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Nauendorf, Adolf Heinrich Ludwig Baron von

Nauendorf, Adolf Heinrich Ludwig Freiherr von

General

born: 09.11.1781 in Hachenburg

died: 18.10.1842 in Wiesbaden


In 1808, Nauendorf was transferred from Prussian service as a captain and initially served in the ducal court service, then in the Nassau general staff. In 1817 he became lieutenant colonel and wing adjutant to the duke and in 1830 commander of the 2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment before transferring to the general staff as a general in 1840. From 1837 he was also head of the military school (cadet school).

In 1806 he took part in the campaign against Napoleon as a Prussian officer and fought as a major against Napoleon's army at Waterloo in 1815. In 1831-32 (as representative of the Count of Leiningen-Westerburg), 1833-39 (as representative of Prince zu Wied) and 1842 (as representative of Prince Moritz zu Nassau), Nauendorf was a member of the First Chamber of the Nassau House of Representatives. He was buried in the Old Cemetery.

Literature

Rösner, Cornelia: Nassau parliamentarians. A biographical handbook. Part 1: Der Landtag des Herzogtums Nassau 1818-1866, Wiesbaden 1997 (Vorgeschichte und Geschichte des Parlamentarismus in Hessen 16) [p. 126 f.].

Wacker, Peter: The generals of the Duchy of Nassau. In: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, vol. 34, 1972 [p. 163].

Wacker, Peter: Das herzoglich-nassauische Militär 1813-1866. Militärgeschichte im Spannungsfeld von Politik, Wirtschaft und sozialen Verhältnissen eines deutschen Kleinstaates (with contributions by Guntram Müller-Schellenberg), Taunusstein 1998 [pp. 459, 638].

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