Alexander Rüstow (soldier)
Encyclopedia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
soldier
Soldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
and military writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
from Brandenburg an der Havel. The brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow
Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow
Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow was a Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer.Rüstow was born in Brandenburg an der Havel in the Province of Brandenburg. He entered the Prussian Army and served for some years, until the publication of Der deutsche Militärstaat vor und während der Revolution...
and Caesar Rüstow
Caesar Rüstow
Cäsar Rüstow was a Prussian soldier and military writer.The brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow and Alexander Rüstow, Cäsar Rüstow was one of the foremost experts of his time in the design and construction of military rifles, and the writer of several treatises on that subject, notably Die...
, he is remembered for his work Der Kustenkrieg (Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, 1848). Alexander and Caesar both fell on the field of battle during the 1866 Austro-Prussian War
Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
, with Alexander dying at Horitz from wounds sustained in the Battle of Königgratz
Battle of Königgrätz
The Battle of Königgrätz , also known as the Battle of Sadowa, Sadová, or Hradec Králové, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire...
.
Literature
- Meyers Lexikon. 1896, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig Wien 1896.
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 30.Bd. Neudruck der Auflage von 1890, Verlag Duncker und Humboldt, 1970 Berlin, S. 37
- Theodor Fontane: Der Feldzug in Böhmen und Mähren 1866. Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. v. Decker), Berlin, 1871