Franz Samhaber

Franz Samhaber (born September 24, 1863 in Aschaffenburg , † after 1919) was a Bavarian lieutenant general .

Life

family

Samhaber was the first son from the second marriage of the teacher and photographer Joseph Samhaber . He had a half-brother, Constantin Samhaber , and several full siblings, including Otto Samhaber . He married Anna Brandi in 1893. The marriage had four children.

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Samhaber joined the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army as a one-year volunteer in 1881 . He successfully graduated from war school and was subsequently promoted to secondary lieutenant in 1883 . As such, Samhaber was active as a battalion adjutant from 1888 and became prime lieutenant on June 13, 1892 . From 1893 to 1896 he graduated from the War Academy , which pronounced him qualification for the higher adjutantage and the subject.

Within his regiment, Samhaber rose to become captain and chief of the 8th Company in 1897 . At the end of the year he was transferred to Straubing , where he commanded the 2nd Company of the 1st Jäger Battalion . From 1903 to 1904 Samhaber was a teacher at the war school and then came to Nuremberg as an adjutant of the 5th Division . In this position, promoted to major on March 8, 1906 , he was appointed battalion commander in the 13th Infantry Regiment "Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary" the following year . In 1908 , when he was released from this command, he was appointed commander of the cadet corps and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 5, 1909 and to colonel on March 7, 1912. As such, Samhaber was in command of the 19th from October 1, 1912 to April 30, 1914 . Infantry Regiment "King Viktor Emanuel III. of Italy ” . He was then promoted to major general ( patent from March 19, 1914) appointed in command of the Ingolstadt fortress .

Samhaber also held this post at the beginning of the First World War . On September 7, 1914, he was appointed commander of the 11th Reserve Infantry Brigade . From April 5, 1915, the staff was called "Samhaber" brigade and was assigned to the I. Reserve Corps . From August 1, 1916, this staff formed the newly established 1st Reserve Infantry Brigade . Samhaber led the command until February 18, 1917 and then took over the 15th Reserve Infantry Brigade . With the major unit , he participated in the Alpine corps on campaign in Romania . On May 28, 1918 Samhaber received the character of Lieutenant General with the predicate of excellence , was released from his command on June 17, 1918 and put up for disposition . He then returned home, where he was used as the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade in Ingolstadt . After the end of the war and the subsequent demobilization of the office, Samhaber was adopted in 1919.

For his achievements during the war, Samhaber was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Star for the Order of Military Merit, Second Class with Swords.

literature

• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 559.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Appell, Jews in Erlangen. Volume I. A-D. Family book of the Jewish families from Erlangen, Bruck and Büchenbach , self-published. Last update May 2019 ( digitized version )
2. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 559.
3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 1 of July 2, 1918. p. 10.
4. ↑ War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of officers of the Royal Bavarian Army. Munich 1918. p. 12.