Adolf von Westarp

Adolf Eduard Ludwig Viktor Graf von Westarp (born November 18, 1854 in Düsseldorf , † December 19, 1925 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the head forester Viktor Graf von Westarp (1826–1868) and his wife Emma, ​​née von Oven (1831–1910). The politician Kuno von Westarp was his brother. The Counts Westarp came from the morganatic marriage of Prince Friedrich Franz Christoph von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1769-1807), son of the Prussian general Franz Adolf with the bourgeois Karoline Westarp (1773-1818), who in 1798 was elevated to Countess von Westarp has been.

Military career

Coming from the cadet corps, Westarp was transferred on April 28, 1872 as a second lieutenant to the 6th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 52 of the Prussian Army . Two years later he was transferred to the artillery and came to the Magdeburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 . Promoted to Prime Lieutenant there in March 1881 , he was transferred to Breslau a few days later in the Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 6 . On November 15, 1887, Westarp was promoted to captain and battery chief . Under position à la suite of the regiment, he was transferred to the artillery shooting school on March 28, 1889 as chief of the 2nd training battery. This was followed by a use in the 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment from August 18, 1895 . In this position Westarp received on 12 September 1895 character as Major and on January 27, 1896, the patent for this rank. From October 18, 1896 to April 17, 1899 he was a department commander in the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment and was then transferred back to the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment in the same capacity. On April 18, 1901, Westarp was commissioned to lead the Grand Ducal Hessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 25 (Grand Ducal Artillery Corps) in Darmstadt . On May 18, 1901, he was appointed regimental commander and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 22, 1902 and to colonel three years later. For his work, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig awarded him the Commander's Cross, Class II, of the order of Philip the Magnanimous . On December 15, 1906, Westarp was transferred to Trier and entrusted with the leadership of the 16th field artillery brigade there . On April 14, 1907 he was appointed commander of this large unit and on May 1, 1909 he rose to major general . In this capacity, Westarp received the Order of the Crown, 2nd class, and on the occasion of the Order Festival in 1911, the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. With the approval of his resignation request, he was put up for disposition on April 22, 1912 with the status of lieutenant general with the statutory pension .

During the First World War , Westarp was reused as a ZD officer and acted as the inspector of the 3rd Army's stage inspection .

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Westarp was married twice, first from 1877 to Eugenie Schneider (1854–1890) and from 1899 to Alexandra von Walter (1863–1940). The following children emerged from the marriages:

• Irene (1882-1882)
• Eberhard-Joachim (1884–1945), writer ⚭ 1921 Asta von Beseler (* 1897), daughter of Colonel General Hans von Beseler
• Heinrich (1906–1984), Dipl.-Ing. ⚭ 1935 Isie Cullinan (1910–1985)

literature

• Krüger: master list of officers, medical officers and officials of the infantry regiment v. Alvensleben (6th Brandenburgisches) No. 52. Verlag Gerhard Stalling , Oldenburg 1912, p. 97.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1876. P. 993f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 505.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 10 of January 22, 1911, p. 190.
3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 53 of April 25, 1912, pp. 1198f.
4. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 693.