Wilhelm von Tümpling

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General von Tümpling

Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Kurt Friedrich von Tümpling (born December 30, 1809 in Pasewalk , † February 13, 1884 in Talstein near Jena ) was a Prussian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

Wilhelm came from the von Tümpling family . He was the son of Adam von Tümpling (1781–1871) and his first wife Ernestine Wilhelmine, geb. Countess von Bohlen from the Stretense family (born November 16, 1783 in Neidenburg , † March 7, 1815 in Pasewalk ). His father was a cavalry general and a Knight of the Black Eagle Order .

Military career

Tümpling initially decided on a civilian career, studied law in Heidelberg after graduating from high school and became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia there in 1829 .

On July 25, 1830, however, he joined the Guard Corps as an officer candidate and was appointed second lieutenant on June 18, 1831 . Due to his academic background, he quickly made a career, so that his later entry into military service did not have a detrimental effect. In the fall of 1833 he went to the General War School and in 1837 to the topographic office. As early as 1839 he was a regular member of the General Staff from 1841, initially as an aggregate officer. In 1840 he was promoted to prime lieutenant. On April 12, 1842 he was promoted to captain with simultaneous command in the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz . From there in 1848, meanwhile promoted to major , he was transferred to the Great General Staff in Berlin. Here he took part in the Baden campaign in 1849 .

From the end of 1850 he was back in the troop service, first in the 4th Dragoon Regiment as a staff officer , then in 1853 with his own command in the 5th Cuirassier Regiment . A year later he took over command of the 1st Guard Uhlan Regiment in Potsdam . At the end of 1857 he was appointed colonel and commander of the 11th Cavalry Brigade in Breslau . Tümpling stayed here until he finally took over the 5th Division stationed in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1863 as Lieutenant General .

In the German-Danish War of 1864, parts of his division were used in combat, for example at the Düppeler Schanzen and the occupation of Fehmarn , but he himself was not involved and stayed in Kiel during the fighting . During the German War of 1866, it was used for the first time in the Battle of Gitschin . Here he should conquer the place as part of a pincer movement. When he personally led an infantry attack, he was wounded and had to spend the remainder of the campaign in the hospital . Since the attack on Gitschin had been successful, however, he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite . After the war he was Governor General of the Kingdom of Saxony for a few weeks . From October 30, 1866, Tümpling led the VI. Army Corps .

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War , the VI. Army Corps are only in Silesia in order to be there if Austria enters the war. After it was clear that Austria would not take part in the war on France's side, the corps moved to France at the beginning of August. By the time they managed to catch up with the rest of the 3rd Army, Metz had already been enclosed. When the 3rd Army moved north towards the army of Napoléon III. moved, Tümpling was left as flank protection. He was therefore not involved in the Battle of Sedan . His job was to intercept retreating French units so that they could not get to Paris. The French XIII. Corps managed to avoid this trap and reach Paris. During the siege of Paris , Tümpling had to hold the south-western section. In this area he was able to repel a French sortie in the battle at Chevilly .

After the war Tümpling went back to Breslau with his corps . Before that, he was still part of the formation at the Victory Parade in Berlin. He also received the Order of the Black Eagle in 1875 and was appointed chief of the 3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 15 . In 1883, Tümpling had to bid farewell due to his poor health.

family

On October 12, 1836, he married Countess Helene Constanze Charlotte von Einsiedel (* May 22, 1812 - October 11, 1837) from the Wolkenburg family. The couple had a daughter:

  • Helene (1837-1855)

After the early death of his first wife, he married Wilhelmine von Seitzer on November 26, 1842 (born November 26, 1810). The couple had several children:

  • Helene Wilhelmine (born November 3, 1843; † December 19, 1921) ⚭ Edmund Emanuel von Löbbecke-Mahlen (born May 1, 1831; † July 31, 1894)
  • Wilhelm Wolf Friedrich Ferdinand Clemens Anton Georg (* March 25, 1845 - † 1923) ⚭ Luise von Boyen (* May 26, 1852 - July 3, 1911), daughter of General Leopold Hermann von Boyen
  • Marie Wilhelmine Nanny Johanna (* 1847)
⚭ Alfred von Löbenstein-Lohsa († 1888), Chamberlain, Rittmeister and District Administrator a. D.
⚭ 1891 Georg von Zedlitz and Neukirch (* May 18, 1846; † August 13, 1898), district administrator of the Schönau district

Honor

The Jena sculptor Otto Späte created a bust of General von Tümpling, which was placed in the Neues Museum Weimar .

literature

References and comments

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 91.
  2. ↑ General August von Werder formed the other part of the pliers
  3. ↑ The 3rd Army was already on its way to Paris when it turned north towards the French Army. This movement led to the Battle of Sedan.
  4. ↑ The XIII. Corps will form the core of the occupying forces of Paris for the next few months.
  5. ^ Official press of Prussia from June 14, 1871.
  6. ↑ a b Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses ›Seventh year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1906, p. 808.
  7. ↑ Edmund Emanuel von Löbbecke.
  8. ^ Marie von Tümpling.
personal data
SURNAME Tümpling, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tümpling, Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Kurt Friedrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasewalk
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1884
Place of death Talstein near Jena