Karl von Herget

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Karl Friedrich Herget , von Herget since 1860 (born February 1, 1831 in Lauterbach (Upper Hesse) , † August 21, 1913 in Bonn ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

Karl was a son of the grand ducal Hessian lieutenant a. D. Heinrich Herget (1796–1859) and his wife Henriette, née Reitz (1801–1878).

Military career

After attending a private institute in his hometown and the high schools in Memmingen and Büdingen , Herget joined the artillery corps of the Grand Ducal Hessian Army on April 16, 1849 as a gunner . In the same year he took part in the fighting at Gernsbach and Oos during the suppression of the Baden Revolution and advanced to lieutenant by mid-April 1851.

Herget was assigned to the Train Artillery Company on January 1, 1852, and a year later to the weapons department in Darmstadt . From October 5, 1853 to June 26, 1863 he was secretary and librarian at the war school administration in Darmstadt. After a three-month command of the mounted artillery , he was adjutant of the artillery corps from August 26, 1854 to June 9, 1866 . In addition, he was promoted to first lieutenant on January 24, 1856 , and from November 7, 1859 to April 1, 1868 was also a member of the Darmstadt War School Directorate. Grand Duke Ludwig III. Herget was raised to hereditary nobility on February 1, 1860 and allowed him to carry the coat of arms of the family of Zelion called Brandis.

He was also from October 1, 1860 to April 1, 1867 a teacher of weapons at the war school and from July 1, 1861 to June 30, 1868 also a member of the General Officer Examination Commission. In the meantime , Herget had risen to become captain and battery boss. In 1866, during the war against Prussia , Herget took part in the battles near Frohnhofen , Aschaffenburg and Gerchsheim . For his work he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous with Swords and the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class with war decorations.

After the war, on April 7, 1868, he moved to the War Ministry in Darmstadt as head of department. On March 24, 1869, he was promoted to major without a patent there and on January 25, 1870 was appointed department commander. In mid-February 1870 he was assigned to the provisional management of the War Ministry and at the beginning of March 1870 he was granted a patent for his rank. On May 13, 1870 Herget resigned as commander of the 1st division of the artillery corps and was leader of the Hessian field batteries in the battles at Gravelotte and Noisseville as well as the siege of Metz during the war against France that followed . For this he received the Iron Cross 2nd class on September 10, 1870 . Before Metz he was infected with typhus and had to go to the hospital until the spring of 1871.

As part of the military convention , the artillery corps was taken over as Field Artillery Regiment No. 25 in the Association of the Prussian Army on January 1, 1872 , and Herget was employed as a major without a patent and as a department commander. In mid-May 1872 he received the patent for his rank. On April 12, 1877 he was transferred to Hanover as commander of the 2nd division in the field artillery regiment No. 10 . Herget was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 8, 1878 and was transferred to the 1st Westphalian Field Artillery Regiment No. 7 on December 10, 1878 . In this position he advanced to colonel on October 18, 1882 and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III in September 1884 . Class with ribbon and one month later with Commander II class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous. In position à la suite of his regiment, he was appointed commander of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade in Magdeburg on February 11, 1886 . In approval of his resignation , Herget was put up for disposition on October 13, 1887 with the character of major general and with a pension . He died in Bonn on August 21, 1913.

family

Herget married Fanny von Zelion called Brandis (1834–1913) in Darmstadt on June 24, 1856. The couple had several children:

  • Franz (1857–1907), Grand Ducal Hessian Chamberlain and Prussian Rittmeister ⚭ 1883 Ebba von Hagemeister (* 1865)
  • Heinrich (1859–1887), Prussian general assessor
  • Helene (1860–1882) ⚭ 1881 Richard von Schmidt, Prussian Colonel zD
  • Felix (* 1863), merchant ⚭ 1894 Eleonore Manskopf (* 1867)
  • Fanny (* 1867) ⚭ 1888 Jan-Willem Marinus van der Elst (1856–1925)
  • Marie (* 1869)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . No. 10 of March 31, 1860, p. 131.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 93 of November 12, 1884, p. 1840.
personal data
SURNAME Herget, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herget, Karl Friedrich von; Herget, Karl Friedrich (until 1860)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauterbach (Upper Hesse)
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1913
Place of death Bonn