Karl Heinrich von Hänisch

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Karl Heinrich von Hänisch (born April 25, 1861 in Unruhstadt , † March 27, 1921 in Blankenburg ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the later Prussian general of the cavalry Carl von Hänisch (1829-1908) and his wife Laura, née von Hippel (1834-1918).

Military career

Hänisch visited the cadet institutes in Oranienstein and Berlin and was transferred on April 12, 1879 as a second lieutenant to the 4th Guard Grenadier Regiment "Queen" of the Prussian Army in Koblenz . From October 1884 he graduated from the three-year military academy , was born on June 14, 1888 first lieutenant and three months later position à la suite of the regiment as adjutant to the 60th Infantry Brigade to Metz added. On April 1, 1890, he was assigned to the General Staff and then to the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps for one year . Hänisch was transferred there when he was promoted to captain on September 19, 1891. As a company commander , he worked from August 18, 1894 to October 17, 1896 in the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 in Hamburg. During this time, Hänisch took part in a one-month course at the infantry shooting school in Spandau and received an honorary sword from the emperor for his achievements there . He then came to the General Staff of the 29th Division in Freiburg im Breisgau , was promoted to major on October 18, 1897 and was from October 1, 1899 in Strasbourg in the General Staff of the XV. Army Corps . This was followed on January 27, 1902 with his appointment as commander of the 2nd Battalion, a service in the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 in Torgau . With promotion to lieutenant colonel , Hänisch was appointed chief of the general staff of the 1st Army Corps in Königsberg on April 24, 1904 . In this position, he was promoted to colonel on January 27, 1907, and as such he was commanded from the end of April to the beginning of June 1907 on board a ship of the high seas of the Imperial Navy . On September 25, 1908, he was appointed commander of the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5 in Spandau , until Hänisch was entrusted with the command of the 4th Guard Infantry Brigade on October 13, 1910 . With his promotion to major general on January 27, 1911, he was appointed commander of this brigade. Two years later, Hänisch was entrusted with the management of the General Inspector of Military Transportation. In this function he was responsible for the inspection of the railway troops, the field telegraphy, the military air and force transport as well as the testing department of the military transport system. On March 22, 1913, Hänisch was promoted to lieutenant general.

With the outbreak of the First World War , Hänisch was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the 7th Army under Colonel General Josias von Heeringen . In this position he took part in the Battle of Mulhouse and the fighting in Alsace . This was followed by further fighting on the Western Front . His achievements were recognized by the award of both classes of the Iron Cross and the Commander with a Star of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . On March 10, 1915, Hänisch was appointed commanding general of the XIV Army Corps . The corps was at this time in space Arras and had in May lasting until July 1915 Second Battle of Artois recorded heavy losses. Although some sections were lost in his area, his subordinate troops succeeded in repelling the breakthrough of French forces on the Loretto Heights and thwarting the breakthrough attempts. In 1916, Hänisch and his corps were subordinate to the 3rd Army under General von Eine's Cavalry .

Due to illness, Hänisch handed over command to Lieutenant General Martin Chales de Beaulieu on August 12, 1916 . He was then transferred to the officers of the army with the award of the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords, and on September 10, 1916, given the character of general of the infantry with a pension, he was put up for disposal .

From November 25, 1916, Hänisch was reused and acted as the commanding general of the deputy general command of the X Army Corps in Hanover. In this position, Hänisch received the patent for his rank on January 27, 1918 .

When the revolution that began with the Kiel sailors' revolt broke out, only two generals faced it in Germany. In Lübeck , Lieutenant General Harry von Wright opposed the mutineers with his pistol and in Hanover Hänisch with his drawn sword and tried to maintain military discipline .

His mobilization provision was lifted after the armistice on November 17, 1918.

family

Hänisch married Elly Schroeder (1862–1931) on July 1, 1885 in Halberstadt . She was the daughter of the mine director Julius Schroeder. The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , p. 84, no. 3092.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 128 of September 29, 1914, p. 2733.
  3. ^ Ernst-Heinrich Schmidt: Heimatheer and Revolution 1918. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-421-06060-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Hänisch, Karl Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hänisch, Carl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Balance city
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1921
Place of death Blankenburg