Eberhard von Hofacker

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Eberhard von Hofacker
Hofacker as commander of the Uhlan regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20

Eberhard Alfred Konrad Karl Hofacker , von Hofacker since 1908 , (born June 25, 1861 in Hemmingen , † January 19, 1928 in Tübingen ) was a Württemberg lieutenant general in the First World War .

Life

Hofacker occurred on 29 September 1879 as a cadet in the Dragoon Regiment "Queen Olga" (1 Württembergisches) No. 25 of the Württemberg army in Ludwigsburg one. There he was appointed ensign on May 10, 1880 , and his promotion to second lieutenant on February 6, 1881 . From March 28, 1886, he acted as a regimental adjutant and was in this capacity on December 18, 1888 Premier Lieutenant . From July 21, 1891 to September 11, 1894, he graduated from the Prussian War Academy . This was followed by the simultaneous promotion to Rittmeister on September 12, 1894, he was appointed squadron chief . Four years later, Hofacker was transferred as adjutant to the 26th Division (1st Royal Württembergische) . From there he was commanded from December 16, 1899 to October 17, 1901 in the General Staff in Berlin and in the meantime promoted to major on May 18, 1901 . As such, he then acted as first general staff officer, initially in the general staff of the 21st Division , from January 27, 1903 in the 26th Division and from April 27, 1904 in the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps . Hofacker received his promotion to lieutenant colonel on June 21, 1906 . From then on, he held the post of wing adjutant on duty to Kaiser Wilhelm II and was also commander of the Castle Guard Company . Two years later Hofacker was appointed commander of the Uhlan regiment "King Wilhelm I." (2nd Württembergisches) No. 20 . On July 24, 1910 Hofacker gave up this command again and was appointed as a colonel (from September 7, 1909) Chief of the General Staff of the XVIII. Army Corps appointed. After he had been promoted to major general on January 27, 1913 , he took over as commander of the 45th Cavalry Brigade in Saarlouis on October 1 of that year .

The brigade led Hofacker beyond the outbreak of the First World War, was relieved on October 5, 1914 and was an officer of the army until February 3, 1915. He then received command of the 4th Landwehr Division and, from December 14, 1915, of the 5th Cavalry Division on the Eastern Front during the trench warfare in the Pripet Marshes . As a result, Hofacker was in command of the 82nd Reserve Division from August 13 to December 19, 1916 , then the 22nd Reserve Division until January 5, 1917 . Then the lieutenant general (since November 1, 1916) commanded the 26th division, with which he took part in the Battle of Arras and was deployed on the Italian front from the end of August 1917 . After the death of Albert von Berrer , in command of the Berrer group in the 14th Army , he took over their command. The group was henceforth called Gruppe v. Hofacker . From November 3, 1917 Hofacker acted as leader of the General Command z. b. V. 51 and was made available again as an officer by the army on August 23, 1918.

After the end of the war, Hofacker was appointed deputy head of the Württemberg war system . He finally retired from active service on May 8, 1919.

family

Eberhard von Hofacker was married to Albertine, née Countess von Üxküll-Gyllenband . Their son was the assassination on 20 July 1944 participated Caesar von Hofacker .

Awards

On February 25, 1908, King Wilhelm II awarded him the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility . On June 25, 1909, he was raised to hereditary nobility. Hofacker was also an honorary senator of the University of Tübingen and received the following awards during his military career:

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweig: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 , pp. 109-111.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ War Ministry (ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Wochenblatt. No. 6 of February 25, 1908, p. 20.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 101.
  3. ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 115.
  4. ^ War Ministry (ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Wochenblatt. No. 71 of November 18, 1915, p. 645.
  5. ^ War Ministry (ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Wochenblatt. No. 21 of May 10, 1917, p. 150.
  6. ^ War Ministry (ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Wochenblatt. No. 51 of November 23, 1917, p. 392.
  7. ^ War Ministry (ed.): Königlich Württembergisches Militär-Wochenblatt. No. 56 of December 31, 1917, p. 442.

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personal data
SURNAME Hofacker, Eberhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofacker, Eberhard Alfred Konrad Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg Lieutenant General in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Hemmingen
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1928
Place of death Tübingen