Hans Georg von Doering

Hans-Georg von Doering (1866–1921)

Hans-Georg Wilhelm von Doering (born April 7, 1866 in Königsberg , † November 19, 1921 in Bochum ) was a German officer and colonial official, most recently deputy governor, in the German colony of Togo .

Life

He was the son of the royal Prussian Colonel Gustav Magnus Alexander von Doering (born September 13, 1830 in Luxembourg; † March 19, 1896 in Oeynhausen) and his wife Hedwig, née Boie (born September 25, 1832 in Danzig; † December 8 1909 in Oeynhausen) and grandson of the Prussian Lieutenant General Karl August Heinrich Wilhelm von Doering (1791–1866).

After visiting the Cadet Corps in 1886, von Doering joined the Prussian Army , 98th Infantry Regiment, as a second lieutenant and in 1893 was assigned to serve at the Foreign Office . He was sent to the Bismarckburg scientific station in Togo, of which he became director. From there he undertook several colonial expeditions to explore, map and develop the hinterland. For example, von Doering contributed to the expansion of German rule to Bassari and carried out a railway reconnaissance on the Volta . In 1894 he founded a government station in Kete Krachi . From August 1896 to December 1897 he was sent back to Prussia for the 63rd Infantry Regiment. Between 1898 and 1910 he was the head of Togo's colonial police and administrator of various districts. Among other things, he was district captain of Atakpame . In September 1900 Doering was promoted to captain and in November 1911 to major. Before that, in October 1911, he retired from active military service with the Fusilier Regiment No. 38 (Glatz) and on November 6, 1911 became a secret councilor and first advisor to the Togolese government.

Major Hans-Georg von Doering in French captivity in 1916 in Dahomey

In August 1914, as deputy to Governor Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg, who was on vacation, he commanded the brief defense and subsequent handover of the colony to the British-French armed forces. His suggestion to treat Togo as a neutral area for the duration of the war was not approved (see also Togo in the First World War ). Von Doering spent three and a half years in French captivity and was then interned in Switzerland from March to November 1918.

When he returned to Germany, he married Elsbeth Gertrud Bertha von dem Bussche, born on August 19, 1919, in Berlin. Schramm (born March 24, 1882 in Bromberg, † November 11, 1936 in Berlin).

Von Doering died in Bochum in 1921 as a result of smoke inhalation.

Others

Hans-Georg v. Doering had a daughter in Togo with a local, Luise Doering, born in 1908.

Because of his quick temper, von Doering is said to have been nicknamed Dragon by his subordinates . Peter Sebald characterizes von Doering as one of "the most notorious colonialists in Togo".

In the time of National Socialism, the RAD department 8/254 carried the "honorary name" Hans Georg von Doering . This emerged from a department of the voluntary labor service in Bochum-Stiepel , the place where Doerings died.

Web links

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

Doering, Hans Georg v. , in: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon , Volume 1, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, p. 470. [1]
Döring, Hans Georg von; 1866-1921 , Leibniz Information Center for Economics
Newspaper article about Hans Georg von Doering in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der nobeligen houses, part B. 29th year 1937, page 132. Justus Perthes, Gotha.
^ Sketch of the topographic survey of the environment of Bismarcksburg by First Lieutenant von Doering 1893-95 - BM Archives. Retrieved October 30, 2017 .
^ Rudolf Fitzner: German Colonial Handbook , Volume 1, 2nd exp. Ed., Hermann Paetel, Berlin 1901, p. 48.
↑ Pierre Bertaux: Africa - From Prehistory to the States of the Present. Weltbild, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89350-989-5 , p. 251.
^ Daniel Marc Segesser: The First World War in a global perspective. 4th edition, marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-86539-953-3 , pp. 110f.
↑ Report: German Colonies; The children of the German colonial rulers, Stern magazine No. 31, July 28, 1983, p. 30.
↑ Thomas Morlang: Askari and Fitafita - "colored" mercenaries in the German colonies. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-476-1 , p. 32.
↑ Peter Sebald: Togo 1884-1914. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1988, p. 86.
^ Reich Labor Service in Crumstadt

personal data
SURNAME	Doering, Hans Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Doering, Hans-Georg Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and colonial official
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH	November 19, 1921
Place of death	Bochum

[1] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der nobeligen houses, part B. 29th year 1937, page 132. Justus Perthes, Gotha.

[2] Sketch of the topographic survey of the environment of Bismarcksburg by First Lieutenant von Doering 1893-95 - BM Archives. Retrieved October 30, 2017 .

[3] Rudolf Fitzner: German Colonial Handbook , Volume 1, 2nd exp. Ed., Hermann Paetel, Berlin 1901, p. 48.

[4] Pierre Bertaux: Africa - From Prehistory to the States of the Present. Weltbild, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89350-989-5 , p. 251.

[5] Daniel Marc Segesser: The First World War in a global perspective. 4th edition, marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-86539-953-3 , pp. 110f.

[6] Report: German Colonies; The children of the German colonial rulers, Stern magazine No. 31, July 28, 1983, p. 30.

[7] Thomas Morlang: Askari and Fitafita - "colored" mercenaries in the German colonies. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-476-1 , p. 32.

[8] Peter Sebald: Togo 1884-1914. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1988, p. 86.

[9] Reich Labor Service in Crumstadt