Hinko von Lüttwitz

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Hinko Ernst Julius Ferdinand Balthasar Friedrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (born October 20, 1855 at Jagdschloss Bodland ; † June 16, 1928 ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Ernst Freiherr von Lüttwitz (1823-1892) and his wife Cecile, née Countess Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche and Camminetz (1835-1910). His father was a Prussian captain a. D. , chief forester and dike captain . Walther von Lüttwitz , who later became the German infantry general and was instrumental in the Kapp Putsch , was his younger brother.

Military career

Coming from the cadet corps, Lüttwitz was transferred on April 19, 1873 as a second lieutenant to the 2nd Silesian Grenadier Regiment No. 11 of the Prussian Army in Breslau . For a short time in June / July 1875 he was assigned to the Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 6 and from October 1, 1876 for one year to the 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6 . From 1 October 1879 to the September 30, 1881 acted Lüttwitz as adjutant of the First Battalion of the 2nd Silesian Landwehr Regiment. 11. After he was returning to his tribe regiment on 30 September 1882 First Lieutenant promoted and advanced at 22 March 1889 as captain and chief of the 5th company. In 1893 and 1895 he took part in the general staff training trips of VI. Army Corps . He was commanded on May 20, 1896 as an adjutant to the General Command of the XI. Army Corps and transferred Lüttwitz on May 30, 1896 with simultaneous promotion to major and left in his command in the infantry regiment "von Wittich" (3rd Hessian) No. 83 . On July 3, 1899 he was transferred to Coburg , where Lüttwitz took command of the III. Battalion of the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 received. This was followed on June 19, 1902 while being promoted to lieutenant colonel, he was transferred to Posen to the staff of the grenadier regiment "Graf Kleist von Nollendorf" (1st West Prussian) No. 6 . In this position he was promoted to colonel on September 15, 1905, and on November 19, 1905, Lüttwitz was appointed commander of the 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53 in Cologne . He gave this regiment on December 20, 1909 to his successor Colonel Paul Reichenau , and was promoted to major general to command the 33rd Infantry Brigade in Altona . On April 22, 1912 Lüttwitz advanced to lieutenant general and commander of the 18th division in Flensburg . In approval of his resignation request, he was put up for disposal on December 30, 1913 with the statutory pension .

When the First World War broke out , Lüttwitz was re-used as a zD officer and commanded the 12th Reserve Division until November 29, 1914 . In the further course of the war he commanded various large units , most recently from October 25, 1916 to September 30, 1917 the 203rd Infantry Division on the Eastern Front . As a general of the infantry zD he was awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class with Swords, in November 1917 .

literature

  • Hans Arnold: List of the officers of the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 including regular troops, from February 18, 1807. Gotha 1900, p. 261.
  • Maximilian von Koenig: The chiefs and officers of the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment, today's Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich III. (2. Silesian) No. 11. 1808-1908. Pp. 214-215.
  • Hans Wallmüller: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Kurhessisches) No. 83. 1866–1903. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1903, pp. 124-125.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lüttwitz, Walther Freiherr von. in: German biography.
  2. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training directors from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 161.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 1 of January 1, 1914, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 152.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 60 of November 17, 1917, p. 1546.
personal data
SURNAME Lüttwitz, Hinko from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lüttwitz, Hinko Ernst Julius Ferdinand Balthasar Friedrich Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH at Jagdschloss Bodland
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1928