Hermann von Rampacher

Paul Friedrich Hermann Rampacher , von Rampacher since 1903 , (born May 24, 1854 in Stuttgart , † September 25, 1933 ) was a Württemberg infantry general .

Life

family

Rampacher came from a Württemberg officer family. His father was the later colonel and commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment Karl August Hermann von Rampacher (1817–1871).

Military career

He attended the Lyceum in Ludwigsburg , the grammar schools in Ulm and Stuttgart and the Polytechnic in the Württemberg capital. Then Rampacher graduated from the cadet school in Ludwigsburg and was employed on July 21, 1870 as portepeef ensign in the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Württemberg Army . With the regiment he took part in the battles at Sedan and Villiers as well as the enclosure and siege of Paris during the following war against France in 1870/71 . On December 30, 1870, Rampacher was appointed Second Lieutenant for the duration of the war and on April 1, 1871 was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

After the peace agreement , Rampacher resigned from military service on October 23, 1871 at his own request. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the Reserve on September 8, 1873 with a patent dated December 30, 1870 . Rampacher then resumed active employment in his old regiment on July 7, 1876, was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on April 30, 1877 , and served as an adjutant battalion from March 1, 1879 to December 1, 1883 . With his promotion to captain on June 14, 1886, he was transferred and appointed company commander in the grenadier regiment "King Karl" (5th Württembergisches) No. 123 . As a major , Rampacher joined the Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga" (1st Württembergisches) No. 119 on July 14, 1895 and was promoted to battalion commander here a month later. From May 18, 1900 he was then lieutenant colonel with the staff of the grenadier regiment "King Karl" (5th Württembergisches) No. 123. King Wilhelm II awarded Rampacher on May 15, 1903 the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility status and he was allowed to name himself after the entry in the nobility register of Rampacher .

Promoted to colonel on April 24, 1904 , Rampacher was commander of the infantry regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 120 until March 20, 1908 . Then he was appointed major general and, under command to Prussia, commander of the 31st Infantry Brigade in Trier . Rampacher gave up this brigade on April 20, 1911, became lieutenant general and was appointed commander of the 38th division in Erfurt while remaining in his command in Prussia . His king awarded him the Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit on November 30, 1912 . In approval of his resignation request, Rampacher was put up for disposition on January 21, 1913 and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick with the statutory pension . The Prussian King Wilhelm II paid tribute to Rampacher at the same time as he was awarded the crown for the Star of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class.

With the outbreak of World War I , Rampacher was appointed lieutenant general z. D. reactivated and appointed commander of the 21st Reserve Division on August 2, 1914 . He led this large association at the XVIII. Reserve corps with the break of neutrality through the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Belgium, which is also neutral . Here Rampacher took on the 22./23. August took part in the Battle of Neufchâteau and then fought until August 29 on the Meuse . On September 1, 1914, he was released from his command and received the post of Inspector of the POW camps in the area of Deputy XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps . In this function, Rampacher also had the military supervision of the reserve and club hospitals , convalescent homes and private nursing homes with the exception of the fortress hospitals in Ulm . He was also responsible for the reserve hospitals in Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Cannstatt , Feuerbach , Degerloch and Hohenheim . On March 22, 1918, King Wilhelm II gave him the character of general of the infantry before his mobilization provision was lifted at the end of the war .

literature

Hermann Niethammer: The officer corps of the infantry regiment "Kaiser Friedrich, King of Prussia" (7th Württ.) No. 125. 1809–1909. Stuttgart 1909. p. 217.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 28 of November 30, 1912. p. 113.
^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 2 of January 21, 1913. p. 3.
^ Military weekly paper . No. 22 of February 15, 1913. p. 460.
↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition. Chr. Belser AG. Stuttgart 1928. p. 198.
^ Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 13 of March 23, 1918. p. 119.

personal data
SURNAME	Rampacher, Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rammpacher, Paul Friedrich Hermann von (full name); Rampacher, Paul Friedrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Württemberg general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	September 25, 1933

[1] Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 28 of November 30, 1912. p. 113.

[2] Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 2 of January 21, 1913. p. 3.

[3] Military weekly paper . No. 22 of February 15, 1913. p. 460.

[4] Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition. Chr. Belser AG. Stuttgart 1928. p. 198.

[5] Württembergisches Kriegsministerium (Ed.): Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 13 of March 23, 1918. p. 119.