Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr

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Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr (born May 15, 1800 in Beedenbostel , † January 25, 1882 in Celle ) was a royal Hanoverian lieutenant general and commander of an infantry division until 1866.

Life

origin

Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr was the eldest son of the later major and customs inspector in Brinkum Wilken Albrecht Christian von Ramdohr (born November 11, 1766; † 1823 Horneburg), lord of Neuhof near Lübeck, one of the younger brothers of Basilius von Ramdohr . His mother was Dorothea Sophie Wilhelmine von Düring (* May 16, 1780, † August 7, 1851 in Harburg ) from the Horneburg family . The parents married in 1798. In 1800, the year Wilhelm Albrecht was born, his father was still captain of the cavalry. Wilhelm Albrecht had an older sister (Wilhelmine Maria Louise, born September 27, 1799 Horneburg; † May 10, 1874 as a conventual in Medingen ) and a younger sister (Marianne Lucie, born April 12, 1802 in Gifhorn; † May 9, 1877 in Celle ) and a younger brother Philipp Christian (Hanoverian monastery councilor and bailiff in Wilhelmsburg ; * December 24, 1803 in Gifhorn ; † November 26, 1864 in Hildesheim).

career

He began his military career at an early age. On September 4, 1815 he became an ensign in the 9th Infantry Regiment Osnabrück "Duke of York", 2nd Battalion (Landwehr). In the state calendar of 1818, his name is still in the same rank. After a career as a lieutenant, he was promoted to captain in the 3rd Infantry Regiment "Waterloo" in Celle on May 15, 1842. His promotion to major on January 1, 1853 went hand in hand with a change to the Guard Regiment "Peninsula-Waterloo", where he, after being appointed Knight of the Guelph Order in 1855, on May 25, 1857 became a lieutenant colonel. On May 15, 1859 he became Colonel of the Guards Regiment, and in 1861 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division in that rank. On May 22nd, 1863 he became major general and in 1864 was the commander of the said division with headquarters in Hanover. The peak of his career came shortly before its end in the course of the upheavals of the war against Prussia . Although he was promoted to lieutenant general on May 27, 1865 and was awarded the Commander's Cross 2nd class of the Ernst August Order on June 7, 1866 , he was released from the Hanoverian army before the outbreak of fighting . Heinrich Albert Oppermann wrote about it in 1870: ... the ... conceived intrigue had to be carried out first. The chief of the general staff, lieutenant general von Sichart, the divisional lieutenant general von Ramdohr took or received their dismissal. Colonel Dammers took the place of (Victor Justus Haus) Finkenstein and also became adjutant general of the army staff. Lieutenant General von Arentschildt was appointed the highest commander. The division into divisions ceased, the army was divided into four infantry and one reserve cavalry brigade. Other sources cite insufficient military qualifications and old age as reasons for retirement: ... Ramdohr, who commanded the 2nd Infantry Division, could not claim to be placed at the head of the army because of their military qualifications. In addition, all of them were between 66 and almost 70 years of age and the king also thought it appropriate to replace the old generals ... with younger ones .

Family and fiefdom

Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr married Wilhelmine Luise von Hugo on July 11, 1828 in Nienburg (* July 6, 1804 in Celle ; † April 13, 1875 there), with whom he had three children:

  • Georgine Wilhelmine Sophie Helene Auguste Marie (* February 19, 1838 Nienburg; † January 19, 1894 Celle) ⚭ in Celle on September 11, 1876 Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Düring (* August 11, 1827 in Meinersen ; † September 19, 1880 in Celle ), Hanoverian captain a. D.
    • Elisabeth Sophie Charlotte Wilhelmine Malaspina von Düring (born August 4, 1877 in Celle; † lost after arrest by the Gestapo )
  • Albrecht Philipp Georg von Ramdohr (1839–1885), 1866 Hanoverian officer, later Prussian captain ⚭ 1881 Agnes von der Wenke
  • Charlotte Karoline Marianne Agnes Betty Justine (born January 22, 1844 Nienburg; † May 18, 1917) ⚭ July 6, 1867 in Celle Baron Julius von Oheimb , lord of Helpsen and Meinefeld , princely chamberlain and district administrator in Schaumburg-Lippe

On March 25, 1833, the English King Wilhelm IV issued letters of feud for Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr . In it Ramdohr with a saddle yard at Pattensen and the stone works behind the Klenckenhof am Wall, with a free sheep farm, with the Lottermasch at Giften an der Leine, with a meadow called fresh lake, three Meierhöfe and two droppings to Lütken-Buchholze or Bothfelde, a meadow near the Obernbecke, two hooves of land in and in front of Rorsen . In addition, like several of his ancestors since 1686, he received the fief of Geest and Rübenland tithes and tithes from the estate overhead . The renewed enfeoffment with the family seat Gut Drübber only lasted for a short time, as Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas, as the last owner, sold the property in 1839, not least as a result of the repeal of the constitution in 1837 by Ernst August I after the personal union with Great Britain ended.

literature

  • L. Sichart: History of the Royal Hanoverian Army. Volume 5, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1870, p. 288.
  • Heinrich Albert Oppermann : Hundred Years: 1770–1870: Time and life images from three generations. Sudden end of welfischer, beginning of new things. Volume 9. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, pp. 254ff. ( Digitized version )

Web links

  • Victor von Diebitsch: The royal Hanoverian army on its last gun battle in June 1866: based on the best sources, taking into account the prehistory of the German war . M. Heinsius, Bremen 1897, OCLC 11392452 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Armed Forces 1815-1939, Volume 2 (=  formation history and occupation of the German armed forces, 1815-1990 . Volume 1 ). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-1779-8 , p. 190 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Gravestone of daughter Charlotte Agnes Betty Marianne Caroline Justine von Oheimb (born von Ramdohr) * 1844, † 1917, on the private cemetery Rittergut von Oheimb, Helpsen (Nienstädt / Schaumburg)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Hanoverian and Electoral-Brunswick-Lüneburg State Calendar 1818, s. 216 ff ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  2. ↑ cf. Court and State Handbook for the Kingdom of Hanover, Volume 1846, Berenbergsche Buchdruckerei, pp. 160, 178
  3. ^ Court and State Handbook for the Kingdom of Hanover 1858, page 220
  4. ^ Court and State Handbook for the Kingdom of Hanover 1864, pages 225, 228
  5. ^ Military weekly paper: p. 405 supplements, Mittler, 1904
  6. ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradeligen houses, Volume 18 (Justus Perthes 1917), p. 287 ( books.google.de )
  7. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch des Adels, Volume 22 (Justus Perthes 1960), p. 321
  8. ↑ Document collection of the Bomann Museum Celle, holdings No. L 11, No. 157 and 158
personal data
SURNAME Ramdohr, Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramdohr, Andreas Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Hanoverian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Beedenbostel
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1882
Place of death Celle