Viktor von Mikusch-Buchberg

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Kajetan Viktor Hugo Eduard Melzer , von Mikusch-Buchberg since 1869 (born October 18, 1842 in Rawitsch , † August 15, 1911 ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Viktor was a son of the Prussian major a. D. Eduard Melzer (1795–1861) and his wife Emilie, née von Mellenthin (1813–1891). The marriage was divorced and she married Wilhelm Franz Mikusch von Buchberg on April 27, 1857 . Under the name "von Mikusch-Buchberg", Viktor and his brothers were raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility by King Wilhelm I on February 27, 1869 .

Military career

After his education in the cadet houses in Wahlstatt and Berlin , he was transferred to the 7th Jäger Battalion of the Prussian Army on March 6, 1860 as a second lieutenant . In the war against Denmark in 1864 Melzer took part in the battles near Windeby and Missunde as well as in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen with the 2nd company . From October 1, 1865, he was commanded for further training at the War Academy . This command was interrupted the following year due to his participation in the war against Austria . Melzer fought with his battalion as part of the Elbarmee in the battles near Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . After the Peace of Prague he continued his training at the War Academy and at the end of October 1866 was transferred to the Hanoverian Jäger Battalion No. 10 and promoted to Prime Lieutenant . From the beginning of April 1869, Mikusch-Buchberg was assigned a three-year service with regional triangulation . Left in this command, he was transferred to the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 in October 1869 .

With the beginning of the war against France Mikusch-book mountain was for the duration of the mobile ratio in 1870/71 as a staff officer to the General Command of the VII. Corps commanded. In this position he took part in the battles at Spichern , Colombey , Gravelotte and the sieges of Metz and Thionville . Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, Mikusch-Buchberg advanced on February 26, 1871, while remaining in his relationship as general staff officer to captain and company commander . After being aggregated to the General Staff at the beginning of May , he was transferred to the General Staff of the Army on October 3, 1871, leaving the General Staff of the VII Army Corps. Mikusch-Buchberg joined the General Staff of the 17th Division in Schwerin in March 1874 , was briefly assigned to the Railway Department of the General Staff in November / December 1857 and promoted to Major at the end of April 1877. Transferred to the General Staff of the X Army Corps in Hanover at the end of January 1878 , Mikusch-Buchberg was in command of the 2nd Battalion in the Hanoverian Fusilier Regiment No. 73 from April to June 1882 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the end of March 1885 . On April 30, 1885, he was transferred to Karlsruhe as Chief of the General Staff of the XIV Army Corps . Promoted to colonel in this position on July 21, 1888 , Mikusch-Buchberg was commander of Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2 from April 1, 1889 to September 19, 1890 . He was then transferred to the General Staff of the Army and with the rank and fees of a Brigade Commander to Chief of the General Staff of the XI. Army corps in Kassel and promoted to major general on November 18, 1890 .

Transferred to the army officers à la suite , he was commanded to Württemberg on December 22, 1891 . Mikusch-Buchberg was in command of the 54th Infantry Brigade (4th Royal Württembergische) stationed in Ulm until November 16, 1892 and was then appointed senior quartermaster upon release from his command in Württemberg and transferred to the army general staff . At the same time he acted from December 22, 1892 as a member of the study commission of the War Academy and in mid-March 1894 advanced to lieutenant general . With his appointment as commander of the 8th Division , Mikusch-Buchberg was released on April 18, 1895 from his relationship as a member of the study commission of the War Academy. In this position he received the Order of the Crown, 1st Class, on the occasion of the festival in January 1898 . On April 5, 1898 he was appointed commanding general of the VII Army Corps in Munster and on September 10, 1898 he was promoted to general of the infantry. With the approval of his resignation request , Mikusch-Buchberg was put up for disposal on January 13, 1900 with the statutory pension . On the occasion of his farewell, Kaiser Wilhelm II paid tribute to him by awarding him the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves.

family

Mikusch-Buchberg married Hedwig von Reichenbach (* 1846) on June 29, 1871. The marriage remained childless.

literature

  • Königliches Herolds-Amt (Ed.), Marcelli Janecki : Handbook of the Prussian nobility. Second volume, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1893, pp. 439–440.
  • Paul von Scheven: Officer regular roles and rankings of the Royal Prussian Emperor Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2. 1814–1894. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1894, pp. 46–47.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 35 of April 20, 1895, p. 919.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 6 of January 19, 1898, p. 154.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 82 of September 11, 1898, p. 2169.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 6 of January 17, 1900, p. 97.
  5. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1909, third year, p.620
personal data
SURNAME Mikusch-Buchberg, Viktor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mikusch-Buchberg, Kajetan Viktor Hugo Eduard von (full name); Melzer, Kajetan Viktor Hugo Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Rawitsch
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1911