Rudolf Stein von Kaminski

Rudolf Wilhelm Stein von Kaminski (born April 17, 1818 in Berlin , † May 29, 1875 in Coburg ) was a Prussian major general .

Rudolf Stein von Kaminski

Life

origin

Rudolf was a son of Lieutenant General Karl Stein von Kaminski (1789–1872) and his wife Maria Aurora, née Gordack (1793–1885). The later Prussian Lieutenant General Oskar Stein von Kaminski (1820-1894) was his younger brother.

Military career

Kaminski visited the cadet house in Berlin and was then transferred in mid-August 1836 as a second lieutenant to the 2nd Guard-Uhlan (Landwehr) Regiment of the Prussian Army . As a regimental adjutant, he took part in the suppression of the Berlin barricade fighting in 1848 as part of the March Revolution . In March 1849 he was commanded as adjutant to the 2nd Guards Cavalry Brigade , advanced to Prime Lieutenant in May of the same year and was promoted to Rittmeister on November 10, 1853 after being released from his command . As such, he was chief of the 1st Squadron from June 14, 1854 to June 13, 1859 and then rose as a major to a regular staff officer . Kaminski was promoted on June 25, 1864, Lieutenant Colonel and on August 13, 1864 we charged him under position à la suite in the lead of 7 Rheinische Lancers Regiment. In Saarbrücken . On April 18, 1865, he was appointed regiment commander and his regiment chief , Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden , awarded him the Commander's Cross, 2nd class of the Order of the Zähringer Löwen, on June 6, 1865 .

Kaminski led his regiment in 1866 during the war against Austria in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . Awarded the Red Eagle Order IV. Class with Swords for his conduct , he was promoted to colonel on December 31, 1866 with a patent from October 30, 1866 after the peace treaty . With the permission to wear the army uniform Kaminski was on March 5, 1869 board for disposition made.

During the mobile relationship on the occasion of the war against France , Kaminski was used again in 1870/71 and acted as stage inspector of the XI. Army Corps . After the end of the war, King Wilhelm I gave him the character of Major General on November 21, 1871 .

family

Kaminski married on October 4, 1844 in Berlin with Mathilde Wilhelmine Charlotte von Ostau (1822-1902). The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 215-216, no. 2568.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Notification of death. in: Government paper for the Duchy of Coburg. 1875. p. 439.