Paul von Reibnitz
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Paul Freiherr von Reibnitz (born August 12, 1838 in Breslau ; † February 14, 1900 in Berlin ) was a German naval officer .
Life
In April 1851, von Reibnitz joined the Royal Navy of the Netherlands . Among other things, he attended the Academy for Land and Sea Power in Breda. From June 16 to August 1, 1855 he drove on the brig De Zeehond . As Adelborst 1st class he was adopted on August 1, 1855.
On August 25, 1855, he joined the Prussian Navy as a midshipman and joined the sailors' corps , on the barracks ship Barbarossa and on Thetis . After four months at the Naval Cadet Institute in Berlin , he returned to the Barbarossa as a company officer in October 1858 and received a patent as an ensign at sea in December 1858 . From April 1, 1859, he went as a watch and navigation officer on Hela , the training ship Mercur , Arcona , Frauenlob and Thetis . On December 16, 1862 he came to the ship's boy company as a company commander for six months . He spent the second half of 1863 as a lieutenant at sea on Niobe . At the beginning of 1864 for a few weeks with the 3rd Flotilla Division, he became the commandant of the gunboats Habicht and Cyclop .
In the fall of 1864 he came to the Navy High Command as a lieutenant captain and adjutant , then for six months as a navigation instructor at the Naval Cadet Institute. On June 15, 1865 he became a cadet instructor and on August 18, 1866 first officer on the Niobe .
On July 1, 1867, he was appointed leader of the craft company shipyard division in Kiel . From October 10, 1867 he was also a navigation teacher at the Kiel Naval School . On May 11, 1869, he was transferred to the Kronprinz tank frigate as a navigational officer, and to the covered corvette Elisabeth on September 22 of the same year as first officer .
Since January 25, 1870, corvette captain , on April 24, 1870, he was called to the Ministry of the Navy (Germany) as department head and head of the Hydrographic Institute . During the mobilization for the Franco-Prussian War he was commanded to serve with the General Staff , as a naval advisor in the Grand Headquarters . At the same time he was a nautical advisor to the Rhine Army during the siege of Strasbourg .
Commandant at the turn of the year 1871/72, he joined the Elisabeth occupation tribe at the end of January 1871 . On April 15, 1872, he went to Rover as a commander for six months . From October 13, 1872 leader of the I. Department of the I. Werft-Division, he became commandant of Hertha on April 16, 1873 . Five months later he switched to the Arcona . On February 20, 1875 was promoted to sea captain.
On February 17, 1876, he was commander of the 1st Sailor Division for a good five and a half years . In the meantime he was repeatedly in command of the Arcona and the armored frigate Frederick the Great .
On October 3, 1881, he was made available to the chief of the Baltic Sea Naval Station and sent to the Naval Academy and School (Kiel) . On November 17, 1881 he was appointed director (also a member of the study commission), which he stayed for almost five years. Since August 16, 1883 , he was rear admiral , from March 25, 1885, he was also director of education in the Navy . From September 8 to 20, 1886, he was again made available to the chief of the naval station of the Baltic Sea. On March 19, 1889, he was adopted at the age of only 51.
Paul von Reibnitz died in Berlin in 1900 at the age of 61 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
See also
literature
- Hans H. Hildebrandt, Ernest Henriot: Germany's generals and admirals 1849–1945 . Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 3764824832
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 307.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reibnitz, Paul von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reibnitz, Paul Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1900 |
| Place of death | Berlin |