rudolstadt.

family

Krenski married on September 25, 1858 in the St. Marien Church in Berlin Elisabeth von Prittwitz and Gaffron (1834–1899), a daughter of the infantry general Moritz von Pritwitz . The daughter Cordula (* 1859) and son Walter (1864–1939), who also became a Prussian major general, emerged from the marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bohemia. No. 37 of February 12, 1869, p. 476.
  2. ↑ Wolf: The siege of Longwy in 1870. Voss, Berlin 1875, digitized
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 82 of October 11, 1876, p. 1421.
  4. ↑ The v. Prittwitz aristocratic family, Breslau 1870. Addendum I: Staff of the family v. Prittwitz on January 1, 1875. 2nd edition, Oels 1875, p. 312.
personal data
SURNAME Krenski, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krenski, Paul Karl Anton von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general and commander of the 6th field artillery brigade
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenstein in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1885
Place of death Rudolstadt