Georg von Rode

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Von Rode with his second wife Anna
Coat of arms of the Rode family (1803)

Theodor Richard Georg von Rode (born September 21, 1857 , manor Fuchshöfen in East Prussia , † May 6, 1927 in Darmstadt ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Georg was the son of Theodor Roderich von Rode (* June 10, 1827, † 1905?), Owner of the manor on Wolfshöven, second lieutenant retired . D. in the 5th Cuirassier Regiment and later a police officer in Berlin. His mother Anna (* 1831; † October 8, 1901) was born from the East called Sacken .

Military career

In 1876 Rode joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 as an avantageur and in 1878 he was second lieutenant, 1893 captain and company commander in the infantry regiment "von Manstein" (Schleswig's) No. 84 in Schleswig . In April he joined the infantry body regiment “Grand Duchess” (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117 in the same capacity . On January 27, 1904 he was promoted to major , in April 1906 he was commander of the III. Battalion and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1911 . In September 1911 he joined the staff of the Fusilier Regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38 and from August 18, 1913 to August 1, 1914 was Colonel in command of the Schleswig-Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 163 .

When the First World War broke out , he was appointed commander of the island of Sylt , the so-called "island guard". In 1915 the couple relocated from Neumünster. On January 26, 1915, Rode took over command of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment No. 91 on the Western Front , on February 25 of the same year he became commander of the 76th Infantry Brigade (in the east), in May of the 185th Brigade ( in the west) and in November 1915 commander of the 1st Reserve Infantry Brigade (in the east). On October 5, 1916, he was promoted to major general.

On October 16, 1917 he was transferred to the army officers and then in November, until February 5, 1918, he was in command of the 34th Deputy Infantry Brigade . February 6, 1918, he was tentative, leaving in his former position among award of the Red Eagle II. Class with swords for disposition made. From March 1918 he was inspector of the field recruits depot of the 7th Army (in the west) and from July to December 1918 commander of the deputy 31st Infantry Brigade .

family

Rode with his first wife Helene

In his first marriage, Rode was married to Helene Holtz (born August 22, 1863 in Kastorf / Mecklenburg, † July 27, 1902 in Mainz). They married on May 1, 1883 in Schwerin , where they also spent the first few years. Then they moved to Neustrelitz , then to Schleswig and finally to Mainz . Helene died there of tuberculosis at the age of just 40, and staying at a spa in Davos did not help her significantly.

There were three children from this first marriage. The eldest son Curt (Kurt) von Rode (* 1886), first lieutenant in the Life Guard Infantry Regiment (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 115 , fell on 21/22. August 1914 in the battle of Maissin. One daughter died in childhood. The daughter Elisabeth Maria Erna (* December 2, 1887, † June 2, 1956) was the last deceased name bearer of the "von Rode". She was married to the Oberregierungsrat Albert Lehr , with whom she had two sons.

Seven years after Helene's death in 1909, Rode married his sister-in-law Anna Krausgrill (1859–1931), von Rode's widow.

In his spare time, Rode was a passionate hunter. He spent his old age in Darmstadt. The family name “von Rode” expired on May 6, 1927 when he died.

Hermann Lehr, a grandson of Georg von Rode, wrote in his memoirs about his grandfather: "He died in 1927 and the Reich President von Hindenburg came to his funeral , one of the few memories that I still have well in my mind from childhood."

Mounted 163 officers in front of the Rode commanders' villa in Neumünster

Web links

Commons : Georg von Rode  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Without indication of author: Königl. Prussia. Major General z. D. Rode. In: News of the Association of Officers of the former Schleswig-Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 163, Neumünster. No. 16, 1926, p. 174.
  2. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990 . Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments, as well as jäger and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 369.
  3. ↑ Postmark Inselwache Sylt , 1917.
  4. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990 . Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939 . Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 264.
  5. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939 . Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 261.
  6. ^ A b c Albert Lehr: Family history Lehr – von Rode. Chapter: Ancestor, Grandmother and Child. , P. 24, 29. In family ownership.
  7. ↑ Hermann Lehr, letter to his daughter dated July 1, 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Rode, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rode, Theodor Richard Georg von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1927
Place of death Darmstadt