Hans von der Esch
Hans Otto Gustav Arthur Martin von der Esch (born November 11, 1862 in Stettin , † September 14, 1934 in Stuttgart ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
origin
Hans was the son of the later Prussian major general Karl von der Esch (1827–1880) and his wife Nanny Luise Adelheid, born von Gerhardt (1832–1908). His father was awarded the order Pour le Mérite during the Franco-Prussian War . The later Lieutenant General Adolf von der Esch (1861–1937) was his older brother.
Military career
On April 16, 1881, Esch joined the 1st Badische Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe as a second lieutenant , coming from the Cadet Corps . After his promotion there to Prime Lieutenant on March 24, 1890, he was assigned to the Prussian War Academy from October 1, 1890 to August 30, 1893 . At the same time as he was promoted to captain on June 18, 1895, he was appointed company commander in the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 in Düsseldorf . He then worked in the same function from March 22, 1897 to May 16, 1902 in Mülheim an der Ruhr in the 8th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 159 . This was followed by employment as an adjutant at the General Command of the VII Army Corps until June 13, 1906, and promotion to major on June 18, 1903 . On June 14, 1906, Esch was transferred to the Infantry Regiment "Hamburg" (2nd Hanseatic) No. 76 , where he acted as commander of the 2nd Battalion. As a lieutenant colonel (since April 20, 1910), he moved to the staff of the infantry regiment Landgrave Friedrich I von Hessen-Cassel (1st Kurhessisches) No. 81 on November 16, 1910 . After Esch had become a colonel on February 18, 1913 , shortly thereafter, on March 22, he was appointed commander of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 in Dessau . As early as December 7, 1913, Esch gave up the regiment and instead took over the Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga" (1st Württembergisches) No. 119 in Stuttgart .
With the mobilization and outbreak of World War I , Esch and his regiment were deployed on the Western Front , where they were first involved in combat operations near Longwy . After being transferred to the Eastern Front , Esch was recalled from his regiment and on December 8, 1914 appointed commander of the 69th Reserve Infantry Brigade with which he took part in the Battle of Łódź . During the fighting he suffered serious wounds on December 16, 1914, so that Esch was transferred to the officers of the army until he was recovered. After Esch was able to work again, he was appointed from March 27, 1915 as a representative of the Commander-in-Chief in the civil administration in Russian Poland and promoted to major general on July 24. As such, Esch became Chief of the General Staff of the General Government of Warsaw on August 24, 1915 under Colonel General Hans von Beseler .
With his appointment on November 24, 1916 as commander of the 7th Division , Esch received a front command again. In the spring of 1917 he was able to prove himself during the Battle of Arras and fought in the forefront until he was wounded again in the retreat to the Antwerp - Meuse position on November 4, 1918. On October 13, 1918, he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite . At the end of the war, Esch did not receive a new troop command after his recovery, but was transferred to the army officers and retired on April 26, 1919.
On September 8, 1919, Esch was given the character of Lieutenant General.
family
Esch married the industrialist daughter Elisabeth Hasenkamp (1874–1926) on October 24, 1896 in Düsseldorf. The explorer Hansjoachim von der Esch and their daughter Liselotte (1902–1911) emerged from the marriage.
Awards
- Red Eagle Order IV class
- Order of the Crown III. class
- Commander II class of the Order of Albrecht the Bear
- Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with oak leaves
- Officer's Cross of Honor of the Lippe House Order III. class
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order on November 1, 1914
literature
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 370–371.
- Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 280–282.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. 1921. Fifteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1920, pp. 187–189.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 9, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 986919780 , p. 503, no. 3041.
- ↑ a b c d e Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Wuerttemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 1165.
- ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 113.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esch, Hans von der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Esch, Hans Otto Gustav Arthur Martin von der (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1934 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |