Gustaf von Dickhuth-Harrach

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Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil Dickhuth , von Dickhuth-Harrach since 1913 (born July 18, 1856 in Breslau , † May 21, 1932 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian infantry general in the First World War .

Life

Dickhuth studied at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University . In 1876 he became a corps bow bearer of the Marcomannia Breslau .

He then joined the Prussian Army and was promoted to lieutenant on October 10, 1877 . In the further course of his military career, Dickhuth-Harrach was from 1907 as a colonel (since April 14, 1907) Chief of the General Staff of the XVII. Army Corps in Gdansk . This was followed by his transfer to Stettin and the appointment as commander of the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 . Promoted to major general with effect from March 20, 1911 , he took over the 6th Infantry Brigade, which was also stationed in Stettin .

On June 16, 1913, Dickhuth was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility under the name Dickhuth-Harrach on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Wilhelm II as King of Prussia .

Dickhuth was promoted to lieutenant general on January 27, 1914 and at the same time appointed governor of Thorn . He held this position on the Eastern Front after the outbreak of the First World War. From February 1915, Dickhuth acted as the leader of a corps named after him, which was subordinate to the Gallwitz Army Department and was used in the Narew offensive . At the end of September 1915, the 87th Division was formed from the corps . Dickhuth-Harrach gave up his division on July 5, 1916 and instead took over the 201st Division , with which he continued to fight on the Eastern Front. On November 11, 1917 he was appointed deputy commanding general of the 1st Army Corps .

Shortly after the end of World War II, he wrote to his corps in the November Revolution November 24, 1918

“Unfortunately, due to the time constraints, I cannot come to the foundation festival… I have now voluntarily retired from the army. At the hour when I received the news that His Majesty had relinquished the throne, I submitted my resignation and only continued to run the business as long as I had the impression that my cooperation was for the maintenance of law and order is necessary. "

- G. v. Dickhuth-Harrach

family

He married Heloise Minette Hedwig Rusche on November 18, 1882 (* December 20, 1857). The couple had several children:

  • Hanns-Wolf Dieudonne Emil Albert Gustav (born October 30, 1883), captain ⚭ 1909 Else Luise Margarete Groß (born September 27, 1888)
  • Ilse Anna Alma Hedwig (born November 13, 1884) ⚭ 1909 Gustav von Dippe (born August 6, 1882), master of Alt-Haldensleben
  • Gerda Anna Sophie Martha Eugenie Maximiliane (born May 25, 1886) ⚭ 1914 Karl Müller
  • Johann Albert Gustav (born December 8, 1891)

Honors

Works

  • Undefeated in the field. Experiences in the world war told of fellow combatants. Volume 1. With the portraits of the 27 employees. Munich 1921, 2nd edition 1921.
  • Undefeated in the field. Experiences in the world war told of fellow combatants. Volume 2. With the portraits of the 24 employees. Munich 1921, 2nd edition 1922.
  • How we won the flag - experiences of Germans abroad and seafarers in the world war. FJ Lehmann, Munich 1922.
  • Potsdam. With 48 pen drawings and a colored cover picture by Otto H. Engel as well as 12 plates. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1925.

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1919, thirteenth year, p.188 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilhelm Kosch (ed.) Et al. German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century. Volume 6: Deeg – Dürrenfeld. Walter de Gruyter, Munich / Zurich 2012, ISBN 3-11-096110-5 , p. 173.
  2. ^ Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army, 1815-1939 , Biblio-Verl., 1990, p. 220.
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 82/51.
  4. ↑ Ranking of the officers of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps 1917. Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1917, p. 3.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 81 of June 19, 1913, p. 1864.
  6. ↑ Reichsarchiv (ed.): The World War 1914–1918. Volume 7: The Operations of 1915. The Events in Winter and Spring. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1931, p. 461.
  7. ^ Siegfried Schunke: Stories about Marcomannia and Marcomannes. Vol. 2 (1918-1936). Lüneburg 2004, p. 7 f.
  8. ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1919, thirteenth year, p.192 .
  9. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 135.
personal data
SURNAME Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustaf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil von (full name); Dickhuth, Gustaf Hugo Friedrich Emil; Dickhut-Harrach, Gustaf (wrong name form); Dickhuth-Harrach, Gustav (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1932
Place of death Potsdam