Wilhelm von Hahnke
Wilhelm Gustav Karl Bernhard von Hahnke (born October 1, 1833 in Berlin ; † February 8, 1912 there ) was a Prussian field marshal .
Life
origin
Hahnke came from an old family of officers. He was the son of the future Prussian Colonel Wilhelm von Hahnke (1793–1861) and his wife Angelique, born von der Lancken (1803–1873). His father was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility in 1836 .
Military career
After his education in the cadet corps Hahnke was transferred on April 26, 1851 as a second lieutenant to the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 of the Prussian Army . From February 19, 1854 to January 18, 1858 he served as a battalion adjutant, was then a regimental adjutant and was promoted to prime lieutenant on May 31, 1859 in this position . This was followed from June 7, 1860 to September 22, 1863 as an adjutant of the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade . At the same time he was promoted to captain on September 22, 1863, he was appointed company commander in the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 .
Hahnke fought with his company during the war against Denmark near Fredericia in 1864 and took part in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen . His achievements were thereby by the award of the Red Eagle Order IV. Class with Swords and the Crown Order III. Class honored with swords.
During the war against Austria in 1866 Hahnke was a member of the General Staff of the 2nd Army under Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in Bohemia . Hahnke was adjutant of the wing of Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until the Franco-German War . In the Franco-Prussian War he took part as a major in the General Staff at the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia . In 1872 he was appointed chief of the general staff of III. Army Corps appointed, promoted in 1875 to Lieutenant Colonel , 1878 to colonel and in 1881 finally to Major General . As such, he was commander of the 1st Guard Infantry Brigade and at the same time city commander of Potsdam .
In 1886 he was promoted to lieutenant general commander of the 1st Guard Division . He was then head of the military cabinet from 1888 . He held this position until 1901 and in the meantime was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown in 1891 . He then served as Commander-in-Chief in the Marken and Governor of Berlin until 1909 . In 1890 Hahnke was promoted to general of the infantry .
On January 1, 1905, he was promoted to General Field Marshal and then Adjutant General of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
family
He married Josephine von Bülow (1842–1911), a daughter of the Prussian Legation Councilor Friedrich von Bülow (1789–1853), in Berlin in 1865 . The couple had seven sons and two daughters, including:
- Wilhelm (1867–1931), Prussian Major General ⚭ Elisabeth von Schlieffen (* 1869), daughter of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen
- Albert (1869–1925), Prussian colonel, wing adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm I, commander of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm" No. 90
- Adolf (1873–1936), district president, curator of the University of Breslau
literature
- Military weekly paper . No. 53, April 25, 1911, pp. 1231-1234.
- Gerd Heinrich : Hahnke, Wilhelm von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 514 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1907. p. 48.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahnke, Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahnke, Wilhelm Gustav Karl Bernhard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Field Marshal General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1912 |
| Place of death | Berlin |