Otto von Diepenbroick-Grüter (General, 1819)-Wikipedia
Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Adam Freiherr von Diepenbroick Grüter (Born March 21, 1819 in Haus Marck near Tecklenburg, † September 30, 1870 in Wiesbaden) was a Prussian major general and a knight of honor of the Order of St. John.
Origin [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Otto was a son of the district administrator Gustav von Diepenbroick Grüter (1779–1822) and his second wife Karoline Henriette, born of the Reck (1790–1846). His father was Lord on Marck and Rahe. [first] District Administrator Ludwig von Diepenbroick Grüter (1804–1870) was his step brother from his father’s first marriage.
Military career [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Grüter visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin. He then entered the 8th Hussar Regiment of the Prussian Army on August 18, 1836. For further training, he completed the general war school for three years from October 1839. From August 10, 1843 to May 12, 1844 and from July 2 to August 18, 1845, he was deployed to represent the adjutant of the 14th Kavallerie Brigade. From October 1, 1845 to September 30, 1847, he was then commanded to teaching. After his return, he was on April 1, 1848 to join the Schleswig-Holstein army in the fight against Denmark. On April 8, 1848, he became a primeer lieutenant and also adjutant of the Schleswig-Holstein Cavalry Brigade. As early as October 13, 1848, he was promoted to Rittmeister and at the same time appointed the Holstein 2nd Dragoons Regiment as an escadron leader. During the first Schleswig war, he took part in the battles at Bau, Schleswig, Düppel, Hadersleben, Kolding, Gundsoe and the siege of Frederica. For this he received the Red Eagle Order IV class with swords. On April 17, 1850, he returned to the 8th Hussar Regiment with his old patent as a secondary carnant. On November 19, 1850, he was commanded as a personal adjutant of Prince Friedrich Karl von Prussia on November 19, 1851, rose to the primeer lieutenant at the beginning of January 1851 and, on March 10, 1853, was given birth to the Leib-Garde-Hussaren- Regiment moved. On June 19, 1854, appointed chief of Eskadron, he was transferred to the Great General Staff on January 31, 1858. As early as July 12, 1858, he was transferred to the VII. Army corps as a major. From there, on May 15, 1862, he came as a commander in the newly grown 9th Ulanen Regiment. There he became lieutenant colonel on March 17, 1863 and promoted to colonel on June 18, 1865.
During the German War, he fought at Munich Grätz, thrush, Blumenau and Königgrätz. For this he was on September 20, 1866 with the Cronic Order III. Class with swords.
Under position à la Suite, Grüter was transferred to the 5th cavalry brigade after the war on January 14, 1868 as a commander and on March 7, 1868 with the major commitment of the House Order of the Wendish Krone and on June 9, 1870 the with the order of the Saint Anna II class awarded. When mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France, he took command of the Mobile 14th Cavalry Brigade in mid-July 1870, which formed from the 6th Cuirassier Regiment, the 3rd Ulanen Regiment and the 15th Ulanen Regiment. He was promoted to Major General on July 26, 1870 and was already the Iron Cross II class shortly after the start of the campaign. As early as August 16, 1870, he was heavily wounded in the Battle of Vionville by a shot in his right hand and died of his injuries on September 30, 1870 in Wiesbaden. The body was transferred to Berlin and buried on October 10 at the Invalidenkirchhof.
Family [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Grüter married on September 30, 1854 in Kruckow Anna Freiin von Sobeck (1832–1918), a daughter of the politician Wilhelm von Sobeck. [2] The couple had several children:
- ↑ Gothaic genealogical paperback of the Freiherring houses in 1855. S.120
- ↑ Gothaic genealogical paperback of the baronial houses. 1918. S. 801.
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