Friedrich Karl Wiebe

Friedrich Karl Wiebe (born October 16, 1838 in Mainz , † January 24, 1927 in Berlin-Südende ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Wiebe comes from a family from which many clergy have emerged. Grandfather Nathanael Friedrich Wiebe was also a pastor. His parents were the Prussian lieutenant colonel of the artillery Friedrich Karl Wiebe (1793–1862) and his wife Johanna Charlotte, née Woysch (1808–1843). His brother Friedrich Xaver (1829–1905) became a Prussian general of the artillery .

Military career

Wiebe attended the garrison school in Luxembourg, the Protestant school in Meschede and the cadet houses in Bensberg and Berlin . Then on May 2, 1857, he was transferred to the 8th Artillery Regiment of the Prussian Army as an extra-budgetary second lieutenant . For further training he was commanded from October 1858 to April 1859 and from October 1859 to July 1860 at the United Artillery and Engineering School. After his return he was appointed artillery officer on September 14, 1860 with a patent from May 2, 1857. On October 1, 1862, he came to Cologne as a fireworks lieutenant and was promoted to prime lieutenant in early August 1865 . Wiebe had to interrupt his three-year training at the War Academy , which began on October 1, 1865, due to the war against Austria . With his regiment he took part in the battles at Münchengrätz and Königgrätz . After the war ended, Wiebe continued his studies at the War Academy until the end of June 1868. Shortly after his return, from October 1868 to the beginning of April 1869 he was assigned to the Fusilier Regiment No. 39 and then to the Landes triangulation (topographical department). Left in this position, he was transferred to the 1st Westphalian Field Artillery Regiment No. 7 on April 11, 1869 as a captain without a patent . On August 19, 1869, he received the patent for his rank dated April 1, 1869.

During the war against France , Wiebe was in command of the heavy foot replacement battery from July 20, 1870 to July 14, 1871. He then returned to the country triangulation and was appointed battery chief on October 18, 1871, upon release from his command . In position à la suite of his regiment, Wiebe was transferred to the secondary budget of the Grand General Staff on March 9, 1872 . This was followed from April 1874 to mid-May 1878 as a battery chief in the Magdeburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 and in the 1st Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 19 . With the promotion to major , Wiebe then became a regular staff officer in the 1st Hessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 11 . On June 11, 1879, he was promoted to command of the 1st division and on December 15, 1885 to lieutenant colonel. On October 9, 1886, he was appointed commander of the 1st Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment No. 19, and in this capacity on August 4, 1888, he was made a colonel . On the occasion of the festival in January 1889 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with a bow. Under awarding of the character as a major general Wiebe was on May 14, 1890 Board for disposition made.

He died on January 24, 1927 in Berlin-Südende.

family

Wiebe married Sophie Walz (1854–1900), a daughter of the director of the Borsig iron foundry Ferdinand Walz, in Berlin on January 26, 1875 . The marriage resulted in the children Margarete (* 1876), Friedrich (* 1879), Gertrud (1880–1882), Karl (* 1882), Otto (* 1885) and Hermann (* 1891).

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 9, pp. 279-280, No. 2881.