Paul von Ploetz (General)

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Ludwig Gustav Paul von Ploetz (born August 21, 1847 in Breslau ; † December 26, 1930 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian infantry general and politician.

Life

origin

Paul came from an old Pomeranian aristocratic family who came with Roloff de Plocech in 1290 after the sale of Lüdershagen to the city of Stralsund from the Principality of Rügen to Western Pomerania . He was the son of the Prussian Colonel Theodor von Ploetz († 1887), last brigadier of the 8th Gendarmerie Brigade, and his wife Amalie, née von Gellhorn († 1857).

Military career

On April 18, 1865, Ploetz was transferred from the cadet corps as a characterized ensign to the East Prussian Fusilier Regiment No. 33 in Cologne . On January 11, 1866, he received the patent for his rank and took part in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz during the war against Austria . On July 20, 1866, he was promoted to second lieutenant and as such, Ploetz was adjutant of the 1st battalion from November 1, 1868 . In this position he also took part in the war against France in 1870/71 and was used in the battles for Gravelotte , Amiens , the Hallue , Bapaume and Saint-Quentin . He also took part in the siege of Metz and was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross .

After the imperial proclamation in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles , Ploetz was appointed regimental adjutant on February 1, 1871 and promoted to prime lieutenant on February 10, 1872 . As such, he was in command of the 7th Infantry Brigade from June 13, 1876 and acted as an adjutant here. Left in this command, Ploetz was transferred to the 1st Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 26 on October 17, 1876 . After his promotion to captain , he served from March 1879 to mid-July 1885 as a company commander in the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 and was then appointed adjutant to the general command of the IX. Army Corps commands.

In the further course of his military career, Ploetz was transferred to the War Ministry on April 5, 1895 , and was promoted to colonel on May 13, 1895 . From December 17, 1896 to August 11, 1898, he acted as the commander of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 and was then sent to Darmstadt to represent the commander of the 49th Infantry Brigade (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) on leave . He was then commissioned on August 18, 1898, initially with the leadership of this large unit and appointed Ploetz with the promotion to major general on November 25, 1898 commander of this brigade.

In 1901 Ploetz was promoted to lieutenant general and on September 9, 1901, he was appointed commander of the 15th division in Cologne. On October 16, 1906, he was promoted to General of the Infantry and as such Ploetz was Commanding General of the VIII Army Corps . On January 27, 1912, Wilhelm II presented him à la suite of Queen Elisabeth's Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. In addition, the King made him Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle , before Ploetz on June 25, 1913, approving his resignation with the statutory Pension for the disposition was made. In subsequent recognition of his many years of service, Ploetz received the cross and star of the Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on July 6, 1913, and the Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown on March 13, 1918 .

In his retirement, Ploetz was politically active from 1914 to 1918 as a member of the Prussian manor house . He was Fideikommissherr on 1/2 Gut Stregow in Western Pomerania .

family

Ploetz married Anna Bang (1854–1921) on April 5, 1877 in Danzig . The daughter Marie Paula (* 1881) emerged from the marriage and on July 3, 1902 she married the later Prussian major general Walter von Haxthausen (1864–1935).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 85 of June 28, 1913, p. 1941.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 92 of July 12, 1913, p. 2077.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. The nobility born in Germany (primeval nobility). 1913. Fourteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1912, p. 508.
personal data
SURNAME Ploetz, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ploetz, Ludwig Gustav Paul von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry, politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1930
Place of death Wiesbaden