Rudolf von Oetinger

Rudolf von Oetinger (born January 1, 1830 in Werben (Spreewald) , † December 27, 1920 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Rudolf was a son of the Prussian prime lieutenant and gentleman on advertising Adolf von Oetinger (1798-1839) and his wife Ulrike, née von Buchholz († 1859). His older brother Eugen (1826-1915) also rose to lieutenant general.

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house and in the Bensberg cadet house , Oetinger passed his Abitur at the high school in Cottbus . On November 7, 1848, he joined the 2nd Company of the 5th Jäger Department of the Prussian Army in Görlitz as an avantageur . In the following year, during the suppression of the Baden Revolution , he took part in the battles near Ladenburg , the Federbach and stone walls as well as the siege of Rastatt . He was promoted to secondary lieutenant until mid-October 1852 and was transferred to the 4th Jäger Battalion in Sangerhausen on September 14, 1858 . In April / May 1860 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Sömmerda for training purposes . When he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on June 1, 1860, he was transferred to the newly formed 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 in Erfurt . On the occasion of the introduction of the Dreyse needle gun , Oetinger was assigned to the Duke of Saxony-Altenburg contingent in Altenburg for two months at the beginning of 1862 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was commanded on April 21, 1866 as captain and company commander to serve in the Fürstlich Waldeckschen Fusilier Battalion, with which he participated in the enclosure of Mainz during the German War in the same year .

On September 25, 1867, Oetinger was transferred to the 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96 in Gera as chief of the 8th Company . In 1870/71 he led his company in the war against France near Beaumont and Sedan and in front of Paris . For his work with the Iron Cross awarded II. Class, he was awarded the on July 12th 1873 character as Major Thüringische back to the 3rd Infantry Regiment. 71 is added. On September 8, 1873 Oetinger received the patent for his rank and on May 25, 1876 was appointed commander of the Fusilier battalion. In July 1877 he completed an information course for staff officers of the infantry at the military shooting school . On April 17, 1879, Oetinger was appointed commander of the Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-September 1880 . Insinuation à la suite commissioned to him on March 13, 1884, first with the leadership of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment. 93 and appointed him on June 10, 1884 as colonel to the regiment commander. On August 4, 1888, Oetinger was entrusted with the command of the 10th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) under position à la suite and was appointed commander of this brigade on August 18, 1888 with the promotion to major general . With the approval of his resignation request , Oetinger was put up for disposal on June 11, 1890 with the character of Lieutenant General and the statutory pension . He spent his old age in Quellendorf .

family

Oetinger married Klara von Blumenthal (* 1840) from the Gottschalk family in Falkenberg on October 11, 1864 . The daughter Delicia (* 1865) emerged from the marriage and married Theodor von Hanstein in 1889 . He was a Prussian Rittmeister as well as a master of Bornhagen and Siemerode .

literature

• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1908. Second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1907, pp. 739–740.
• [Otto] Söding: Officer master list of the Royal Prussian 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1912, pp. 23–24.
• [Hermann] Model: Officer master list of the Royal Prussian Magdeburg Jäger Battalion No. 4 from the 50th anniversary celebration on June 21, 1865 to 1890. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1890, pp. 49–50.