Robert von Wahlert

Karl Friedrich Robert Wahlert , von Wahlert since 1871 (born May 21, 1817 in Koblenz , † April 6, 1891 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Prussian major general and commandant of the Minden fortress .

Life

origin

The Wahlert family comes from Hessen-Nassau . His parents were the Secret Government Councilor Georg Friedrich Wahlert († September 17, 1847) and his wife Emilie Sophie Juliane, born von Alvensleben (September 18, 1792; † October 22, 1853). She was the daughter of Gebhard von Alvensleben (1764–1840) on Randau and Karoline, born von Radecke (1772–1812). Wahlert's parents divorced in 1830 and the mother married her lover, General of the Infantry and Minister of War Ernst von Pfuel (1779–1866). His sister Adelheid Caroline Klara (1819–1908) was married to General Christian August Ludwig Friedrich von Borcke (1804–1888).

Military career

Wahlert visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . He was then on 14 August 1834 Sergeant of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian army in Trier transfer. On November 1, 1834, he was transferred to Cologne in the 28th Infantry Regiment . Here Wahlert was promoted to second lieutenant until mid-April 1836 and from 1839 he served as adjutant of the 1st battalion. In the same capacity he was commanded on May 7, 1846, to the 13th Infantry Brigade and from there on March 27, 1847 to the General Command of the VII Army Corps in Münster . In this function Wahlert rose to captain until June 1852 and was released on June 18, 1853 from his command as a company commander to III. Battalion in the 28th Landwehr Regiment in Siegburg . With his appointment as company commander Wahlert returned on August 11, 1857 to the 28th Infantry Regiment, which was now stationed in Aachen . As a major , he became commander of the 1st Battalion on June 22, 1861. On June 22, 1861, he was transferred to Rastatt in the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment No. 34 . Wahlert was given command of the III. Battalion and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 18, 1865 . The following year he led this battalion in the war against Austria in battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz .

Insinuation à la suite Wahlert was. Commissioned on 18 May 1867 the leadership of the Pomeranian Fusilier Regiment 34 in Frankfurt am Main and on 25 September 1867, commander of this association appointed. On March 22, 1868 he was promoted to colonel and on August 20, 1860 the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with a bow. In the war against France , Wahlert's regiment fought in the battle of Gravelotte , the siege of Metz and the campaign in the Jura. For his achievements he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the peace treaty , Wilhelm I elevated him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1871 for the bravery he had shown in the war . In position à la suite of his regiment, Wahlert was appointed commandant of Minden on August 22, 1871. Already on 18 October 1871, he was with the character as a major general with board for disposition made. He died on April 6, 1891 in Frankfurt am Main.

family

On June 6, 1849, he married in Cologne Friederike Hauchecorne (* July 31, 1821 - June 22, 1865), the daughter of the royal tax council Ludwig Leopold Wilhelm Hauchcorne and Charlotte Amalia Louise Angelica, née Dautzenberg. The geologist Wilhelm Hauchecorne was her brother. The couple had several children:

• Emilie Wilhelmine Angelika Laura (born September 20, 1850 - † June 22, 1869)
• Ernst August Wilhelm Robert Ludwig (born October 21, 1852 - † June 25, 1882), Prime Lieutenant of the Landwehr Infantry
• Robert Wilhelm Eduard Maria Ignatz (born October 28, 1856), merchant in Königswinter ∞ Martha von Konnowski (born March 25, 1866)
• Rudolf August Adolf Georg Paul (1863–1940), German major general ∞ Elisabeth Michelsen (born October 8, 1870)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 356-357, no. 2641.
• Handbook of the Prussian Nobility . Volume 1, 1892, p. 595.