Hugo von Huller

Hugo von Huller with the Max Joseph Order

Hugo von Huller, painted by Karl Bauer (cover of the magazine " Jugend ", No. 2, 1918)

Commemorative postcard of the 12th Bavarian Infantry Division, drawn and signed by Commander Hugo von Huller, published by Division Pastor Jakob Weis

Hugo Huller , since 1906 Knight von Huller (born November 26, 1859 in Munich , † July 12, 1931 in Füssen ) was a Bavarian officer , most recently Lieutenant General in the First World War .

Life

origin

He was the son of Ministerialrat Anton Huller, director of the Administrative Court in Munich, and his wife Josephine, née Steigerwald.

Military career

After completing the Humanistic Gymnasium - High School in 1878 at Maximiliansgymnasium Munich - came Huller on 1 October 1878 as one-year volunteer in the Infantry Regiment body of the Bavarian army in Munich. On November 12, 1878, he was accepted into the active relationship. After attending the war school on November 13, 1880 promoted to secondary lieutenant, from 1887 Huller served as an adjutant of the Munich city command. When he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on October 1, 1890, he joined the Munich I District Command as an adjutant for two years . In the years that followed, Huller was promoted to captain in 1895 and major in 1903 . On March 8, 1907, he was transferred to Metz to the staff of the 8th Infantry Regiment “Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden” , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . On April 26, 1909, Huller took over command of the 2nd Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince" in Munich as a newly appointed colonel . On September 2, 1912, he became the commandant of the Federal Fortress of Ulm and, on October 1 of that year, major general .

From the outbreak of the First World War, Huller commanded the 1st Mixed Landwehr Brigade, then the 9th and finally the 11th Reserve Infantry Brigade . On July 27, 1916, he became commander of the 12th Infantry Division and on August 11th of that year he was granted a patent as Lieutenant General. On June 6, 1917, he took command of the 3rd Infantry Division . For the successful battles in Romania in November and December 1916 he received the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order . With the award, the elevation to the personal nobility was connected and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Huller after his entry in the nobility register . In addition, he was awarded for his achievements during the war with both classes of the Iron Cross , with the star for the Order of the Red Eagle II class with swords and the Austrian Military Merit Cross II class with war decoration.

From January 6, 1918 until the end of the war, he served as Governor General of Namur in occupied Belgium . On January 17, 1919, Huller was put up for disposal .

He died in Füssen in 1931 after a brief, serious illness.

family

Huller had been married to Anna, née Werle, since March 23, 1889. The marriage resulted in a son and two daughters. His daughter Hildegund (1889–1981) was married to Karl Otto von Hierl-Deronco (1887–1969), the son of the painter Otto von Hierl-Deronco (1859–1935).

Varia

Jakob Weis , pastor of the 12th Infantry Division, issued a memory book for the unit's fighting in Romania in 1917. The booklet is titled: With a Bavarian Division through Romania and, on the title page, shows the dedication of His Excellency Lieutenant General Huller, the conqueror of Ploesti , the victorious leader of our division .

literature

• Rudolf von Kramer: Virtuti pro patria. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914–1918. Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966. pp. 179, 329.
• Bavaria's Golden Book of Honor. Bavarian War Archives . Publisher Joseph Hyronimus. Munich 1928. p. 31. Reprint at PHV-Verlag. Offenbach 2000. ISBN 3-934743-15-3 . Scan the page with Huller's entry

Web links

• Cover picture from the weekly magazine "Jugend", Hirth Verlag Munich, No. 2, 1918

Individual evidence

1. ^ Annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1877/78
2. ^ Genealogical website on Hildegund Huller
3. ↑ Genealogical page about Otto Hierl-Deronco, with mention of the son  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.