Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven

Hugo Friedrich von Freytag-Loringhoven

Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven (born May 20, 1855 in Copenhagen , † October 19, 1924 in Weimar ) was a Prussian infantry general and military writer.

Life

He came from the Baltic branch Freytag von Loringhoven , one of the oldest Westphalian families. His father was the diplomat , consul general in Copenhagen and Danzig, Karl Gottlob von Freytag-Loringhoven (* 1811 in Gut Owerlack near Helme ; † 1882 in Weimar ).

Freytag was initially in Russian service and later joined the Prussian Army . In the course of his military career there, he commanded the Grenadier Regiment “Prince Carl of Prussia” (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12 in Frankfurt (Oder) from December 19, 1907 to January 26, 1910 . Later he was Lieutenant General from December 1, 1913 to August 1, 1914, in command of the 22nd Division in Kassel . Appointed Quartermaster General at the beginning of the First World War , he commanded the 17th Reserve Division from April to December 1916 , before holding the post of Deputy Chief of the General Staff until 1918 .

The Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin awarded Freytag an honorary doctorate on July 22, 1915 . The following year he was awarded the Pour le mérite order for sciences and arts . Since 1918 he was a member of the Academy of Non-Profit Science in Erfurt .

He is the father of Leopold von Freytag-Loringhoven, the husband of the New York "DADA-Baroness" Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven , and brother of the painter Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven in Weimar.

Fonts

• The military leadership of Napoleon and Moltke. A comparative study. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1897.
• Reconnaissance and army command. Depicted at the events of the Silesian Army in the autumn of 1813. A study. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1900 (digitized version) .
• Studies of warfare based on the North American Civil War in Virginia.
  • Book 1: Bull Run, Richmond, Manassas. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1901 (digitized) .
  • Book 2: Maryland, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1901 (digitized) .
  • Volume 3: Atlanta, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Savannah, The End. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1903 (digitized) .
• The infantry attack in the newest wars. A contribution to clarifying the question of attack. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1905 (digitized version) .
• The power of personality in war. Studies according to Clausewitz. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1905 (digitized version) .
• The drill regulations for the infantry of May 29, 1906. Explained in terms of war history. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1907 (digitized version) .
• The importance of Napoleon's military leadership for our time. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1910.
• War and Politics in Modern Times. Studies. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1911 (digitized version) .
• The Russian High Command in European Turkey in the War of 1877-1878. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1912.
• Mountain fighting. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1912.
• Reflections on the Russo-Japanese War.
  • Volume 1 First volume . ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913.
  • Volume 2 Second volume . ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913.
• The leadership in the newest wars. Operational and tactical. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913.
• The basic conditions for military success. Contributions to the psychology of war in the 19th and 20th centuries. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914.
• What our forefathers endured. German publishing company, Stuttgart / Berlin 1917.
• Conclusions from the World War. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1917 (digitized version) ; 14th edition ES Mittler & Sohn, Stuttgart / Berlin 1917.
• Politics and warfare. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1918.
• Trained people's army or militia? War doctrines from the past and present. 2nd edition ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1918 (digitized version of the English translation from 1918) .
• What do we thank our officer corps? 2 centuries of its history. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1919.
• The care of historical memories. H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1920.
• Army leadership in world wars.
  • Volume 1 First volume . ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin undated [1920] (digitized version) .
  • Volume 2 Second volume . ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1921.
• Field Marshal Count von Schlieffen. His life and the exploitation of his intellectual heritage in the world wars. Schraepler, Leipzig 1920 (digitized version ) .
• Applied history. One try. Association of Scientific Publishers, Berlin / Leipzig 1920.
• Drive and nature of the French mainland politics from Richelieu to today. H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1921.
• The state borders in Europe. Historically and militarily. German Publishing Society for Politics and History, Berlin 1921.
• To the knowledge of German essence. H. Beyer & Sons, Langensalza 1921.
• General size. Excellent military leaders in thinking and acting. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1922.
• The psyche of the armies. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1923.
• People and things as I saw them in my life. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1923.
• The utilization of experiences in the history of war. (= Military weekly paper. Supplement, 1925) ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1925.

literature

• Antulio J. Echevarria II: General Staff Historian Hugo Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven and the Dialectics of German Military Thought. The Journal of Military History 60, 1996.
• Bernd Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven: Freytag von Loringhoven. A short family story. Munich 1986.
• Brockhaus encyclopedia. Volume 6, Wiesbaden 1968.
• Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods. Part 1: Livonia. Volume 1, Görlitz 1929, p. 437.
• The previous Quartermaster General Lieutenant General Freiherr v. Freytag-Loringhoven was appointed Chief of the Deputy General Staff of the Army by the highest cabinet order of September 12, 1916. Official war dispatches, based on reports from the Wolff Telegr. Bureau, 5th volume, Nationaler Verlag, Berlin SW 68 (1916).

Web links

• Literature by and about Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven  in the German Digital Library