Stanislaus von Leszczynski

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Ferdinand Stanislaus von Leszczynski (born August 28, 1842 in Graudenz , † July 19, 1932 in Detmold ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and military writer.

Life

origin

Stanislaus belonged to the tribe Labandt the original Polish high sex Leszczynski on. He was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Leszczynski (1793-1857) and his wife Maria, born von Dolega-Ossowski (1817-1904).

Military career

Leszczynski attended high school in Danzig and the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . Subsequently, on March 6, 1860, he was transferred to the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Königsberg as a second lieutenant . On July 1, 1860, he was transferred to the newly established 5th East Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 41 . Leszczynski took his leave on May 22, 1864 as a completely invalid, but in mid-November 1865 received permission to re-enter as a commoner with the 4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 17 . During the war against Austria in 1866 he took part in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz and in mid-July 1866 became second lieutenant.

After the war, Leszczynski was promoted to battalion adjutant in early February 1868 and on June 18, 1869 he was transferred to the 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 55 with a patent from June 1, 1864 . At the beginning of the war against France , this association initially took part in the battles near Forbach and Saarbrücken , until he was seriously wounded on the right leg in the battle of Colombey . As a result of this wound, Leszczynski was no longer fit for field service. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, promoted to Prime Lieutenant and after the peace treaty in mid-December 1872 assistant at the Cadet House in Wahlstatt . In this position promoted to captain in mid-October 1876 , he became company commander at the cadet house in Plön on April 14, 1877 under position à la suite of his regiment . After being used in the same capacity at the Cadet House in Potsdam, he was transferred to the main cadet institute in mid-September 1882 . On December 4, 1884, Leszczynski was ordered to serve in the subsidiary budget of the Great General Staff and on December 11, 1884, he was appointed director of the War Archives and the Library. Under position à la suite of the 1st West Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 6 , he was transferred to the secondary budget of the Great General Staff on March 24, 1885 with a patent from October 17, 1875. As a lieutenant colonel on July 28, 1892, he was appointed head of the subsidiary budget and in mid-May 1894 was promoted to colonel . On August 6, 1896, Leszczynski received the post of head of the War History Department II, which dealt with the wars up to 1858. He rose to major general in mid-August 1897 , was awarded the crown medal, 2nd class with a star , on the occasion of the festival in January 1901 , and on May 18, 1901, he received the character of lieutenant general. In approval of his resignation, Leszczynski was put up for disposal on November 14, 1903, with the award of the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and the statutory pension . At the same time he was still employed in the General Staff. At the beginning of July 1908 he received the Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class and on July 6, 1913 he was given permission to wear the uniform of the Infantry Regiment "Graf Barfuß" (4th Westphalian) No. 17.

Leszczynski had already worked as a military writer while he was on the side budget of the Great General Staff. He was u. a. decisively involved in the publication of the new General Staff Works of the Wars of Frederick the Great, worked in the editing and editing of the publications of Field Marshal von Moltke's published by the Moltke family and also published in the military weekly paper.

family

Leszczynski married on June 23, 1868 in Neuhausen bei Celle with Agnes von Leutsch (1844–1929), daughter of the Hanoverian judiciary Friedrich von Leutsch (1797–1852) and Susanne von Harling (1815–1864). Several children were born from the marriage.

Fonts

• History of the 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 55. Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, Detmold 1877, digitized
• Warrior life of Johann von Borcke, formerly Kgl. prussia. Lieutenant colonels. 1806-1815. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1888, digitized
• Collected writings and memorabilia of General Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke. ES Mitter & Sohn, Berlin 1892, digitized

literature

• Lieutenant General v. Leszczynski. In: Military weekly paper . No. 30, March 5, 1910, pp. 689-690.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 292-293.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. The nobility born in Germany (primeval nobility). 1919. Twentieth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1918, p. 454.