After graduating from the Page Corps in 1866 von Rechenberg was promoted to the rank of
Sub-lieutenant. He was serving in the
Russo-Turkish War and on 24 October 1877 he was wounded during the
Battle of Gorni Dubnik. Von Rechenberg became the Governor of Viipuri Province on 12 January 1900. He had to resign on 22 August 1902 because of the strengthened
Russification acts in Finland. He once again became the Governor of Viipuri Province on 20 February 1906 and was given the title of
Privy Councillor on 15 April. He retired from his position as the Governor of Viipuri Province in March 1907. ==References==