Curt von Dewitz

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Curt von Dewitz (born July 31, 1871 in Sophienhof , Regenwalde district , † April 2, 1929 in Berlin-Halensee ) was a German lieutenant general in the Reichswehr and inspector of the artillery.

Restitution gravestone for Curt von Dewitz at the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin (status 2013)

Life

origin

Curt, the son of Max von Dewitz (1844-1893) and his wife Elisabeth, née von Metzradt (1851-1886).

Military career

After visiting the cadet institute on March 24, 1890, Dewitz joined the 1st Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 2 of the Prussian Army in Kolberg as a second lieutenant . From 1892 to 1893 he graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School and on his return to his main regiment became adjutant of the 2nd division in Belgard and as such on April 1, 1898, Prime Lieutenant . On October 18, 1902, while being promoted to captain, he was appointed battery boss . Dewitz then came to the Kurmärkisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 39 in Perleberg in the same position on August 18, 1911 . From there he was transferred on June 19, 1912 to Bromberg to the staff of the Pomerania Field Artillery Regiment No. 53 . Dewitz was promoted to major on June 6, 1913 , and on October 1, 1913, was appointed commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 17 , which was also stationed in Bromberg .

With the mobilization and outbreak of the First World War , Dewitz and his regiment were deployed in the 1st Army on the Western Front , where they were first involved in combat operations near Mons . After the end of the Battle of Ypres , the regiment moved to the Eastern Front and took part in the Battle of Łódź . From January he fought with his department in Hungary and in the course of the year on the Bug Offensive . On November 12, 1915, Dewitz was appointed commander of the 1st East Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 16 , with which he briefly took to the western front near Verdun in March 1916 . From August 1916 to March 1917 the regiment came again to the Eastern Front. Back in front of Verdun, Dewitz and his unit took part in the Great Battle of France in the spring . He received the order Pour le Mérite on April 22, 1918 , was appointed Artillery Commander No. 1 on July 3, 1918 and promoted in this position to Lieutenant Colonel on July 15 .

As such, Dewitz was transferred back to his peacekeeping unit after the end of the war and accepted into the Reichswehr. There it was first used in the staff of the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 2, whose commander he was then on May 16, 1920. As a colonel (since December 18, 1920), Dewitz acted from February 1, 1923 to March 31, 1927 as the commander of the Jüterbog artillery school, and in the meantime became major general on November 1, 1925 . Then he was with the staff of Group Command 2 in Kassel , before Dewitz was appointed inspector of the artillery on November 1, 1927 and promoted to lieutenant general on January 1, 1928. Dewitz was released from this post on January 31, 1929 and retired.

Curt von Dewitz was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin . His grave is marked with a restitution stone.

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 302-303.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 224–226.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Noble houses A. Volume XXVII, Volume 132 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISBN 3-7980-0832-9 , p. 268.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 112.
personal data
SURNAME Dewitz, Curt von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in the Reichswehr and Artillery Inspector
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Sophienhof , Regenwalde district
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1929
Place of death Berlin-Halensee