Udo von Tresckow

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General Udo von Tresckow II.

Hans Ludwig Udo von Tresckow (born April 7, 1808 in Jerichow , †  January 19, 1885 in Stünzhain ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He comes from the noble family Tresckow and was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel a. D. Karl August von Tresckow (born August 27, 1779 in Neuermark , † October 18, 1845 in Minden ) and his wife Wilhelmine Charlotte Amalie, née Countess Henckel von Donnersmarck , divorced von Gansauge (born March 5, 1777 in Groß-Salze ; † December 22, 1847 in Burg ). The later Prussian Lieutenant General Alexander von Tresckow (1805-1878) was his brother.

Military career

Tresckow was a cadet in Potsdam and Berlin from 1818 to mid-April 1822 . He then returned to his parents' property and joined the 4th Jägerabteilung of the Prussian Army on November 26, 1824 . There he was promoted to second lieutenant in 1829 and prime lieutenant in 1846 , and in the meantime rose to adjutant in February 1835 . On November 27, 1848, when he was promoted to captain, he was appointed company commander in the 3rd Jäger Battalion . After other uses, Tresckow was given command of the Saxon-Altenburg troop contingent from 1856 to 1864 . He then became a colonel in command of the 53rd Infantry Regiment , which he led in the 1864 war against Denmark . He also commanded the regiment in the German War of 1866 and on July 8, 1866 became the commander of the Combined Guard Infantry Brigade of the II Reserve Army Corps. Tresckow fought during the Main Campaign near Dermbach , Kissingen and Aschaffenburg . After the occupation of Saxony, he formed the Prussian division of the II Reserve Army Corps in Leipzig and occupied Bavaria under the command of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

On October 30, 1866, he became commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade in the Hanseatic City of Hamburg . At the beginning of the war against France , Tresckow took command of the 1st Landwehr Division in 1870 and shortly afterwards on August 13th became the commander of the 1st Reserve Division in the Werder Corps , with which he took part in the siege of Strasbourg . Afterwards he led the siege of the fortress Belfort , which he could not take, so that the fortress surrendered with honor only after the armistice. In January 1871 he was promoted to lieutenant general and awarded the order Pour le Mérite on February 17, 1871 , after he had already received both classes of the Iron Cross .

After the peace treaty Tresckow was given command of the 2nd Division and on April 3, 1875 his position à la suite of the 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96 followed . Tresckow was on 12 May 1875 the character as General of Infantry and leaving in place à la suite of the Infantry Regiment. 96 with board for disposition made. He died in Stünzhain near Altenburg.

Awards

In addition to the Pour le Mérite, Tresckow had received other orders and decorations for his achievements . He was u. a. Holder of the Red Eagle Order I Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring, the Grand Cross of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order and the Order of Albrecht as well as the Commander First Class of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit and the Bavarian Military Order of Merit .

In 1864 he received the honorary citizenship of the city of Altenburg.

family

Tresckow had married Julie Friederike Hermine Belz (1816-1884) on October 6, 1836 in Nordhausen . She was the daughter of the city councilor in Nordhausen Johann Friedrich Belz. The daughter Wilhelmine Alwine (* 1838) emerged from the marriage and lived as a canon in Stünzheim near Altenburg.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the GGT (Lit.) and Poten (Lit.) the year of birth is 1808; Priesdorff (lit.), on the other hand, mentions the year 1810.
  2. ↑ Family tree
  3. ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Altenburg. In: abge-info.de. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Tresckow, Udo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tresckow, Hans Ludwig Udo von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerichow
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1885
Place of death Stünzhain