Adolf von Oven

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Grave site of Adolf and Alice von Oven at the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin (status 2013)

Karl Adolf von Oven (born May 30, 1855 in Nikolskowo ; † February 6, 1937 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of District Administrator Karl von Oven (1824–1907) and his wife Emma Karoline Adolfine, née Countess von Westarp.

Military career

Oven kicked his upbringing in the parental home and cadet corps on 19 April 1873 as a second lieutenant in the 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment. 96 of the Prussian army in Gera one. From November 16, 1875 to February 19, 1878 he served as an adjutant of the 1st battalion and then rose to regimental adjutant. After Oven was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on August 15, 1882 , he was commanded from October 1, 1182 to July 21, 1885 at the War Academy . In the meantime, Oven had been transferred to Mörchingen on February 15, 1885, to the Infantry Regiment "Graf Barfuß" (4th Westphalian) No. 17 . From there he was then assigned to the General Staff on May 1, 1886 and aggregated at the same time as he was promoted to Captain of the General Staff. Nine months later he was transferred to the General Staff of III. Army Corps . Oven was briefly transferred to the General Staff from April 2 to 22, 1889, before he was transferred to the General Staff of the 31st Division in Strasbourg . From January 27th, 1891 to March 28th, 1892 Oven resigned in the troop service and acted as company commander in the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13 in Münster . Subsequently, Oven was first general staff officer in the staff of the 22nd Division in Kassel and in this position was promoted to major on May 31, 1892 . On October 17, 1893, Oven was reassigned to the General Staff, but from there he was sent directly to the General Staff of the V Army Inspectorate . Here he worked until March 21, 1897 and then took over as commander of the 2nd battalion of the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot . Oven gave up the battalion on January 26, 1899, was promoted to lieutenant colonel and at the same time was entrusted with running the business as department head in the general staff. Until his appointment as head of department on May 22, 1900, Oven was also a teacher at the War Academy. On July 9, 1900, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps under the commanding General Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden . As a colonel (since April 18, 1901), Oven became the commander of the grenadier regiment "Prince Carl of Prussia" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12 stationed in Frankfurt (Oder) on August 18, 1902 . Oven gave up this command after more than two years and was given the command of the 16th Infantry Brigade in Torgau in mid-October 1904 . At the same time as his promotion to major general on January 27, 1905, he was brigade commander. On December 19, 1907, he was transferred to Magdeburg , where he was initially entrusted with the leadership of the 7th Division and, with his promotion to Lieutenant General, on January 27, 1908, he was appointed Division Commander. From November 5, 1911, his last peace service was that of the military governor of the strategically important fortress of Metz . As such, Oven was promoted to General of the Infantry on September 13, 1912. Upon reaching the seniority limit, Oven was relieved of his post on February 3, 1914, à la suite of the Grenadier Regiment “Prince Carl von Prussia” (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12 and put up for disposition .

First World War

At the beginning of the First World War, Oven was reactivated according to his mobilization regulations and took over the post as governor of Metz. As such, he participated from there in the border battles and from August 20 to 21, 1914 in the Battle of Lorraine on the right wing of the 6th Army . In the subsequent Battle of Longwy he commanded the corps named after him , which consisted of the main reserve of the fortress Metz and the 5th Landwehr Division and intervened in the fighting on the left wing of the 5th Army . Due to his good leadership, Oven was then additionally commissioned as a representative of the commanding general Hermann von Strantz to lead the V Army Corps . He was deployed with the corps between the Meuse and the Moselle , fought at Combres and Les Eparges and then advanced on Verdun . Due to differences of opinion with his superior general, Oven was relieved of his post on May 12, 1915, but retained his position as governor of Metz.

While maintaining this position, he was appointed leader of the newly formed group Metz on May 7, 1917. This consisted of various divisions and independent brigades and was pushed into the front as a link on both sides of the Moselle. Here she took part in the fighting that took place there. In recognition of his war merits, Wilhelm II awarded him the order Pour le Mérite on September 22, 1918 . At the same time, his mobilization provision was lifted and Oven finally adopted into retirement.

family

Adolf von Oven was married to Alice Edle von Oetinger (1866–1942). Both were buried in the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin . The grave is preserved.

Awards

literature

  • Otto Söding: Officer master list of the Royal Prussian 7th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 96. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1912. p. 70.
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweig: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Publishing House. Bissendorf 2003. ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 . Pp. 538-539.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume II: M-Z. Bernard & Graefe publishing house. Berlin 1935. p. 101.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1913. Ed .: War Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1913. p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Oven, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oven, Karl Adolf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Nikolskovo
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1937
Place of death Berlin-Wilmersdorf