Wilhelm von Kienitz

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Wilhelm Ferdinand Hermann Kienitz , from 1864 von Kienitz (born March 23, 1823 in Münster , † August 16, 1910 in Berlin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Wilhelm von Kienitz

Life

origin

Wilhelm was a son of the Oberregierungsrat Ludwig Kienitz (1773-1851) and his wife Agnes, née Gressow († 1862).

Military career

After attending grammar school in his hometown, Kienitz joined the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a fusilier on June 20, 1840 and was promoted to second lieutenant by the end of October 1841 . From October 1847 to November 1850 he was adjutant of the 1st battalion and then rose to regimental adjutant. In this capacity he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the House Order of the Golden Lion in mid-July 1851 and promoted to Prime Lieutenant in early June 1854 . On September 28, 1854, he was appointed adjutant of the 27th Infantry Brigade in Düsseldorf . With the promotion to captain , Kienitz returned to the troop service on February 9, 1858 and was in command as a company commander in the 1st battalion in the 13th Landwehr Regiment from the end of June 1858. This command was interrupted for the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War in 1859. During this time he acted as leader of the mobile 7th company of his main regiment.

On May 1, 1860, Kienitz was commanded as a company commander to the 13th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53 was formed in early July 1860 . After a short period of service as chief of the 1st Company in Münster, he was transferred back to the 1st Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 13 on February 23, 1861. During the war against Denmark , Kienitz led his company in 1864 near Eckernförde , Missunde , Rackebüll and during the storming of the Düppeler Schanzen and the transition to Alsen . For his bravery demonstrated in front of the enemy, King Wilhelm I raised him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on March 10, 1864 .

At the beginning of the German War on May 26, 1866, he became a stage commander in Paderborn and from June 9 to September 15, 1866 was the leader of the mobile II battalion in Landwehr Regiment No. 13. After the war he rose to the end of October 1866 Major and was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment 91 on November 5, 1866 . During the war against France , Kienitz was wounded near Vionville and took part in the fighting near Gravelotte , Beaune-la-Rolande , Ladon , Chateau Serquen, Montoire , Saint-Jean, Le Mans as well as before Metz and Thionville . Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on the day of the imperial proclamation in Versailles .

After the peace agreement , he was appointed commander of the 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68 on July 18, 1872 and promoted to colonel on March 22, 1873 . In this position he received the honorary commander's cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with swords on the ring. and on September 15, 1877 the Crown Order II. Class. In position à la suite of his regiment, Kienitz was entrusted with the command of the 28th Infantry Brigade in Wesel on April 13, 1878 and was appointed commander of this brigade with the promotion to major general . On July 10, 1880, he was put up for disposal with a pension .

After his departure he received the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves in August 1880 and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68, Kaiser Wilhelm II gave him the character of Lieutenant General on June 20, 1910 . He died a little later unmarried in Berlin and was buried on August 19, 1819 in the Invalidenfriedhof .

literature

  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , pp. 404-405, no. 2969.
  • Julius von Basse: Stamm-list of the infantry regiment herwarth von Bittenfeld (1. Westphalian) No. 13. Belser, Stuttgart 1910, S. 132-133.
  • Königliches Herolds-Amt (Ed.): Handbook of the Prussian nobility. First volume, Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1892, p. 262.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsche Wehr-Zeitung. Volume 4, [1]
  2. ^ Electoral Hessian Court and State Handbook. 1856, p. 32.
  3. ^ Wilhelm von Blume : History of the Infantry Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1st Westphalian) No. 13 in the 19th century. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1910, Annex 2, p. 7.
  4. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. 1868, p. 115.
  5. ^ Krohne: The monument of the Oldenburg near Vionville. P. 9.
  6. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 25 of March 22, 1873, pp. 227-228.
  7. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 64, August 11, 1880, pp. 1163-1164.
personal data
SURNAME Kienitz, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kienitz, Wilhelm Ferdinand Hermann (until 1864)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1910
Place of death Berlin