Erich Tülff from Tschepe and Weidenbach
Erich Franz Theodor Tülff , from 1913 Tülff von Tschepe and Weidenbach , (born January 28, 1854 in Breslau , † February 2, 1934 in Ober Langenöls ) was a Prussian infantry general .
family
Erich (also called Franz) was a son of Dr. med. Friedrich Tülff (1816–1859), general practitioner in Breslau and his wife Ida, née Micke (1823–1890). He married Antonie von Tschepe and Weidenbach on September 19, 1878 in Breslau (born December 24, 1854 in Waldenburg / Silesia ). Her father was a secret mountain ridge and the last of his line, Bohemian knighthood, Vienna March 16, 1702.
Children:
- Charlotte (born September 3, 1879).
- Werner (born September 9, 1882), royal Prussian first lieutenant in Field Artillery Regiment No. 11, married Hanna Claessen (April 26, 1884) on March 28, 1912, place of residence (1915): Kassel.
- Ida (born August 27, 1884 in Brieg ), married Walter Boehm on October 8, 1906 in Hanau , royal Prussian lieutenant in field artillery regiment No. 3, place of residence (1915): Berlin.
- Stephan (* May 25, 1890; † June 13, 1962 in Kassel), married Margarete Heinke (* 1896; † approx. 1958), royal Prussian first lieutenant in the field artillery regiment No. 57, place of residence (1915): Neustadt in Oberschlesien .
- Peter (born October 4, 1894 in Magdeburg; † June 22, 1916 near Lunéville (killed as a flight observer)), royal Prussian first lieutenant in field artillery regiment No. 11, place of residence (1915): Kassel.
Military career
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign , Kaiser Wilhelm II raised him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on June 16, 1913 under the name “Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach” .
Career in the Prussian Army:
- October 29, 1872 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 - Breslau, Brieg (from 1874)
- 02/12/1874 Second Lieutenant
- 3/13/1884 Premier Lieutenant
- 01.04.1887 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 - Breslau (on the regimental staff)
- March 2nd, 1889 General Staff - Berlin
- March 22nd, 1889 Captain
- March 30, 1892 Infantry Regiment "Graf von Kirchbach" (1st Lower Silesia) No. 46 - Posen
- February 17th, 1894 General Staff - Berlin
- May 14, 1894 7th Infantry Division - Magdeburg (on the staff of General von Dettinger)
- October 18, 1894 Major
- September 12, 1896 General Staff - Berlin
- April 21, 1897 Reichs-Eisenbahn - Alsace-Lorraine
- July 17, 1897 General Staff - Berlin
- July 20, 1898 4th Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No. 112 - Mulhouse (Commander)
- 04/18/1901 XVI. Army Corps - Metz (Chief of Staff to General von Haeseler)
- April 18, 1901 Lieutenant Colonel
- April 18, 1903 Colonel
- 02/04/1904 Hessen-Homburg Infantry Regiment No. 166 - Hanau (Commander)
- 09/11/1907 Major General
- 01.10.1907 10th Infantry Brigade - Frankfurt an der Oder (Commander)
- no date 12th Infantry Division - Neisse (commander, replaced by von der Groeben)
- 01/27/1911 Lieutenant General
- January 27, 1911 VIII Army Corps - Koblenz (Commander, replaced by von Ploetz ).
Career during the First World War : Tülff was commanding general of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz from June 25, 1913 to October 4, 1914 , from October 5, 1914 to January 31, 1917 and from February 2, 1917 to November 11, 1918 Military Governor of Wallachia in Romania .
literature
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1915. Justus Perthes , Gotha 1914, pp. 960-961 .
medal
- Order of the Red Eagle , 2nd class with star and oak leaves.
- Prussian service award cross
- Prussian Military Merit Cross
- Royal Bavarian Military Merit Order , Officer's Cross.
- Royal Saxon Order of Albrecht , 3rd class.
- Order of the Württemberg Crown , Knight's Cross with the insignia of the lions.
- Order of the Zähringer Lion , Commander II class.
- Belgian Order of the Crown , Knight.
- Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) , 1st class (awarded in 1917)
coat of arms
Split; in front (Tülff) in red two silver fishhooks turned away, behind (from Tschepe and Weidenbach) in blue on a green hill a gold-crowned silver swan. Two grained helmets; on the front, with silver covers, the crowned silver swan between an open wing divided in front gold-black, rear silver-blue.
Photographs
- Half-length portrait, portrait in uniform (Stollwerck advertising card).
- Maneuver discussion of Count Gottlieb von Häseler, General with Franz Tülff von Tschepe and Weidenbach, Colonel during the imperial maneuver in 1901. Photograph by Franz Tellgmann.
- Son Peter (1894–1916) in uniform, colored photo, undated
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 19, 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.
- ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , New General German Adels Lexicon, Volume 9. 1870. P. 294.
- ↑ life data of the son Peter
- ^ Military weekly paper . No. 81 of June 19, 1913, p. 1863.
- ^ The Prussian Machine
- ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 54.
- ↑ Ranking and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army for the year 1914 [only a selection of the medals transferred]
- ↑ Court and State Manual of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy for the year 1918 p. 136.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tülff von Tschepe and Weidenbach, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tülff von Tschepe and Weidenbach, Erich Franz Theodor (full name); Tülff, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1934 |
| Place of death | Ober Langenöls |