Hermann von Viebahn

Hermann Conrad Clemens Ferdinand von Viebahn (born October 4, 1847 in Berlin , † October 16, 1919 in Meiningen ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of the structural engineer Georg von Viebahn (1802–1871) and his wife Johanna, née Bitter (1815–1897). The older brother Rudolf (1838–1928) became a Prussian infantry general , Georg (1840–1915) a Prussian lieutenant general.

Career

After attending the Friedrich Wilhelm High School in Opole , Viebahn studied law at the University of Berlin for two years . On April 1, 1866, he joined the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 of the Prussian Army as a grenadier and took part in the battles of Thrush and Königgrätz during the war against Austria . After the peace treaty he was promoted to secondary lieutenant until the beginning of September 1866 and graduated from the military academy in October 1869 . Due to the war against France , Viebahn had to interrupt his studies, was adjutant for the 1st Battalion in the 1st Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment for the duration of the mobilization and took part in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris as well as the fighting on Mont Valerien .

Awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, Viebahn continued his studies at the War Academy from October 1871 to July 1873 and rose to Prime Lieutenant on January 1, 1873 . From May 1, 1874 to May 18, 1876 he was assigned to the General Staff and on September 15, 1876, he was assigned to the war school in Engers as a teacher under position à la suite of his regiment . Left in this command, Viebahn was placed à la suite of the 3rd Guard Grenadier Regiment "Queen Elisabeth" on August 21, 1879 . He was promoted to captain in mid-October 1879 and on September 16, 1881, with a patent from October 11, 1878, resigned as a company commander in the 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 55 . With the promotion to major he was aggregated into his regiment on September 21, 1889 and transferred to the 5th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 94 in Weimar on April 17, 1890 . This was followed from mid-May 1891 as a commander of the 1st Battalion in the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 . On June 26, 1894, Viebahn became a legal knight of the Order of St. John . He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-May 1895 and was transferred to the 4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 63 as a regular staff officer . On June 17, 1897, Viebahn became a colonel and commander of the 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32 . In this position he received the Crown Order II. Class in January 1901 on the occasion of the Order Festival . From May 18, 1901, he was major general in command of the 50th Infantry Brigade (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) in Mainz . On August 16, 1902, he received the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves and was put up for disposal on March 22, 1903 in approval of his resignation request with a pension .

He moved to Meiningen, where he had built a house, and became the chairman of the warrior orphanage in Römhild and leader of the medical columns . On September 15, 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm II honored him by conferring the character of Lieutenant General and on June 16, 1913 with the star for the Crown Order II. Class. During the First World War he was territorial delegate of the Red Cross . He made a special contribution to the establishment of the "State Ophthalmological Hospital Duchess Charlotte" in Bad Liebenstein , which was established by Duchess Charlotte von Sachsen-Meiningen .

He died on October 16, 1919 after a brief illness in Meiningen and was buried there on October 19, 1919.

family

Viebahn married Luise von Viebahn (* 1864) on April 24, 1884 in Soest. The couple had several children including:

• Heinrich (1885–1915), killed near Jaroslau
• Georg (1887–1948), retired Prussian captain. D. ⚭ 1912 Ursula Countess von der Goltz (1887–1966)
• Max (1888–1980), German infantry general
• Hans (1889–1977), German major general ⚭ 1916 Viktoria-Luise Riebel (* 1893)
• Rudolf (1891–1914), killed at Haution
• Helene (* 1892)
• Alexander (* 1896), Prussian first lieutenant a. D. ⚭ 1921 Hedwig Noll (* 1896)
• Christine (1898–1899)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 95-96, no. 3098.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1909. Third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1908, p. 851.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. 1922. Sixteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1921, p. 934.