Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Lindeman
(17.12.1856 - 08.12.1915)
place of birth:  Dresden, Sachsen  (Saxony)
Königreich Sachsen:  Generalstabschef,  Div-Kdr,  General der Kavallerie ch.


Saxon cavalry officer Karl Freiherr von Lindeman served as Saxon Army's Chief of General Staff during peacetime. Thereafter, he was selected to head up the 23rd Infantry Division (1. Königlich Sächsische) headquartered in Dresden. At mobilization, von Lindeman continued as 23rd ID commander until being relieved of duty in the summer of 1915, probably due to poor health. As part of Imperial Germany's Third Army, his division pushed through Belgium and northern France and were engaged in the Battle of the Marne. For his exemplary leadership during the early part of that campaign, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Saxony's highest military order - the Militär-St-Heinrich-Orden. At his discharge, he received the honorary brevet rank of General der Infanterie. Freiherr von Lindeman died a few months later in his hometown of Dresden.

     
     
General der Kavallerie 14.07.1915  (charakter)

Militär-St-Heinrich  15.10.1914  Ritter
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
00.00.1876 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment ,,König Albert” Nr. 18 - Dresden
21.12.1875 Sekonde-Lieutenant
17.07.1884 Premier-Lieutenant
23.10.1890 Rittmeister
00.00.1891 persönlicher Adjutant d. Prinzen Friedrich August, Herzogs zu Sachsen, K.H. - Dresden  (Prince Friedrich August's pers Adjutant)
00.00.1893 Sächsisches Kriegsministerium - Dresden  (detached to Great General Staff HQ)
00.00.1893 Großer Generalstab - Berlin
00.00.1895 2. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment ,,Kronprinz Wilhelm” Nr. 19 - Grimma  (Squadron Cdr)
00.00.1897 3. Königlich Sächsische Infanterie-Division Nr. 32 - Dresden  (on Franz von Rudorff's General Staff)
17.04.1898 Major
01.04.1899 XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armeekorps - Leipzig   (on Heinrich von Treitschke's General Staff)
22.03.1902 XIX. (II. Königlich Sächsisches) Armeekorps - Leipzig   (Treitschke's Chief of Staff)
03.08.1903 Oberstleutnant
20.09.1904 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment ,,König Albert” Nr. 18 - Dresden  (Cdr) 
23.09.1905 Oberst
11.12.1906 Königlich Sächsischer Generalstab - Dresden  (Chief of Royal Saxon General Staff, replaced von Wermuth)
22.03.1910 Generalmajor
23.09.1911 1. Königlich Sächsische Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 23 - Dresden  (Cdr)
23.04.1912 Generalleutnant
23.09.1911 1. Königlich Sächsische Infanterie-Division Nr. 23 - Leipzig  (Cdr, replaced Adolf Müller)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 1. Königlich Sächsische Infanterie-Division Nr. 23  =  3. Armee 
14.07.1915 General der Kavallerie  (charakter)
14.07.1915 zur Disposition gestellt
   
   
 

20.12.1913
 

 

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