[Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Kurt Friedrich ] von Tümpling Corp Prussian General of Cavalry in Uniform
Official Portrait Original Grave [on steel], Leipzig ND(1890s). From photography. Publisher and Printer
von Weger, Leipzig. One side print. Size 208 x 278 mm. Near Fine condition: mainly clean sheet with lt. stains
and small pollution, minor defects, traces of time (see pictures).
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Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Kurt Friedrich von Tümpling (1809 - 1884) was a Prussian cavalry general.
At the end of 1857 he was appointed colonel and commander of the 11th Cavalry Brigade in Breslau.
A year later he was appointed a legal knight of the Order of St. John. Tümpling remained in Breslau until he finally
took over the 5th Division stationed in Frankfurt on the Oder in 1863 as a lieutenant general.
In the German-Danish War of 1864, parts of his division were deployed, but he himself was not involved and instead
stayed in Kiel during the fighting. In the German War of 1866 his first deployment was in the Battle of Gitschin.
While personally leading an infantry attack, he was wounded and had to spend the rest of the campaign
in the hospital. However, since the attack on Gitschin was successful, he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite.
After the war he was Governor General of the Kingdom of Saxony for a few weeks. From October 30, 1866,
Tümpling led the VI. Army Corps.
At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, the VI. The army corps would first be in Silesia so that it could be there
if Austria entered the war. After it became clear that Austria would not take part in the war on France's side,
the corps moved to France at the beginning of August.
After the war, Tümpling went back to Breslau with his corps. Before that, he was part of the honorary formation
at the victory parade in Berlin. He also received the Black Eagle Order in 1875 and was appointed head of
the 3rd Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 15. In 1883 Tümpling had to resign due to his poor health.