Emil von Rappard

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Emil von Rappard (* 26. November 1863 in Aplerbeck ; † 26. September 1914 in Sandfontein , Namibia ) was a German Major within the protection force of German South West Africa .

Emil von Rappard came from the noble family von Rappard which the according to tradition Swiss nobility came whose ancestor Johann Heinrich Rappard (born 1410 or 1415) from Rapperswil in the St. Gallen Canton was. In Prussia the family was ennobled in 1791.

After his arrival in German South West Africa, Emil von Rappard first explored the Namib and published reports on it.

Emil von Rappard was a knight of honor of the Order of St. John .

When the South African army, together with British forces, crossed the Orange River on a broad front in mid-September 1914 in South West Africa during the course of the First World War and in some cases had advanced 20 km into German territory, the protection force quickly drew all those available in this region Companies together to counterattack . From September 26th to September 29th, 1914, the battle at Sandfontein took place .

In the course of the battle, Major von Rappard commanded the 1st field battalion of the Schutztruppe and established the South Africans and English from the south, while the 2nd field battalion under Major Victor Franke the east flank and the 3rd field battalion under Major Ritter the west flank of the South African-English Association attacked.

Von Rappard was killed on the first day of the battle during a skirmish with English troops. He was in South West Africa buried .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Klaus Dierks: Biographies of Namibian personalities in alphabetical order: V [1] , February 24, 2012. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Emil von Rappard on World War II  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 24, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.weltkriegsopfer.de  
  3. ↑ K.-D. Wille: Conrad von Rappard - Stations in the life of a Westphalian nobleman between Brandenburg and Switzerland, special edition, Der Herold, Vierteljahrsschrift fur Heraldik, Genealogy and related sciences, vol. 16, vol. 47, 2004, issue 16 archive link ( memento of the original from 3 January 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 262 kB), February 24, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rappardfamilie.org
  4. ^ A b Emil von Rappard on Denkmalprojekt.org , February 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b The Battle of Sandfontein on Afrikareisen.info ( Memento from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), February 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ a b The Battle of Sandfontein on Wfg-gk.de ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b c C. Willich: Days of War in Southwest - diary sheets from 1914 and 1915 [2]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 24, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / sophieold.byu.edu  

literature

  • Historicus Africanus: The 1st World War in German South West Africa 1914/15 , Volume 1, 2nd edition, Windhoek 2012, ISBN 978-99916-872-1-6 .
  • Karl Waldeck: Good and Blood for our Emperor ... , Windhoek 2010, ISBN 978-99945-71-55-0 .

Web links

  • Photo by Emil von Rappard , picture collection of the German Colonial Society in the University Library in Frankfurt am Main
personal data
SURNAME Rappard, Emil von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rappard, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Aplerbeck
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1914
Place of death near Sandfontein , Namibia