Paul von Rheinbaben (General)

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Paul Georg Kaspar von Rheinbaben (born January 6, 1834 in Berlin ; † September 11, 1905 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian officer , most recently a lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He came from the Silesian noble family von Rheinbaben and was the son of Karl von Rheinbaben (* June 10, 1798 in Magdeburg ; † January 4, 1855 in Dresden ) and his wife Henriette, née Büchner (* February 24, 1796; † June 13 1846 in Breslau ). His father was a Prussian colonel and commander of the 24th Infantry Regiment .

Military career

As a three-year-old volunteer , Rheinbaben joined the 24th Infantry Regiment in Neuruppin , commanded by his father, on December 21, 1851 . There he was on 1 October 1852 Portepee - Ensign appointed and on November 8, 1853 to second lieutenant promoted. From March 1, 1856 to August 1, 1857, he was assigned to the rifle examination commission in Spandau . He had been a battalion adjutant since March 16, 1858. Rheinbaben was promoted to prime lieutenant on November 13, 1860. With the regiment he went to the German-Danish War and took part in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen , battles at Wilhoe, Osterdüppel, Stenderupper Holz and Rackebüll , as well as the capture of the island of Alsen part. The battalion's adjutant became regimental adjutant on May 1, 1865. For the duration of the German War in 1866 he was appointed leader of a company of the mobile regiment and led it in the battle of Königgrätz .

One month after being released from his command, Rheinbaben was promoted to captain on October 30, 1866, and transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 78 , which had been newly formed from his main regiment in Brandenburg . In the regiment stationed in Emden in the future , he was appointed company commander. The regiment was named on November 7, 1867. He had been assigned as a company commander from May 14, 1869 to July 15, 1870 for exercise or for the tribe of the training infantry battalion .

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 Rheinbaben took part in the enclosure of Metz , the battles at Vionville , Gravelotte and Le Mans , as well as in the battles at Vendôme , Monnai and Conlie . For his "brave behavior" during the war as a company commander, he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross, 2nd class, and was also to receive the highest recognition on January 12, 1896.

As the "oldest captain" he was transferred to the 7th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 56 on October 16, 1873 and for this as an adjutant to the 13th Division in Münster . In his command, he was promoted to the superfluous major on October 23, 1873 and relieved on December 12, 1874 with his transfer to the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74 in Hanover . There he was appointed battalion commander on December 24th. As such, he was assigned to an information course for staff officers of the infantry at the military shooting school in Spandau from May 29 to June 21, 1879 . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 18, 1880. With the appointment of the commander of the Fusilier - Battalion in . 2. Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 Rheinbaben was in on 22 March 1881 barracks after Luebeck added. He had become a regular staff officer on November 8, 1883. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commandant of Metz on January 19, 1884 . There he was promoted to colonel on November 11, 1884 .

Main Cadet Institute

After being transferred to the cadet corps , Rheinbaben was appointed commander of the main cadet institute in Groß-Lichterfelde on March 26, 1885 . With the provisional retention of his previous rank and salary and under position à la suite of the cadet corps, he was commissioned on September 18, 1886 with the management of the business as commander of the cadet corps. With his promotion to major general on August 18, 1888, he was appointed commander of the Cadet Corps and from November 13th to that of the 38th Infantry Brigade in Hanover. Colonel Trekow represented him from January 24th, 1891. On February 9th, 1891 Rheinbaben was put up for disposal with the statutory pension in approval of his resignation request under the conferment of the character of lieutenant general .

For his many years of service, Rheinbaben was awarded the star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring.

family

Rheinbaben had married on April 7, 1867 in Neuruppin with Hedwig Adelheid Anastasia Sello, daughter of a secret senior judiciary and regional court president , (born February 9, 1841 in Rogasen ; † May 3, 1930 in Potsdam). The marriage had four children:

  • Georg Karl Werner Paul (born January 27, 1868 in Emden; † November 14, 1915 in Wesel as a major in the Hessen-Homburg Infantry Regiment No. 166, husband of Margaretha née Rasch, resident in Bitsch / Lorraine)
  • Hedwig Marie Adelheit (* July 2, 1869 in Potsdam; † January 13, 1954 there)
  • Friedrich Karl Ernst Werner (born August 1, 1871 in Potsdam, † August 8, 1925 in Berlin-Dahlem )

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissonance: From the source below it emerges as described. Lt. On the side of the rifle examination commission, the authority of the same name was only founded in 1871. I have not found out where, what or whether the rifle testing committee existed in a different form beforehand.
  2. ↑ In the battle of Vionville on August 16, 1870 Rheinbaben received a contusion on his thigh .
  3. ↑ a b Harry von Rège: List of officers of the Infantry Regiment No. 76. Mauke. Hamburg 1902. p. 107.
  4. ↑ Harry von Rège: List of officers of the Infantry Regiment No. 76. Mauke. Hamburg 1902. p. 101.
personal data
SURNAME Rheinbaben, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rheinbaben, Paul Georg Kaspar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1905
Place of death Potsdam