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Hugo Von Kirchbach
Hugo Ewald Graf von Kirchbach (23 May 1809 – 26 October 1887) was a Prussian general who commanded the Prussian V Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Biography He was born in 1809 at Środa Śląska, Neumarkt in Silesia, to the Kingdom of Saxony, Saxon noble family of Kirchbach. His father, Franz Karl Helmuth von Kirchbach, was a captain in the Prussian Army, serving as an adjutant to Major General Michael Heinrich von Losthin in the German campaign of 1813, 1813 Campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. First entering the cadet school in 1824, von Kirchbach was named an ensign in the Regiment ''Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau'' in 1826, before being promoted to sub-lieutenant a year later. From 1831 to 1834 he studied at the Prussian Military Academy, which was a prerequisite to joining the German General Staff, General Staff. In 1838 he joined the Prussian General Staff's topography division. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1840, captain in 1845 and major in 1850. From 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Środa Śląska
Środa Śląska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The town lies approximately west of the regional capital Wrocław, on the Średzka Woda creek. As of 2019, the town has a population of 9,516. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. History Środa Śląska is situated in the central part of the Lower Silesia region at the main transport routes joining the east and west of Europe. The name ''Środa'' means "Wednesday", as that was the day on which the weekly market took place. Transforming it from a small commercial settlement into a center of urban character was carried out by the Polish Duke Henry the Bearded (1202–1238) whose idea was to enhance the economic and political significance of the Silesia region as a means to unify the Polish Kingdom. At around 1235, he granted the set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
