Hermann von Haag

Hermann Haag , knight of Haag since 1889 , (born October 13, 1843 in Nuremberg , † December 2, 1935 in Munich ) was a Bavarian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the council and central cashier at the Royal Bavarian General Directorate of the Transport Authority in Munich Ludwig Haag (1804-1887) and his wife Johanna, née von Mangstel (1807-1893). His brother was the lawyer and civil servant Heinrich von Haag (1838–1928).

Military career

Coming from the Cadet Corps , Haag joined the Bavarian Army's Genie Regiment on September 13, 1861 as a Junker . During his training at the artillery and genius school , he was promoted to lieutenant in May 1863 . As a first lieutenant , Haag took part in the German War in 1866 and when it ended in November was assigned to the artillery and genius school as a supervisory officer. The following year he worked as a mathematics teacher in the cadet corps and was transferred to the inspection of the military educational institutions on January 1, 1868 in the same capacity. From October 1869, Haag graduated from the War Academy , which was closed when the war against France began . Haag came to the staff of the 2nd Division as an officer of genius and took part in the battles at Wörth , Beaumont and Sedan as well as the siege of Paris . During the Loire campaign, he was able to particularly prove himself at Artenay , Coulmiers and Orleans . Haag was wounded in the battle of Loigny and Poupry and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit with Swords and the Iron Cross, 2nd class, for his behavior .

After his recovery he was briefly assigned to the local engineering directorate of the Ingolstadt fortress and from April 1871 he was used again as a teacher in the cadet corps. On October 1, 1871, Haag resumed his studies at the War Academy, which he completed in autumn 1873 with the qualification for the general staff, the higher adjutantage and the subject. This was followed by his command to the general staff and on July 17, 1874, Haag was transferred to the genius staff with his promotion to captain . Because of his qualifications, he became a teacher of fortifications, the history of warfare and applied tactics at the War Academy and the Artillery and Engineering School in the same year. From October 1875, Haag also worked as an adjutant at the War Academy and was repeatedly assigned to the staff of the Inspector General of the Army, Luitpold of Bavaria . Relieved of his teaching activities, he was transferred to the central office of the General Staff on October 21, 1877 and charged with leading a company in the infantry body regiment . At the end of 1878 Haag returned to the General Staff, at the beginning of 1879 he was promoted to General Staff Officer in the staff of the 2nd Division in Augsburg and in this capacity was promoted to Major on August 13, 1879 . From October 1, 1880, he was assigned to the General Staff in Berlin for a year and a half . Afterwards Haag acted as first general staff officer at the general command of the 1st Army Corps in Munich. On March 24, 1885 he was appointed advisor in the War Ministry under position à la suite of the General Staff. At the same time he was a member of the senior examination committee for candidates for senior military administrative service. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-February 1886 and was appointed head of the Department of General Army Affairs in the War Ministry on July 29 of the same year. In this capacity he worked in 1887 as a commissioner at the sessions of the state parliament and rose to colonel on July 25, 1888 . From January 27, 1889 to May 15, 1890, Haag acted as commander of the 11th Infantry Regiment "von der Tann" . In this position, Haag was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria on January 28, 1889 . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal aristocracy and he was allowed to call himself "Knight of the Hague" after the entry in the nobility register on February 6, 1889.

Under position à la suite of his regiments, Haag was appointed military plenipotentiary in Berlin and plenipotentiary to the Federal Council of the German Empire on May 16, 1890 . In this capacity he received the rank and fees as brigade commander on May 10, 1891 and was promoted to major general on November 30, 181 after the autumn maneuvers . Haag was recalled from Berlin on November 18, 1895 while being promoted to Lieutenant General and was appointed commander of the 3rd Division in Nuremberg. From April 1, 1901 to June 10, 1903 he led the 5th Division . Then he was placed under presentation of the character as General of Infantry to the disposition and appointed Hague for lifelong member of the Imperial Council . He received the patent for his rank on October 16, 1905 and was appointed adjutant general of Luitpold of Bavaria. Haag retained this position under Ludwig III. who placed him on August 23, 1913 à la suite of the 11th Infantry Regiment "von der Tann".

Haag was the holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael , the Order of Military Merit, the Order of Leopold and the Order of the Red Eagle .

family

Haag had married Luise Kroning on October 31, 1867 in Munich. She was the daughter of the lawyer Georg Kroning. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Fifty-year service anniversary. Hermann Ritter von Haag. In: Military weekly paper . No. 23, February 15, 1912, pp. 485-487.
• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 457.
• Max Spindler (Hrsg.), Walter Schärl : The composition of the Bavarian civil service from 1806 to 1918. (= Munich historical studies, department Bavarian history 1), Verlag Michael Lassleben. Kallmütz / Opf. 1955., p. 253.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 457.
2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 114 of August 28, 1913, p. 2545.