Willibald von der Goltz

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Willibald Freiherr von der Goltz (born August 8, 1829 in Bischofsburg , † January 10, 1899 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Willibald was a son of the Prussian captain Wilhelm von der Goltz (1773-1831) and his wife Karoline, born von Woisky (1792-1850) from the house of Basien. The Lieutenant General Moritz von der Goltz (1820-1881) was his older brother.

Military career

Goltz attended the city ​​school in his hometown and the cadet houses in Bensberg and Berlin . On April 22, 1847, he was transferred to the Prussian Army as an aggregate Second Lieutenant of the 2nd Artillery Brigade. For further training, Goltz graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School in 1847/49 and was assigned to the brigade at the beginning of October 1849 when he was appointed artillery officer. After a three-month assignment to mobile column No. 11, he was employed as an adjutant of the I. Department from September 1851 . In the same capacity, Goltz was with the fortress department from July 1852 and then graduated from the General War School from October 1853 to September 1856 . As a prime lieutenant in June 1858 he was assigned to the topographical department of the Great General Staff . When mobilizing on the occasion of the Sardinian War , Goltz was given command of the mobile 3rd ammunition column. At the end of June 1859 he was transferred to the 3rd Artillery Regiment while being promoted to captain . From May 1860 to January 1862 he was again assigned to the topographical department of the Great General Staff. Then Goltz was adjutant of the Magdeburg governorate until he was placed à la suite with the 3rd Artillery Brigade on October 23, 1862 and became a teacher at the Engers War School .

As commander of the 1. 6-pound battery , Goltz took part in the battles near Gitschin and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria . Awarded the Order of the Crown III. After the peace treaty in mid-October 1866, he was appointed company commander in the fortress artillery regiment no. With his promotion to major , he was appointed director of the Potsdam War School in mid-January 1867 under position à la suite of the General Staff of the Army . For the duration of the mobile relationship on the occasion of the war against France , Goltz was chief of the staff of the general stage inspection of the 3rd Army . In this capacity he took part in the siege of Paris and the battle at Fontaine-la-Rivière and received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the war, Goltz initially returned to his post at the war school before he was transferred to the Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 14 as a department commander in mid-August 1871 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 18, 1872 . In late summer he was commanded to accompany Crown Prince Friedrich on a tour of the South German troops. On October 8, 1872, Goltz was appointed commander of the Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 8 and promoted to colonel in mid-September 1874 . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade in Königsberg on March 13, 1877 . In this capacity, Goltz was born on May 13, 1880 Major General and on June 15, 1882 award of the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves with board for disposition made. On October 18, 1895, Wilhelm II awarded him the star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class with swords on the ring.

family

Goltz married on April 12, 1860 in Graudenz with Cäcilie Freiin von der Osten (1839-1916), daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Leo von der Osten called Sacken (1811-1895). The marriage remained childless.

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SURNAME Goltz, Willibald von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goltz, Willibald Freiherr von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Episcopal Castle
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1899
Place of death Potsdam