Franz von Oberhoffer

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Franz Xaver Andreas Karl Oberhoffer since 1900 von Oberhoffer (born November 3, 1838 in Budapest ; † July 5, 1920 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Prussian infantry general , quartermaster general and chief of the regional administration .

Life

origin

Franz was a son of the opera singer Karl Oberhoffer (1811–1865) and his wife Pauline, née Edle von Jancowicz (1808–1871).

Military career

After visiting the Lyceum and the Cadet House in Karlsruhe , Oberhoffer was transferred to the 1st Fusilier Battalion of the Bad Army on September 20, 1857 as portepeef ensign . He was promoted to lieutenant at the end of July 1858 and, after a brief command of the engineer company, he graduated from the higher officers' school from November 1861 to August 1863. On January 30, 1864 he was transferred to the General Staff of the Army and at the end of October 1864 he was promoted to first lieutenant . During the war against Prussia , Oberhoffer was commanded from June 19 to August 28, 1866 at the headquarters of the VIII Federal Corps and took part in the battles at Tauberbischofsheim , Gerchsheim and Würzburg .

After the war, Oberhoffer worked as a teacher in the cadet corps from October 10, 1866 to May 1, 1868 and was temporarily on leave in August 1867 to visit the French army camp near Charlons. He was promoted to captain in mid-March 1868 , was a member of the Railway Execution Commission in Baden from June 10, 1868 and also a member of the Military Examination Commission from April 1869. On April 12, 1870, Oberhoffer took over the management of the topographical department of the General Staff and was from mid-June 1870 for a fortnight to explore the crossings over the Vosges in Alsace .

During the war against France in 1870/71 Oberhoofer took part as a general staff officer in the field division in the battles near Wörth , Raon-l'Étape , Étival , Bruyères , Étuz , Dijon , Prenois , Nuits , Villafans and Villersexel as well as in front of Strasbourg and Belfort . In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit and the First Class Knight's Cross of the Order of the Zährign Lion with Oak Leaves and Swords.

After the peace treaty , Oberhoffer was accepted into the Association of the Prussian Army with the conclusion of the military convention on July 15, 1871 , initially aggregated to the Great General Staff and assigned to the end of October 1871. He was first in the war history department to deal with the operations of Kopr Werder in the previous war and then moved to the railway department. From August to early September 1873 he was exploring south of the Bohemian Forest , rose to major at the end of September 1873 and carried out explorations of the railway lines in Austria from late July to early September 1875. On January 18, 1876, Oberhoffer was transferred to the General Staff of the II Army Corps in Stettin . When he was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion in Colberg's Grenadier Regiment (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 in Stargard , he returned to service on December 11, 1879 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-September 1880 . On February 11, 1882 he was reassigned to the General Staff and on May 27, 1882 he was appointed head of the railway department. In this capacity he became a colonel in mid-June 1884 and received the rank and fees of brigade commander in mid-May 1888. After his promotion to major general , Oberhoffer was commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade in Magdeburg from May 22, 1889 to November 3, 1890 , then became chief quartermaster in the general staff and in mid-November 1890 lieutenant general . Retaining his position, he was commissioned on April 18, 1893 with the management of the business as head of the regional survey. At the same time he was also active as a member of the court for conflicts of jurisdiction from mid-September 1893 . Leaving his position as chief quartermaster, he was appointed head of the regional survey on March 27, 1894, and was awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class , on September 21, 1894 . Leaving his position as head of the regional survey, he was promoted to general of the infantry on April 18, 1896 and appointed quartermaster general.

On July 19, 1898, Grand Duke Friedrich I awarded him the Golden Chain to the Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion and at the turn of the century, Oberhoffer was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility by Kaiser Wilhelm II . He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Berthold the First on January 21, 1901 . On March 8, 1902, Oberhoffer was awarded the crown to the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and the statutory pension was put up for disposal . On the occasion of his farewell, Grand Duke Friedrich I awarded him the House Order of Loyalty on March 25, 1902, and on December 10, 1908, he received the Grand Cross of the Wasa Order . He died on July 5, 1920 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

The Quartermaster General Graf von Waldersee wrote in his assessment on January 1, 1885: “Colonel Oberhoffer is an extremely reliable, thoroughly trained General Staff officer, with a sharp mind and unusual manpower. As head of the railway department, he has shown himself to be fully up to his difficult, arduous and responsible position and does an excellent job for the general staff. "

family

Oberhoffer married Lina Haberer (1834–1903), a daughter of the domain administrator Karl Haberer , on May 2, 1867 in Baden-Baden . The couple had two children:

  • Franz Karl (1868–1890)
  • Anna (* 1874) ⚭ 1896 Wilhelm von Knudson (1868–1918), Prussian lieutenant colonel

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden. No. XXXI of November 5, 1870, p. 270.
  2. ↑ Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden. No. XV of April 26, 1871, p. 136.
  3. ↑ Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden. No. XXII of August 13, 1898, p. 275.
  4. ↑ Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden. No. II of February 14, 1901, p. 20.
  5. ↑ Staats-Anzeiger for the Grand Duchy of Baden. No. X of April 15, 1902, p. 190.
  6. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 685.
personal data
SURNAME Oberhoffer, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oberhoffer, Franz Xaver Andreas Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry, quartermaster general and chief of the land registry
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1920
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau