Wilhelm von Lüderitz

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Wilhelm Karl Heinrich von Lüderitz (born July 14, 1828 in Anklam , † August 26, 1882 in Münster ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Wilhelm was a son of the Prussian major Georg von Lüderitz (1785-1859) and his wife Charlotte Eleonore, née Bluhm (1805-1833).

Military career

Lüderitz visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on May 27, 1845, he was transferred to the 24th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant . From October 1847 to April 1849 he was in command of the 3rd Combined Reserve Battalion. With his regiment, Lüderitz took part in the suppression of street fighting in Dresden in 1849 and, during the suppression of the Baden Revolution, in the battles near Neudorf , Durlach , Malsch and Kuppenheim . From the beginning of April 1851 to mid-April 1853 he was then in command as an adjutant in the 2nd Battalion in the 24th Landwehr Regiment in Prenzlau . Subsequently, he rose to the position of adjutant of the 1st battalion in Spandau. In this position he was promoted to prime lieutenant in July 1855 and shortly afterwards was first assigned to the 1st Battalion in the 24th Landwehr Regiment as a company commander. At the beginning of November 1855 Lüderitz came to the III. Battalion and became a captain at the end of May 1859 . When he returned to his main regiment on October 17, 1860, he was appointed chief of the 7th Company in Havelberg . During the war against Denmark in 1864, Lüderitz was in command as a company commander in the replacement battalion and took part in the siege of the Düppeler Schanzen . In the war against Austria he led his company in the battle of Königgrätz in 1866 .

As a major, Lüderitz commanded the 1st Battalion in Neuruppin during the war against France at the Battle of Vionville . He was seriously wounded in the process and was not fit for duty again until January 1871. For his behavior, Lüderitz received the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross II. Class and the Commander of the House Order of the Wendish Crown . He rose to lieutenant colonel in March 1873 and was transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment in Hamburg on April 30, 1874 as commander of the 1st battalion . Under position à la suite , he was then commissioned on July 6, 1875, initially with the command of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91 and on January 4, 1876, Lüderitz was appointed regiment commander. In this position he was promoted to colonel in March 1876 and was awarded the Commendation Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig by his regiment chief Grand Duke Peter II .

Due to an untrue report by a musician in his regiment, Lüdewitz had allowed himself to be carried away into ordering the illegal arrests of civilians. He was then sentenced by a court martial to fourteen days in prison, which was later reduced to three days in room arrest . The Grand Duke complained to Kaiser Wilhelm I and requested a transfer from Lüderitz. He was then transferred to Kassel on February 11, 1879 as commander of the 3rd Kurhessian Infantry Regiment No. 83 . During a maneuver, Lüderitz fell ill with a boil in 1880 and, after his recovery on April 15, 1882, was assigned to command the 25th Infantry Brigade in Munster under position à la suite of the regiment . With his promotion to major general on June 11, 1882, he was appointed brigade commander. Lüderitz died in this position two months later.

family

Lüderitz married on March 31, 1865 in Schwerin with Bertha von der Lühe (1843-1914). Several children emerged from the marriage:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. 1901. Uradel, second year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1900, p. 577.
personal data
SURNAME Lüderitz, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lüderitz, Wilhelm Karl Heinrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Anklam
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1882
Place of death Muenster