Gottlieb von Haeseler (Field Marshal General)
Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler (born January 19, 1836 in Potsdam , † October 25, 1919 in Harnekop ) was a Prussian field marshal .
Life
He came from the noble Magdeburg von Haeseler family and was the son of the Prussian major and district administrator Alexis Graf von Haeseler (1801–1889) and Albertine von Schönermarck (1812–1867). Haeseler attended the knight academy in Brandenburg , the pedagogy in Halle an der Saale and finally the cadet corps . He joined in 1853 as a second lieutenant in the Zieten Hussars Regiment of the Prussian army , and in 1860 adjutant of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia Nicholas atIII. Army Corps . On its staff he took part in the German-Danish War in 1864, the German War in 1866 and in the German-French War in 1870/71. In between, he was appointed squadron chief in the 15th Hussar Regiment between 1866 and 1867 and major in 1867 .
After the peace treaty in 1871, he joined the occupation army as chief quartermaster and commanded the 11th Uhlan regiment between 1873 and 1879 . From 1879 on, he headed the War History Department of the Great General Staff . In 1880 he was commander of the 12th Cavalry Brigade and in 1881 promoted to major general. Haeseler took over the 31st Cavalry Brigade in 1883 and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1886 . Between December 4, 1886 and January 14, 1887 he commanded the 20th Division and between January 15, 1887 and March 21, 1889 the 6th Division .
In 1889 he became senior quartermaster in the general staff , after his promotion to general of the cavalry he took over the newly formed XVI from March 24, 1890 to May 17, 1903 . Army corps in the fortress of Metz . In 1903 Haeseler resigned from active service as Colonel General . As a member of the Prussian mansion (after leaving in 1903), he was particularly committed to the expansion of vocational schools . In January 1905 Haeseler was appointed field marshal general.
He also supported the boy scout movement , as in his opinion there was too big a gap between leaving school and joining the army.
In the First World War he was not given a command due to his age, but accompanied the XVI as an observer . Army Corps , which he commanded until 1903.
Awards, honors
Awards
- Order of the black eagle with the chain and diamonds
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with oak leaves and swords on the ring
- Order of the crown, 1st class with swords on rings
- Pour le Mérite on January 19, 1873
- Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Iron Cross (1870) 2nd and 1st class
- Prussian service award cross
- House Order of Loyalty
- Grand Cross of the Order of Berthold the First
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown
- Grand Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit
- Commander II class of the Order of Henry the Lion with swords
- Commander II class of the order of Philip the Magnanimous with swords
- Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross 1st Class
- Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht with a gold star
- Commander of the House Order of the White Falcon
- Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick
- Knight's Cross of the Guelph Order
- Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Leopold Order
- Order of the Iron Crown III. Class with the war decoration
Honors
- The statue of Roland at the Metz train station originally showed Field Marshal Count Haeseler, who was in command of the XVI from 1890 to 1903, as a facade statue . Army corps and first governor of the fortress Metz was, with raised sword and shield with the imperial eagle, typologically based on medieval Roland figures. When Lorraine became French again in 1918, the head was exchanged. Instead of the imperial eagle, the shield now bears the Metz city arms. After the occupation of the city by the German Wehrmacht in 1940, the original state was restored, but only for four years.
- The barracks of the former paratrooper battalion 261 in Lebach / Saar and the (former) barracks of supply battalion 2 in Kassel - Niederzwehren were named after Haeseler .
- The Haeseler fortress , later Verdun , (1899–1905) of the fortress Metz was named after him.
- Several streets and a. in Berlin , Bremen , Düsseldorf , Nuremberg , Lünen and Wuppertal were named after him.
Movie
- In the French film Verdun, visions d'histoire by Léon Poirier, the German commanding marshal is played by Maurice Schutz. Even if no name is mentioned, it is obvious that Haeseler should be represented here. In reality, the battle was largely commanded by Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf , the XVI. Army corps was only used in December 1916 under Adolf Wild von Hohenborn near Verdun.
Fonts
- Ten years in the staff of Prince Friedrich Karl. 3 volumes, ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1910–1915 (digitized: volume 2 )
literature
- Jürgen Hahn-Butry (ed.): Prussian-German field marshals and grand admirals. Safari, Berlin 1938.
- Entry in the German Biographical Encyclopedia
- Heinz Kraft: Haeseler, Gottlieb Graf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 452 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gottlieb von Haeseler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Newspaper article about Gottlieb von Haeseler in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
- Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis von Haeseler on militaermuseum-brandenburg-preussen.de
- Page "The Blues from Zwehren", (formerly Graf-Haeseler-Kaserne, Kassel)
- Curriculum vitae from 1893 with picture
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 406
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haeseler, Gottlieb von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haeseler, Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Field Marshal General |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1836 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1919 |
Place of death | Harnekop (Prötzel) |