Wilhelm von Wrisberg

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Wilhelm von Wrisberg (born February 10, 1828 in Schwaan , † April 24, 1914 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Wilhelm was the son of Landdrost Hermann von Wrisberg (1782–1867) and his wife Luise, née Jeenz (1792–1858).

Military career

After attending the secondary school in Parchim and the cadet house in Schwerin , Wrisberg was employed on July 1, 1847, as porter ensign in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin I. Musketeer Battalion in Wismar . At the end of April 1848 he was promoted to secondary lieutenant and the following year he took part in the battles near Ladenburg and Greater Saxony when the revolution was suppressed in Baden . From March to September 1850 Wrisberg was assigned to the Landwehr Battalion in Schwerin and from January to August 1851 to take rifles to Suhl . On January 1, 1854, he was transferred to the Grenadier Guard Battalion and two years later he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant . In mid-April he was assigned to the staff of the Mecklenburg division, and was appointed adjutant of this division with a transfer . In the summer of 1860 Wrisberg took part in the Würzburg military convergence and in September 1860 was assigned to the headquarters of the 6th Division during the Prussian maneuvers . After he had received his promotion to captain , he was assigned to the rifle factory in Spandau from October to December 1862 and in September of the following year as an adjutant to the federal inspection in Württemberg . From the end of March 1866, Wrisberg returned to service as a company commander in the 1st Infantry Regiment. During the following German War he was an adjutant in the II Reserve Army Corps and took part in the Main Campaign in this capacity . After the peace treaty he was sent to the military department in Schwerin in mid-October 1867. This was followed at the end of January 1868 by his assignment to the General Command of the IX. Army Corps in Schleswig .

With promotion to major , Wrisberg was accepted into the Association of the Prussian Army on October 10, 1868 , commanded to the Great General Staff and to the General Command of the IX. Assigned to Army Corps. On April 6, 1869 he was transferred to the General Staff of the IX. Army Corps under General Gustav von Manstein . In this position he took part in the battles at Colombey , Vionville , Gravelotte , Noiseville , Orléans , Beaugency and Le Mans as well as the siege of Metz in 1870/71 during the war against France . For his work he received both classes of the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross .

On April 13, 1872, Wrisberg was transferred to Erfurt as commander of the fusilier battalion in the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 . He was promoted to colonel by March 1876 , was awarded the Schwarzburg Cross of Honor, 1st Class by his regiment chief Prince Günther , and on May 18, 1876 was appointed commander of the 5th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 42 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was commissioned on August 30, 1882, initially with the command of the 29th Infantry Brigade in Cologne, and on September 2, 1882 he was appointed commander of this large unit . Wrisberg was awarded major general in mid-September 1882 and two years later with the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. His commanding general Walter von Loë recommended Wrisberg for use as the commandant of a fortress. Since no corresponding position was available, he submitted his departure and was put up for disposal on March 8, 1887, conferring the character of Lieutenant General with a pension .

After his farewell, Kaiser Wilhelm II honored him on January 18, 1896 by awarding him the star for the Crown Order II. Class.

family

Wrisberg married Dorothea von Zülow (1839–1878), daughter of the infantry general Hermann von Zülow , in Schwerin on October 30, 1857 . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Ulrich (1859–1869)
  • Marie Luise (1861–1898)
  • Ernst (1862–1927), Prussian major general

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Nobeligen houses. 1903. Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1902, pp. 980–981.
personal data
SURNAME Wrisberg, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wrisberg, Johann Christian Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Swaan
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1914
Place of death Charlottenburg