Hugo von Thile

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Ludwig Otto Hugo von Thile (born November 22, 1817 in Neisse ; † December 7, 1894 in Hanover ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Hugo was a son of the Prussian general of the infantry Adolf Eduard von Thile (1784-1861) and his wife Auguste, born von Schöning (1788-1859), daughter of the district administrator Carl Heinrich von Schöning . His older brother Hermann (1812–1889) was a diplomat and State Secretary, his younger brother Rudolf (1826–1893) became a Prussian lieutenant general and his sister Anna (1830–1908) was married to the district president Gustav von Diest (1826–1911).

Military career

After attending the grammar schools in Aachen and Münster , Thile joined the Kaiser Alexander Grenadier Regiment of the Prussian Army as a grenadier on April 14, 1835 , was promoted to aggregate secondary lieutenant until the beginning of December 1835 and was placed over the budget in mid-April 1837. For further training he completed the General War School for three years from October 1841 and was then assigned to the 7th Uhlan Regiment for a year . On March 27, 1847 he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade and in this position he took part in the street fighting in Berlin in 1848 and in the battle near Schleswig during the campaign against Denmark . For his work Thile received the Red Eagle Order IV. Class with Swords and rose to Prime Lieutenant in mid-December 1848 . On March 31, 1852, he was released from his position. He was promoted to captain at the end of June 1852 and was company commander from August 12, 1852 to December 12, 1856 . Then Thile was aggregated to the regiment and sent to the embassy in Paris . Left in this command, he was promoted to major on September 17, 1858 with patent from July 16, 1858 and aggregated to the General Staff of the Army. Thile resigned on July 1, 1860 with the appointment as regular staff officer in his main regiment back into the troop service. On June 14, 1861, he was first ordered to serve in the War Ministry and, when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , on October 18, 1861, he was appointed head of the central department. For his work in the Ministry of War during the war against Denmark , King Wilhelm I awarded him the Crown Order III. Class off.

Shortly before the start of the German War , Thile was appointed Colonel in command of the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 , which he led in the Main Campaign in the battles near Oerlenbach and Dettingen . During the fighting at Uettingen and Roßbrunn he succeeded in taking the right wing of the Bavarian troops . For this he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite on September 20, 1866 . From May 18, 1867 to June 17, 1869 he was the commander of the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot and was then assigned to command the 42nd Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt am Main under position à la suite of his regiment . Before mobilizing on the occasion of the war against France , Thile was appointed commander of this brigade and promoted to major general on July 26, 1870 . He took part in the battles at Weißenburg , Wörth and Sedan , the bombardment of Pfalzburg , the siege of Paris and the skirmishes at Mont Mesly, at Saint-Cloud and Montrétout. In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , Thile was awarded the Commander's First Class of the Order of Frederick with Swords.

On November 13, 1873, Thile was initially commissioned to lead the 22nd Division in Kassel , and on November 25, he was appointed commander of this division, and in this position he was promoted to Lieutenant General on December 11, 1873. As commander of the 21st Division , he was reassigned to Frankfurt am Main on January 14, 1874, and was awarded the Cross and Star of the Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern at the end of September 1878 . In place of the deceased General von Goeben , Thile was appointed Commanding General of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz on December 11, 1880 and promoted to General of the Infantry on March 22, 1883. At the end of May 1883 he was summoned to Luxembourg to welcome the King of the Netherlands , who awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown . Due to illness Thile took his leave and was on January 12, 1884 position à la suite of the 3rd Foot Guards on foot to the statutory pension for disposition made.

On the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, the Emperor awarded him the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords on the Ring on April 9, 1885. Thile died unmarried in Hanover of a stroke .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632799 , pp. 382-383.
personal data
SURNAME Thile, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thile, Ludwig Otto Hugo von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Neisse
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1894
Place of death Hanover