Fritz von Zehmen

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Major Moritz von Zehmen, Fritz von Zehmen, Horst von Zehmen (Weißig) - March 31, 1906

Hans Fritz Eduard von Zehmen (born May 20, 1860 in Coburg , † November 1, 1942 in Wernigerode ) was a Prussian officer , most recently major general in the First World War .

Life and military career

After completing his education at the community school and grammar school in Gotha , Zehmen attended the cadet houses in Oranienstein , Berlin and Groß-Lichterfelde .

On April 17, 1880 he was transferred to the 2nd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 27 of the Prussian Army as portepee ensign . Zehmen remained in this regiment with a change of garrison to Halberstadt until he was promoted to major on January 27, 1904. In the imperial maneuvers in 1898 he participated as an intelligence officer of the 7th Division and in 1903 with the IV Army Corps . On January 18, 1902, Zehmen received the Red Eagle Order of the IV class and on June 14, 1905 the Service Award Cross .

When he was promoted to major, he was transferred to the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74 in Hanover . In this regiment he was commander of the 1st battalion since 1906, was then in 1911 as a lieutenant colonel with the staff of the infantry regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31 in Altona and was promoted to colonel on October 1, 1913 Appointed commander of the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 in Torgau .

With the regiment, Zehmen moved into the field at the outbreak of the First World War and took part in the battles on the Gete , Mons , Le Cateau, the Somme and Lizy , among others . For the capture of Le Cateau on August 27, 1914, he received the Iron Cross First Class and the Commander's Cross of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order with Swords in September . On September 20, 1914, he was seriously wounded in the fighting on the Aisne near Morsain . After his recovery he returned to the Western Front , was from March 20 to September 16, 1915 commander of the 16th Infantry Brigade and from November 23, 1915 commander of the Deputy 16th Infantry Brigade. On January 27, 1917, Zehmen received the patent as major general.

Zehmen was a knight of honor of the Order of St. John .

family

He came from the Meissnian-Saxon family of von Zehmen with the parent company of the same name in Zehmen near Leipzig , north of Böhlen in Saxony. His father was Benno von Zehmen (* December 21, 1811 - March 4, 1906), captain a. D. in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and commander of the Veste Wachsenburg / Drei Gleichen . His mother was Luitgard, born von Griesheim (* July 27, 1815, † May 14, 1884), lady-in-waiting of the Duchess Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . Fritz von Zehmen had nine siblings. On September 26, 1886, Zehmen married Mally Schulz (* March 5, 1865 in Magdeburg; † February 24, 1924 near Oschatz ). She was the daughter of the Schulz medical council from Magdeburg. The two daughters Elsa Luitgarde (born July 15, 1887 in Aschersleben; † May 2, 1954 in Gießen ) and Luitgarde Renate (born January 5, 1892 in Halberstadt; † 1984) emerged from the marriage.

Works

  • Le Cateau. A day of honor for the Inf. Regiment 72nd Contributions to the history of the regiment, Association of Officers of the former Royal. 4. Thuringia. Infantry Regiment No. 72 (eV), Torgau 1921.

literature

  • HM von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissnian nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Printed by Wilhelm Baensch. Dresden 1906.
  • Christa von Oppel, Alexandra Cavelius: Only one stone remained. Piper Verlag GmbH. Munich 2006. ISBN 978-3-492-04700-5 . Book about the flight and expulsion of Christa von Oppel, the daughter of Luitgarde-Renate von Zehmen, the daughter of Fritz von Zehmen. There are also descriptions of grandfather Fritz von Zehmen.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XXI, Volume 98 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1990, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz von Zehmen: Le Cateau. A special day of the Inf.-Regiment 72nd Torgau 1921.
  2. ↑ 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. 239.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 131/132 of January 27, 1917. p. 3107.
personal data
SURNAME Zehmen, Fritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zehmen, Hans Fritz Eduard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1942
Place of death Wernigerode