Wilhelm Neubronn von Eisenburg

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Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr Neubronn von Eisenburg (born March 15, 1815 in Karlsruhe ; † October 15, 1895 ibid) was a Prussian infantry general and long-standing adjutant general of the Grand Duke of Baden Friedrich I.

Life

origin

Wilhelm was a son of the Baden colonel and chamberlain Ludwig August Neubronn von Eisenburg (1772-1823) and his wife Eberhardine, nee Freiin von Adelsheim (1781-1842). The Major General Leopold Neubronn from Vas (1818-1889) was his younger brother.

Military career

Neubronn first visited the cadet institute in his hometown and at the end of March 1832 was employed as a corporal in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Baden Army . At the beginning of March he was transferred to the Leib-Infanterie-Regiment while being promoted to lieutenant , and a year later Neubronn graduated from the Higher War School for further training. As a first lieutenant he taught at the General War School from mid-March 1842 until he was assigned to the Quartermaster General on October 12, 1843. This was followed on January 2, 1844, when he was ordered to provide services to Prince Friedrich von Baden, who later became the Grand Duke. Neubronn was to remain connected to him throughout his life. He visited the universities in Heidelberg and Bonn with him , rose to captain at the end of October 1848, and was in the headquarters of the VII and VIII Army Corps of the German Confederation during the 1848 campaign against Denmark . From June 18, 1852 to October 13, 1854, Neubronn served as a company commander in the 1st Infantry Regiment and was then appointed wing adjutant to the regent and later Grand Duke Friedrich I. In this position he was also active as a member of the military examination committee from October 1858. Neubronn was promoted to major general by mid-July 1865 and was commander of the reserve brigade during the German War in 1866 . Promoted to lieutenant general , he was appointed adjutant general to the Grand Duke on March 6, 1868. For his participation in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris , he received the Iron Cross II class during the war against France .

Neubronn played a decisive role in the treaty that led to the military convention between the North German Confederation and Baden on November 25, 1870 in Versailles . For this, Kaiser Wilhelm I awarded him the diamonds for the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order . In his position as Lieutenant General and Adjutant General of the Grand Duke, he was accepted into the Association of the Prussian Army on July 15, 1871 and was promoted to General of the Infantry on September 2, 1873. In recognition of his many years of service, his Grand Duke awarded him the Collane for the Order of the Zähringer Lion and the Order of Berthold the First . After Neubronn celebrated his 50th anniversary of service on March 26, 1882, he was put up for disposition with the statutory pension on October 26, 1882 with the approval of the resignation request.

family

Neubronn had married Marie Molitor (1830-1888) on October 18, 1849 in Karlsruhe. The marriage resulted in the son Friedrich (* 1851), Prussian major and the daughter Marie (* 1853).

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  1. ↑ Edmund von der Becke-Klüchtzner: Family tables of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Weber & Kölblin, Baden-Baden 1886, p. 297.
personal data
SURNAME Neubronn von Eisenburg, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neubronn von Eisenburg, Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry, long-standing adjutant general of the Grand Duke of Baden Friedrich I.
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1895
Place of death Karlsruhe