Gustaf von Dickhuth-Harrach
Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil Dickhuth , von Dickhuth-Harrach since 1913 (born July 18, 1856 in Breslau , † May 21, 1932 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian infantry general in the First World War .
Life
Dickhuth studied at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University . In 1876 he became a corps bow bearer of the Marcomannia Breslau .
He then joined the Prussian Army and was promoted to lieutenant on October 10, 1877 . In the further course of his military career, Dickhuth-Harrach was from 1907 as a colonel (since April 14, 1907) Chief of the General Staff of the XVII. Army Corps in Gdansk . This was followed by his transfer to Stettin and the appointment as commander of the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 . Promoted to major general with effect from March 20, 1911 , he took over the 6th Infantry Brigade, which was also stationed in Stettin .
On June 16, 1913, Dickhuth was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility under the name Dickhuth-Harrach on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Wilhelm II as King of Prussia .
Dickhuth was promoted to lieutenant general on January 27, 1914 and at the same time appointed governor of Thorn . He held this position on the Eastern Front after the outbreak of the First World War. From February 1915, Dickhuth acted as the leader of a corps named after him, which was subordinate to the Gallwitz Army Department and was used in the Narew offensive . At the end of September 1915, the 87th Division was formed from the corps . Dickhuth-Harrach gave up his division on July 5, 1916 and instead took over the 201st Division , with which he continued to fight on the Eastern Front. On November 11, 1917 he was appointed deputy commanding general of the 1st Army Corps .
Shortly after the end of World War II, he wrote to his corps in the November Revolution November 24, 1918
“Unfortunately, due to the time constraints, I cannot come to the foundation festival… I have now voluntarily retired from the army. At the hour when I received the news that His Majesty had relinquished the throne, I submitted my resignation and only continued to run the business as long as I had the impression that my cooperation was for the maintenance of law and order is necessary. "
family
He married Heloise Minette Hedwig Rusche on November 18, 1882 (* December 20, 1857). The couple had several children:
- Hanns-Wolf Dieudonne Emil Albert Gustav (born October 30, 1883), captain ⚭ 1909 Else Luise Margarete Groß (born September 27, 1888)
- Ilse Anna Alma Hedwig (born November 13, 1884) ⚭ 1909 Gustav von Dippe (born August 6, 1882), master of Alt-Haldensleben
- Gerda Anna Sophie Martha Eugenie Maximiliane (born May 25, 1886) ⚭ 1914 Karl Müller
- Johann Albert Gustav (born December 8, 1891)
Honors
- Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves
- Star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Prussian service award cross
- Commander 1st class of the Order of the Sword
- Dr. iur. hc
Works
- Undefeated in the field. Experiences in the world war told of fellow combatants. Volume 1. With the portraits of the 27 employees. Munich 1921, 2nd edition 1921.
- Undefeated in the field. Experiences in the world war told of fellow combatants. Volume 2. With the portraits of the 24 employees. Munich 1921, 2nd edition 1922.
- How we won the flag - experiences of Germans abroad and seafarers in the world war. FJ Lehmann, Munich 1922.
- Potsdam. With 48 pen drawings and a colored cover picture by Otto H. Engel as well as 12 plates. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1925.
literature
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1919, thirteenth year, p.188 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilhelm Kosch (ed.) Et al. German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century. Volume 6: Deeg – Dürrenfeld. Walter de Gruyter, Munich / Zurich 2012, ISBN 3-11-096110-5 , p. 173.
- ^ Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army, 1815-1939 , Biblio-Verl., 1990, p. 220.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 82/51.
- ↑ Ranking of the officers of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps 1917. Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1917, p. 3.
- ^ Military weekly paper . No. 81 of June 19, 1913, p. 1864.
- ↑ Reichsarchiv (ed.): The World War 1914–1918. Volume 7: The Operations of 1915. The Events in Winter and Spring. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1931, p. 461.
- ^ Siegfried Schunke: Stories about Marcomannia and Marcomannes. Vol. 2 (1918-1936). Lüneburg 2004, p. 7 f.
- ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1919, thirteenth year, p.192 .
- ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 135.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustaf von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil von (full name); Dickhuth, Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil; Dickhut-Harrach, Gustaf (wrong name form); Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustav (wrong name form) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1856 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1932 |
Place of death | Potsdam |