Wigand von Gersdorff
Wigand Otto Wilhelm Ferdinand von Gersdorff (born April 15, 1851 in Rothenburg / Oberlausitz , † October 10, 1920 in Weimar ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
origin
Wigand came from the noble Gersdorff family . He was a son of Wolf Rudolf von Gersdorff (1821–1874) and his wife Anna Wilhelmine, born von Gersdorff (1825–1871). His father was a Rittmeister a. D. , state elder and gentleman on chickens .
Military career
Gersdorff attended high schools in Görlitz and Stendal . On July 17, 1870, he joined the 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 87 in Mainz as an avantageur and took part in the siege of Paris and the battles at La Val and Notre Dame de with this association during the war against France in 1870/71 Clamart part. Before the peace treaty on March 20, 1871 appointed portepeef ensign, Gersdorff was promoted to second lieutenant on March 9, 1872 . From March 9, 1872, he served as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, rose to regimental adjutant on August 1, 1878, and was promoted to prime lieutenant on March 22, 1881 . Six months later he was commanded as adjutant of the 42nd Infantry Brigade under position à la suite .
On May 18, 1887 he was transferred to the 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32 in Meiningen while being promoted to captain . After his assignment to the War Ministry , he was transferred here on September 17, 1892 and promoted to major . After four years of activity he was transferred to the fusilier regiment "Prince Karl-Anton von Hohenzollern" (Hohenzollernsches) No. 40 in Aachen . Here he was first in command of the 2nd, then the 1st battalion .
On April 19, 1899, Gersdorff was transferred to the staff of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment No. 90 in Rostock , and was promoted to lieutenant colonel . On May 18, 1901, he returned to Mainz with his promotion to colonel and at the same time was appointed commander of the 3rd Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry Regiment (Leib Regiment) No. 117 . The regiment gave up Gersdorff on April 21, 1905 and was then promoted to major general to command the 81st Infantry Brigade in Lübeck. On September 11, 1907, he was appointed inspector of the newly founded Landwehr Inspection in Dortmund . In this function, Gersdorff received the character of Lieutenant General on December 17, 1908 . After being awarded the star for the Order of the Red Eagle , he was put up for disposal on March 16, 1911 with a pension .
At the beginning of the First World War Gersdorff was reactivated and on August 1, 1914, he was appointed deputy inspector of the Dortmund Landwehr inspection. After this mobilization provision had been lifted on February 20, 1915, he was appointed inspector of the prisoner-of-war camps in the area of the deputy general command of the XI on September 24, 1915 . Army Corps appointed. At the end of the year Gersdorff received the Iron Cross 2nd class. After the Armistice of Compiègne , this mobilization provision was also repealed on December 9, 1918.
family
Gersdorff married Margarete Gabriele Brückner (1859–1923) on September 27, 1882 in Dresden . Several daughters resulted from the marriage.
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 115-116, no. 3111.
- Major General v. Gersdorff . In: From Lübeck's towers . May 13, 1905, ZDB -ID 2547859-X .
- August Justus Alexander Keim: History of the infantry body regiment Grand Duchess (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117 and its tribes 1677–1902 . No. 909 . Bath, Berlin 1903, p. 148-149 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ see on the regiment page under name
- ↑ Local . In: Lübeckische Blätter . Year 49, ISSN 0344-5216 , ZDB -ID 510674-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gersdorff, Wigand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gersdorff, Wigand Otto Wilhelm Ferdinand von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1920 |
| Place of death | Weimar |