Ernst Hugo von Wolf

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Ernst Hugo von Wolf (born October 12, 1838 in Freiberg , † September 10, 1913 in Bärenfels ) was a Saxon major general .

Life

Military career

Wolf became a Portepeejunker in the artillery of the Saxon Army in 1855 . In the following year he was promoted to lieutenant , nine years later to first lieutenant . In 1867 Wolf became a captain and adjutant of Artillery Brigade No. 12 . This was followed by stations in the fortress artillery (1870) and participation in the war against France , for which Wolf u. a. was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. In 1872 he was active in the general staff. In 1874 Wolf joined the 1st Foot Artillery Regiment as a major ; this was followed by the appointment to battalion commander and in 1879 promotion to lieutenant colonel . In 1880 he became regimental commander and in 1882 colonel .

On December 20, 1886, Wolf was appointed commander of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment No. 28 . At the same time he was promoted to major general on February 1, 1889, he was appointed commander of the 1st Artillery Brigade No. 12. In this position, Wolf received the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, on September 7, 1889 . On September 22nd, 1890, Wolf was put up for grabs and on the occasion of his farewell King Albert awarded him the Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Albrecht Order .

family

Ernst Hugo von Wolf married Karoline Luise “Lonny” von Oppell (1846–1933) in Dresden in September 1868. After the marriage, the couple lived in the Ebenrecht house ( Nizzastraße 53, corner of Gutenbergstraße, today demolished and built on with a hotel) of the von Oppell family in Oberlößnitz at the gates of the residential city of Dresden. They had nine children, including Hansheinrich von Wolf , the builder of the so-called Duwisib Castle in what is now Namibia , and Egon von Wolf, as corvette captain in 1912, commander of SMS Berlin . They were also the parents-in-law of the future general of the artillery Horst von Metzsch . One of Wolf's ancestors was the Saxon lieutenant general and fortress commander at the Königstein fortress, Karl von Nostitz-Drzewiecky . His mother-in-law Elisabeth von Oppell b. von Mellish (1816–1897) was a daughter of the Schiller translator Joseph Charles von Mellish of Blyth, who was ennobled by the Prussian king .

Awards

At the end of his life, Wolf received the following awards:

literature

  • Harald N. Nestroy: Duwisib. The German knight's castle in Namibia and its lord Hansheinrich von Wolf. Namibia Scientific Ges., Windhoek 2002, ISBN 3-933117-73-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Saxon War Ministry, Department for Personal Affairs (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Saxon Army for the year 1891. C. Heinrich, Dresden 1891, p. 346 f.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 1 of January 5, 1887, p. 10.
  3. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 500.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 79 of September 14, 1889. p. 1685.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 83 of October 1, 1890. p. 2534.
  6. ↑ a b Address book of the city of Dresden with suburbs, 1913, part VI (Oberlößnitz), p. 450 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Manfred Kehrig:  Metzsch, Horst von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 263 f. ( Digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Harald N. Nestroy: Duwisib. The German knight's castle in Namibia and its lord Hansheinrich von Wolf. Namibia Scientific Ges., Windhoek 2002, ISBN 3-933117-73-9 , p. 100.
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Ernst Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon major general
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1913
Place of death Bear Rock