Adolph Wilhelm Berger

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Adolph Wilhelm Berger

Adolph Wilhelm Berger (born October 30, 1829 in Rastenburg , † October 1, 1898 in Göttingen ) was a German naval officer, the last rank of Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy .

Life

Berger was the son of the future Prussian Colonel Johann Sebastian Christian Berger (1793–1871) and his wife Henriette Wilhelmine Marie Betty, née Scholinius (1804–1881). His brothers Hermann (1828–1912) and Adolf Otto (1837–1910) achieved the rank of lieutenant general in the Prussian army .

Military career

Berger joined the Prussian Navy in Stettin on September 4, 1848 as a second class sailor and was appointed cadet on November 1, 1848 . From October 1848 to September 1849 he was a midshipman on the American frigate USS “St. Lawrence ” .

Berger served on various ships of the Prussian and Imperial Navy in different functions, as officer on watch, as cadet officer and as first officer. From February to December 1863 he was in the Royal Navy on board the HMS "Black Prince" .

In the naval battle near Jasmund on March 17, 1864 during the German-Danish War , Danish and Prussian naval forces clashed east of the Jasmund peninsula , part of the island of Rügen . Berger, who served as first officer on the corvette SMS "Arcona" , was seriously wounded in the battle . After a stay in a hospital , he was given leave of absence until September 1864.

Berger was from May 26 to September 29, 1867 in command of the brig SMS "Musquito" , which served as a training ship for ship boys. Other ships under the command of Berger were:

On September 25, 1879, Berger, with the rank of rear admiral, was entrusted with the management of the chief of the North Sea naval station in Wilhelmshaven . Berger was put up for disposition on July 24, 1883, with the status of Vice Admiral.

Awards

family

He married on October 8, 1865 in Halle on the Saale Elisabeth Marie Barries (1845-1894), a daughter of the medical councilor Carl Ludwig Barries. The couple had four children.

  • Anna (1866–1946) married the theologian Max Löhr
  • Wilhelm (* / † 1868)
  • Marie (1870–1944) married to the medical advisor Hugo Neuhaus
  • Fritz (1871–1931) Sea captain married to Emma, ​​b. Rodde

Death and grave

Adolph Wilhelm Berger died of a heart attack on October 1, 1898 at the age of almost 69 in Göttingen . The body was transferred to Berlin and buried there on October 6, 1898 in the New Garrison Cemetery in Hasenheide . Presumably the grave site no longer exists.

literature

  • Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849–1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 1: A-G. (= Deutschlands Generale und Admirale.) Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 978-3-7648-1499-1 , pp. 99 and 100

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Imperial Navy in Wilhelmshaven: Chiefs of the North Sea Naval Station Command
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Adolph Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1898
Place of death Goettingen