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Wilhelm
Ludwig Karl Kurt Friedrich von Tümpling
(30.12.1809 - 13.02.1884)
place of birth: Pasewalk,
Pommern (Pomerania)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Cavallerie
Prussian cavalry general von Tümpling was the son of General
Adam von Tümpling. Although he originally envisioned a career as an
attorney, Wilhelm eventually made his into the Guards Corps where he
quickly progressed. His first command came with a transfer to the 5th
Cuirassier Regiment in Riesenburg. By 1863, Generalleutnant von
Tümpling was commander of the 5th Infantry Division based at Frankfurt
an der Oder.
Although elements of his division did see
action during the Danish
War of 1864, General von Tümpling himself
remained in Kiel during the campaign. The Austro-Prussian War of
1866, however, offered him the chance for his first field battle at Gitschin,
where he personally headed the infantry charge and was severely wounded
in short order. The attack's success led to his receiving the order of
the Pour le Merite. In the War's aftermath, General
von Tümpling was for a few weeks the acting Governor
General of the Kingdom of Saxony.
In the years prior to the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71, General von
Tümpling received command of VI. Army Corps headquartered in Breslau.
The corps remained in Silesia as war broke out in France in order to
defend against a possible action by the Austrians. Upon becoming clear
that Austria was not going to ally itself with the French, von
Tümpling's corps was transferred to France in early August 1870. Their
task was to patrol for French units retreating from Sedan in order to
ensure they could not make it back to Paris. During the Siege of Paris,
VI. Corps was charged with securing the southwestern sector of the
city. Following the campaign, he returned to Breslau with his troops
and remained in charge of the corps until poor health forced his
retirement in 1883. General von Tümpling died a few months later at the
Talstein estate near Jena.
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