Hugo von Reischach
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Hugo Freiherr von Reischach (born September 1, 1854 in Frankfurt am Main , † August 12, 1934 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general and long-time court marshal of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Life
Hugo came from the south German noble family of Barons von Reischach , attested since 1191 . He was born in 1854 as the son of Hermann Friedrich Albert von Reischach (1826–1876) and his wife Albertine Friederike Berta, née von Bonin (1832–1909). He had at least one brother, the officer Hans von Reischach.
Reischach came to Bonn as a cavalry officer in 1874, where he joined the Corps Borussia and met the Prussian Prince Wilhelm, who later became Kaiser Wilhelm II.
In the 1880s, Reischach came as a court official at the German imperial court in Berlin under Wilhelm I. After the death of Wilhelm I. Reischach officiated temporarily as court marshal of Empress Victoria , the wife of Friedrich III. After the death of Friedrich III. Reischach remained in the service of the "Empress Friedrich" and was instrumental in acquiring and expanding her widow's residence, Schloss Friedrichshof in Kronberg im Taunus . In the course of the Kotze affair , he was challenged to a duel by Leberecht von Kotze in 1895 , who was wounded in this duel. His appearance at the return of the corpse of Empress Friedrich von Kronberg to Berlin in 1901 was memorable, when he reported to the court assembled at Lehrter Bahnhof with Kaiser Wilhelm II at the helm: "Her Majesty the Empress and Queen Friedrich".
Wilhelm II brought Reischach into his service in 1905 when he succeeded Count Wedel as head stable master and head of the stables . The stables, in which all the horses for the ceremonial and practical riding and carriage service, including all carriages, were brought together, was in a crisis that had been triggered by the stable master Paul Plinzner, the rider of the emperor's personal riding horses. His riding style was heavily criticized by many cavalry officers. Count Wedel, however, considered his work to be indispensable, as it provided reliable horses to the emperor who rode with a disabled left arm. Reischach disregarded these concerns of his predecessor and removed Plinzner from service. Instead, as head of the imperial riding stables, he brought Rittmeister Max Freiherr von Holzing-Berstett to the Marstall, a gifted dressage rider who was successful in the emerging competition sport, who later became an internationally renowned dressage judge and the first and so far only German President of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) .
In addition, Reischach filled the position of head of the driving stable and brought the Düsseldorf painter and lieutenant of the reserve Benno Achenbach , one of the best four-train drivers of his time, to Berlin. Although "civilian" by Prussian standards and as the only bourgeois in the management of the traditional Marstall accompanied by reservations, Achenbach reorganized the driving at the court sustainably, renewed carriages and harnesses as well as liveries of the coachmen and lackeys. For this, Kaiser Wilhelm elevated him to hereditary nobility in 1909. Benno von Achenbach is still known today as the father of German driving skills.
The highlight of Reischach's work for the Berlin imperial court was the wedding of the Emperor's only daughter, Princess Viktoria Luise, with Ernst August , Duke of Braunschweig and Prince of Hanover, at which the entire European nobility met for the last time in family harmony on the eve of the First World War in 1913. On this occasion the stables presented themselves as equal to the English.
Shortly before the outbreak of war, Reischach took over the office of Oberhofmarschall. During the First World War , in April 1915, as major general à la suite, he was awarded the swords for cross and star of the Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern .
In 1925 Reischach presented his memoirs under the title Unter Drei Kaisern , which were widely read at the time and also translated into English, among other things.
Marriage and offspring
On October 10, 1887, Reischach married Margarethe Marie Princess von Ratibor-Corvey (* 1863) in Rauden, Brandenburg. From the marriage the son Eck Victor Richard Hugo von Reischach († 1963), born in 1888, emerged.
Fonts
- Under three emperors. Berlin 1925.
Individual evidence
- ^ Military weekly paper . No. 70 of April 15, 1915, p. 1693.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reischach, Hugo von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general, head stable master and court marshal of Kaiser Wilhelm II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1934 |
| Place of death | Berlin |