Karl Friedrich Siegfried Fabarius

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Siegfried Fabarius

Karl Friedrich Siegfried Fabarius (* 22. August 1853 in Saarlouis , † thirtieth November 1915 at Newel ) was a Prussian major general and division commander in the First World War .

Life

Karl was the son of Superintendent Fabarius and Berta Fabarius, nee Wiedemann. Like his parents, he was of the Protestant denomination. Fabarius graduated from high school with a high school diploma. On March 31, 1887, he married Luise Boehl.

Military career

Fabarius occurred on 25 March 1875 as an officer cadet in the Thuringian Field Artillery Regiment. 19 of the Prussian army one, which in Erfurt was stationed. He was promoted to Portepeefähnrich on November 11, 1875 and to Second Lieutenant on November 17, 1876 .

From September 29, 1878 to July 24, 1879 Fabarius was assigned to the United Artillery and Engineering School in Berlin. Here he received his training as an artillery officer. On April 1, 1881 he was transferred to Magdeburg Field Artillery Regiment No. 4 . At first he did his job with individual batteries , but was soon able to convince as an adjutant to the chief of the I. Department. During this period, from March 1, 1882 to July 31, 1882, Fabarius attended the military gymnasium in Berlin.

From October 1, 1885, Fabarius was assigned to the military academy . On March 22, 1887, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant , and on April 1, 1887, he was transferred to the 1st Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 14 in Karlsruhe . Before that, however, Fabarius completed his training at the academy, which he attended until July 21, 1888. In the field artillery regiment No. 14 Fabarius was promoted to captain with effect from August 22, 1891 . He then took over the function of battery boss .

The next promotion took place on January 27, 1900, and on April 18, 1900, Fabarius was transferred to the 3rd Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 50 in Karlsruhe as a surplus major . Here he performed the function of a department commander. In the meantime he was posted to the field artillery shooting school in Berlin, where he was on a course from April 20 to May 29, 1903.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 10, 1906. Six months later, on October 16, 1906, Fabarius was appointed commander of the 2nd Upper Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 51 , which was transferred to the "New Artillery -Baserne "in Strasbourg-Neuhof . Just three years after his promotion to lieutenant colonel, he was appointed colonel with effect from April 20, 1909.

From March 13, 1911 to April 1, 1911, Colonel Fabarius was on a course at the foot artillery shooting school in Berlin.

He took up his new position as commander of the 28th Field Artillery Brigade in Karlsruhe on April 28, 1912. On October 1, 1912, Fabarius was finally promoted to major general.

During the First World War, Major General Fabarius was appointed commander of the 82nd Reserve Division . The division was under the XXXXI. Reserve Corps and was mainly used on the Eastern Front. First, the 82nd Reserve Division fought on the Western Front on the Somme . However, it was moved to the east in April 1915. She took part in the Gorlice-Tarnow offensive , crossed the San and took part in the fighting for Przemyśl . In 1915 the division fought in the Battle of Lemberg and was involved in the conquest of Brest-Litovsk and Pinsk , before it got into the position battle in the Pripet swamps .

The capture

The events surrounding the capture of Major General Fabarius took place on the night of November 27-28, 1915, in the area of ​​Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 271. This regiment was subordinate to the 82nd Reserve Division, which had been in the Pripet Marshes since October 1915. The front was quiet at that time and the units of the division were busy expanding their positions. The front guard could only be insufficiently guaranteed from the German side. Residents informed the Russian command management about the gaps in the German defense and a hunting command of about 500 men was put together. This command advanced almost unhindered to the village of Newel, which lay behind the German positions. The German soldiers housed in the village were completely surprised by the Russian command. The Newel manor house, in which the regimental headquarters of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 271 was located and in which division commander Fabarius happened to be staying at the time, was surrounded and then stormed. Major General Fabarius was caught alive. Approaching German units forced the Russians to withdraw quickly. They took away the division commander Fabarius with them.

According to the German account, Major General Fabarius could not bear his fate while in captivity, and he is said to have shot himself on November 30th. According to the memories of the Russian General Alexei Brusilov , Fabarius is said to have cut his throat with a razor. This happened even before Fabarius, who had just been captured, was brought to Brusilov's staff. Fabarius' grave was in Stolin (Belarus) during the First World War .

Awards

Fabarius mountain

During the First World War, a mountain in the conquered part of France near Angres was named Fabarius.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Pagenstecher, Richard: Master lists and overview of the history of the 2nd Upper Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 51 , Oldenburg i. Size 1913, p. 58 f.
  2. ^ Pagenstecher and first mention in the list of rank and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1876.
  3. ↑ Pagenstecher and cf. List of rank and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1882 and following; in addition: Paul Rogge: History of the field artillery regiment Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern (Magdeburgisches) No. 4. Berlin 1898, and Rübesamen, Wilhelm: Feldartillerie-Regiment Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern (Magdeburgisches) No. 4. Magdeburg 1927.
  4. ↑ Pagenstecher and cf. Association of Former Officers of the Grand Duke Field Artillery Regiment (ed.): The Grand Duke Field Artillery Regiment (1st Badisches) No. 14 in the World Wars 1914–1918. Karlsruhe 1933, this regimental history also contains the Siegfried Fabarius dead man report from 1915 as Annex 8.
  5. ↑ Pagenstecher and list of ranks and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army from 1886–1888.
  6. ↑ Pagenstecher and rank and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army of the corresponding years.
  7. ↑ Pagenstecher; Rank and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army in 1900 and Maximilian von Zastrow: 3rd Badisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 50. Oldenburg / Berlin 1929.
  8. ↑ Pagenstecher and list of ranks and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1906.
  9. ↑ Pagenstecher and rank and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army of 1907 and Wagner, Rudolf: The 2nd Upper Alsatian Field Artillery Regiment No. 51 in the World War 1914/1918 , Berlin 1936.
  10. ↑ Pagenstecher and list of ranks and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1910.
  11. ↑ Pagenstecher and list of ranks and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1912.
  12. ↑ Pagenstecher and list of ranks and quarters of the Royal Prussian Army in 1913.
  13. ^ Reichsarchiv (Red.): The World War 1914 to 1918 , Vol. 7 and 8, Berlin 1931/1932.
  14. ↑ Described clearly in: Bierwagen, Max: Between Somme and Pripjet. History of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 271 in the World War 1914 to 1918 , Breslau 1927, pp. 174-184, the description seems as if both German and Russian sources were used.
  15. ↑ Брусилов А.А. Мои воспоминания, Moscow 1983, pp. 169–170.
  16. ^ According to the rank and quarter lists of the Royal Prussian Army from 1876 to 1914.
  17. ↑ Otto Dziobek: History of the Infantry Regiment Lübeck (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162 . 1st edition, 1922.
personal data
SURNAME Fabarius, Karl Friedrich Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fabarius, Siegfried (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarlouis
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1915
Place of death Newel