Rudolf von Kroseck

Rudolf Hermann Kroseck , von Kroseck since 1871 (born September 4, 1827 in Kamien, Schlochau district , † December 11, 1894 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 2nd division .

Life

origin

Rudolf was the son of the Prussian captain a. D. and tax clerk Ernst Georg Kroseck (1782-1835) and his wife Jeanette, née Taube († 1867).

Military career

Kroseck visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . He then joined the 25th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army on May 27, 1845 as a portepeef ensign, and in mid-October 1846 was promoted to secondary lieutenant . From March 1851 he was in command of the 8th Combined Reserve Battalion for one year. This was followed by commandments as adjutant of the 1st Battalion in the 25th Landwehr Regiment in Aachen and in the 26th Infantry Brigade in Münster . Leaving in this command Kroseck the end of December 1858 as first lieutenant in the 35th Infantry Regiment (3rd Reserve Regiment) and with promotion to captain on 13 September 1859 in the 7th Infantry Regiment were added. With the appointment to the chief of the 2nd company Kroseck resigned on May 8, 1860 in the troop service. This was followed in early June 1863 as an adjutant at the General Command of the IV Army Corps in Magdeburg .

For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against Austria in 1866 he was in the same capacity with the High Command of the 2nd Army and took part in the battles near Nachod , Skalitz and Königgrätz . Awarded the Red Eagle Order IV class with swords for his work , Kroseck returned to his peacetime position in September and was transferred to the 3rd Posensche Infantry Regiment No. 58 on October 30, 1866, leaving his position as major . In mid-February 1867 he was transferred to Bromberg in the 4th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 21 . From mid-March 1867 he was first in command of the 1st Battalion and three years later took over the Fusilier Battalion. This led Kroseck in 1870/71 in the war against France in the battle of Gravelotte and the sieges of Metz and Paris . Winner of both classes of the Iron Cross Kroseck was on June 16, 1871, Kaiser Wilhelm I to the hereditary Prussian nobility raised .

By early September 1873, Kroseck was promoted to colonel . On October 16, 1873, he was initially assigned to lead the 3rd Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 13 in Stralsund, and on February 14, 1874, he was appointed regiment commander. In mid-September 1879 he received the Crown Order II. Class and on February 3, 1880 was promoted to major general as commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade in Danzig . On April 15, 1884, Kroseck took over the 2nd Division, which was also stationed there, as Lieutenant General. The Red Eagle II he was on 18 April 1885 under ceremony of the star. Class with oak leaves and swords on rings board for disposition made.

family

Kroseck had married Helene Freiin von Seckendorff (1843-1918) on September 4, 1863 in Liegnitz . The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 11-12.
• Gothaisches Genealogischen Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1913. Seventh year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1912, p. 451.