Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin, Hieronymus Anton Baron von
Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin, Hieronymus Anton Baron von
General
Born: 07.09.1816 (or 1817) in Kalisch (Congress Poland)
died: 25.02.1906 in Krakow
Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin transferred from Saxon service to Nassau in 1851 as a major and wing adjutant to Duke Adolph. From 1862 he served in the Nassau General Staff, initially as a colonel and from 1865 as a general.
In the 1866 war against Prussia, Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin acted as Duke Adolph's companion in the headquarters of the VIII. Federal Army Corps and as Nassau's military represDuke Adolph. From 1862 he served in the Nassau General Staff, initially as a colonel and from 1865 as a general.
In the 1866 war against Prussia, Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin acted as Duke Adolph's companion in the headquarters of the VIII. Federal Army Corps and as Nassau's military representative to the Federal Military Commission.
After the war was lost, Ziemiecki von Ziemiecin transferred to Austrian service, where he became a field marshal.
Literature
Rosenwald, Walter: Die nassauische Brigade im Feldzug 1866, Taunusstein 1983 [p. 298 (Index)].
Wacker, Peter: The generals of the Duchy of Nassau. In: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, vol. 34, 1972 [p. 94].
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. 474; 641].