Theodor Karl Schwartz

Theodor Karl Schwartz (born October 5, 1813 in Unna ( Königsborn ), † March 19, 1892 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

Origin and family

Theodor Karl Schwartz was the son of a senior tax council and chief customs director. His mother was Therese, née Lohausen. He was not married.

Military career

Schwartz graduated from high school in Cologne before March 31, 1831 Fusilier in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian army entered. In the same year he was promoted to Portepeefähnrich and rose to secondary lieutenant in 1832 . From December 1841 to December 1845 he was adjutant in the 2nd Battalion of the 13th Landwehr Regiment. His promotion to Prime Lieutenant in 1848 was followed by the position of adjutant in the Landwehr regiments in Schleswig - Holstein, which were combined from the VII Army Corps . In the campaign against Denmark he took part in the battles at Viuf and Veile . In 1852 he was promoted to captain and company commander in III. Battalion of the 13th Landwehr Regiment. Schwartz was first assigned to the 7th combined reserve battalion in 1854 and then adjutant to the governor of Mainz . In 1855 he was transferred to the 35th Infantry Regiment while retaining his position and in 1857 he became company commander in the 22nd Infantry Regiment . With his promotion to major in 1858 he was also commander of the III. Battalions in the 23rd Landwehr Regiment. In 1860 he was commanded as a battalion leader of the 23rd Combined Infantry Regiment , where he became commander of the fusilier battalion that same year. In 1861 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1862 switched to the 50th Infantry Regiment as commander of the fusilier battalion . In 1865 Schwartz received the Order of the Crown III. Class, was entrusted with the command of the Infantry Regiment No. 16 under position à la suite des Selbigen, finally commander there and was promoted to colonel . In the German War he took part in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III in 1866 . Class with swords. Schwartz was put up for disposal in 1868 with a pension and permission to wear the uniform of the 16th Infantry Regiment . On the eve of the campaign against France on July 18, 1870, he was given the deputy brigade command of the 26th Infantry Brigade . Schwartz received the character of major general in February 1871 and was transferred back to the inactive relationship in June of the same year, with the award of the Crown Order, 2nd class.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 344-345, no. 2637.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Possibly the order of the Iron Crown (Austria) is meant; because the Austrian-imperial court calendar: for the year 1875 , Vienna 1875, p. 167, lists 1875 a royal Prussian. Colonel z. D. Carl Theodor Schwartz.