Thomas von Issendorff

Thomas Cäcilius von Issendorff (born May 14, 1846 in Aschendorf , † April 2, 1913 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Thomas was a son of the inheritance of the Duchy of Bremen Klaus von Issendorff (1807-1848) and his wife Babette, nee Füller (1815-1894). The Saxon Lieutenant General Klaus von Issendorff (1839–1923) was his older brother.

Military career

After attending the Andreanum grammar school in Hildesheim and the cadet corps in Hanover , Issendorff joined the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Hanover Army on April 22, 1865 . By mid-June 1866, he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and was deployed during the war against Prussia in the battle of Langensalza . After the annexation of the kingdom by Prussia, Issendorff took his leave at the end of the year .

He then joined the Prussian Army on March 9, 1867 and was employed as a second lieutenant with a patent from June 9, 1866 in the 5th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 48 . After a brief assignment to the Brandenburg Pioneer Battalion No. 3, he returned to his regiment during mobilization on the occasion of the war against France and suffered a serious wound in the Battle of Spichern . Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, Issendorff was only able to return to service after the peace agreement . At the beginning of October 1871 he became adjutant of the 2nd battalion and in this capacity rose to prime lieutenant in mid-June 1872 . From November 18, 1875 to January 2, 1878 Issendorff worked as a regimental adjutant. He was then commanded as adjutant of the 6th Infantry Brigade to Stettin and placed in this position à la suite of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment 89 on October 12, 1878 . With the promotion to captain Issendorff was active as a company commander in this regiment from October 17, 1878 . In January 1889 he caught a bad cold while on duty, which developed into a serious sore throat. As a result, he took a six-month vacation and advanced to major after his return to military service in late September 1889 . On June 16, 1891, he was transferred to Gotha as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 and on May 13, 1895, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel as a regular staff officer in the regimental staff . With effect from August 10, 1897, on July 25, 1897 he was assigned to represent the commander of the infantry regiment "von Courbière" (2nd Posensches) No. 19 to Görlitz . As a colonel , Issendorff was the commander of this regiment from August 18, 1897 to May 17, 1901. He was then commissioned to lead the 20th Infantry Brigade in Poznan and on June 16, 1901 he was promoted to major general and commander of this large unit . This was followed on April 24, 1904 as a commander of Posen. After he was awarded the star of the Order of the Crown, 2nd Class, on the occasion of the Order's festival in January 1905 , he was given the character of Lieutenant General in mid-February 1905 and, at the end of September 1907, the Star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves. In approval of his resignation request , Issendorff was put up for disposition on April 2, 1908 with the statutory pension .

family

Issendorff married Ursula von Werder (1853-1923) on June 8, 1875 in Massin . The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 99-100.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1900 . First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1899, p. 444.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of officers of the Infantry Regiment v. Courbière (2nd Posensches) No. 19. Görlitz 1913, p. 22.