Felix Barth

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Felix Barth (born October 21, 1851 in Lichtenwalde near Chemnitz , † September 22, 1931 in Dresden ) was a Saxon general of the infantry .

Life

Barth was the son of a government councilor. He passed his Abitur in 1870 at the Thomas School in Leipzig .

He then joined the Saxon Army and became a flag squire in Field Artillery Regiment No. 48. He fought with the 8th Infantry Regiment No. 107 in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871. He was then promoted to lieutenant (1872) , First lieutenant (1878), captain (1886), major (1891), lieutenant colonel (1896) and colonel (1899). Barth became major general in 1903 and lieutenant general in 1907 . During his service he was regimental adjutant in the 8th Infantry Regiment No. 107 and the 9th Infantry Regiment No. 133. He was also adjutant in the 3rd Infantry Brigade No. 48 in Leipzig. It was followed by the command to the General Staff of the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps , 1st Division No. 23 and 2nd Division No. 24 . In 1899 he became Chief of the General Staff of the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps. In 1902/03 he was Chief of the Army General Staff in Dresden. His successor was Major General Georg von Wagner . From 1907 to 1908 Barth was in command of 4th Division No. 40 in Chemnitz. On October 23, 1908 it was put up for disposal .

During the First World War , Barth was reactivated and in 1915 worked for the German military administration in Upper East as military governor in Łódź . From 1917, under Colonel General Hans von Beseler, Barth built up the Polish Wehrmacht in Warsaw and had a positive effect on training and equipment. In 1918 he was replaced by the Polish general Henryk Minkiewicz and returned to Germany, where he was again division commander.

Grave of Felix Barth in the north cemetery in Dresden

He was a member of the Geography Association in Dresden . Barth, who was married to Anna Frida Barth (1859-1919), née Schaeffer, died in Dresden in 1931 and was buried in the north cemetery.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Sachse , Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912. BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 51.
  2. ↑ Ranking list of the Saxon Army for the year 1909. Dresden 1909. S. 408f.
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenwalde
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1931
Place of death Dresden