serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1855 - prussian army 2nd garde-infanterie-brigade 5th division viii corps dolzig , imperial germany 7 december 1917 berlin , prussia prussia prussia german empire imperial germany second schleswig war austro-prussian war franco-prussian war 29 april 1839 general der infanterie maximilian vogel von falckenstein
 maximilian vogel von falckenstein
maximilian vogel von falckenstein

maximilian eduard august hannibal kunz sigismund vogel von fal -lrb- c -rrb- kenstein -lrb- 29 april 1839 -- 7 december 1917 -rrb- was a prussian `` general der infanterie '' and politician .
falckenstein was born in berlin as the son of the prussian general eduard vogel von falckenstein and luise gärtner .
he married marie freiin von stoltzenberg -lrb- 15 september 1842 -- 2 october 1915 -rrb- in koblenz on 3 september 1862 .
falckenstein was lord of the estate gut dolzig , which encompassed 10 square kilometres .
he entered the prussian army in 1855 , becoming a captain of the great general staff in 1871 and an instructor at the prussian military academy in 1881 .
he was promoted to `` generalmajor '' in 1888 and named the commander of the 2 .
garde-infanterie-brigade .
falckenstein became director of the general war department within the ministry of war in 1889 .
a year later , he was promoted to `` generalleutnant '' and appointed to serve as the commander of the 5th division .
in 1896 , falckenstein was promoted to `` general der infanterie '' , becoming the commanding general of the viii .
armeekorps in koblenz , as well as head of the engineer and pioneer corps .
he died at his estate of dolzig .
