Karl von der Gröben

Charles of the Groeben ( born September 17, 1788 in Schrengen; † July 13, 1876 on Good Neudörfchen at Marienwerderstraße ) was a Prussian officer, most recently General of Cavalry.

Life

Groeben joined with 18 years in the Prussian army, then participated in the campaigns of 1806 and 1807 in part in the Corps of L' Estocq. In the fighting at Kozebrok and Heilenberg he drew, then second lieutenant in the 3rd Silesian Uhlans Regiment, so from that King Friedrich Wilhelm III him. the Order pour le Merite awarded. In the request of his superiors Kall of 15 May 1808 is,

" .... I EKM erdreuste me to ask for the Order pour le Merite for three following officers .... 3 Lieutenant Groeben, a more active, a young officer of much head, which has as with Heilenberg honored at Kozebrok with the night attack honorably .... at this moment the officer of Wakenitzrestaurant at the bridge was being attacked and scattered, my field watch it seems to the standing behind him, was attacked by infantry and cavalry, I blew on horseback. Lieutenant Groeben offered to coincide with the first people who arrived to rush to the aid of the field watch .... He reached into the dark night the enemy so courageously on that he threw back everything back over the bridge, as well many swoop let ... '. The king then granted on July 15, 1809 plm the Order Groeben thanked by letter dated 17 August 1809 allerunterthänigst '. "

In 1812 he went, at his own request, the service and took in the wake of the Russian army in the battles of Lutzen and Bautzen. In August 1813 Groeben was employed as a staff captain in the Prussian General Staff and wounded in front of Dresden. However, he participated in the battles of Kulm and Leipzig, in part again. 1814 Groeben in the inclusion of Luxembourg while, but was again severely wounded at Gué- à -Treme and promoted in July to major. 1815 Groeben took part in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo. He was then lieutenant colonel and moved to the General Command of the Rhine.

1817 Groeben was transferred as Chief of Staff to Wroclaw. Further steps of his military career were:

After Groeben had been promoted to lieutenant general in 1842, he was made in 1843 to the Adjutant General of the King. In March 1848 Groeben temporarily took over the command of the Seventh Army Corps. In June 1849 he and Moritz von Hirschfeld commanded posted two to Baden, improvised Prussian Corps to put down the Palatinate-Baden revolution.

1852 Groeben was Commanding General of the Seventh Army Corps, and in June 1853 Guards Corps. Since 1854 Groeben belonged to the Prussian mansion where he sympathized with the strictly conservative and religious party. On June 1, 1858 Groeben retired from active service, but remained adjutant general of the king and lived on his estate in Neudörfchen Marienwerder in West Prussia.

Groeben issued the posthumous works of Carl von Clausewitz.

The " using official sources " put together Address Book for Berlin and its suburbs in 1899 indicates that Groeben shore later in Berlin- Kreuzberg was named after him; 2009 renamed in May- Ayim -Ufer was decided.