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Louis Stoetzer
(01.08.1843 - 17.04.1906)
place of birth: Römhild, Franken (Bavarian
Franconia)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
General von Stoetzer
served as an Imperial Prussian corps commander, as well as a
military governor, during the years leading up to World War One. He began his
career in 1861 with the 32. Infanterie-Regiment in Meiningen, seeing
action during both the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Following a ten-year stint at Great General
Staff Headquarters in Berlin (1881-91), he was then selected to command 30. Infanterie-Division in Strasbourg. In 1901, Stoetzer became military governor of
Fortress Metz, and later replaced Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler as
commander of XVI. Armee-Korps, also headquartered in Metz.
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General
der Infanterie |
27.01.1903 |
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Erinnerungs-Kreuz |
Deutscher Krieg 1866 |
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Kriegs-Denkmünze |
Deutsch-Französischer
Krieg 1870–1871 |
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