Karl von Nagel zu Aichberg

Karl von Nagel zu Aichberg , since 1906 Freiherr von Nagel zu Aichberg (born September 5, 1866 in Amberg , † May 2, 1919 in Munich ) was a Bavarian major general .

Life

origin

Karl was the son of the later Bavarian general of the cavalry Heinrich von Nagel zu Aichberg (1833-1910) and his wife Julie, née Freiin von Podewils. His father was raised to the baron status on February 19, 1906 by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria .

Military career

In 1884 , coming from the cadet corps , Nagel was transferred to the 2nd Uhlan regiment "King" of the Bavarian Army as portepeef ensign. After successfully attending the Munich War School , he was promoted to second lieutenant on March 10, 1886 . As such, Nagel was regimental adjutant from 1890. From 1893 to 1896 he graduated from the War Academy , which granted him immediate assignment to the general staff and the qualification for the senior adjutantage and the subject (tactics, war history). Meanwhile Prime Lieutenant , Nagel came to the IV Army Inspection in 1897 , served here as an adjutant and was promoted to Rittmeister on March 21, 1900 . He was then transferred to the central office of the General Staff and commanded Nagel to the War Ministry the following year. In 1902 he returned to the troop service and was used as chief of the 4th squadron of the 1st Chevaulegers regiment "Emperor Nikolaus von Russland" in Nuremberg . After two years in the General Staff of the 5th Division , he was promoted to Major on March 8, 1906 . In the same year appointed chamberlain , he was assigned to the Great General Staff in Berlin . Associated with this was the appointment as a military member of the Bavarian Senate at the Reich Military Court . Released from this command in 1909, Nagel was then commander of the 1st Heavy Rider Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria" until March 30, 1910 and was then appointed Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps . In this position, followed shortly afterwards on 25 July 1910 was promoted to lieutenant colonel , and on 23 January 1913 , Colonel . He also received the rank and fees of brigade commander on February 25, 1914.

Nagel was in this position when the First World War broke out . With his corps he first took part in the border battles and the battle in Lorraine . This was followed by the advance to France and Nagel was promoted to major general on September 10, 1914. On March 6, 1915, he handed over his post to his successor, Colonel Arnold Möhl, and was transferred to the War Ministry as department head. At the same time he was commanded as a military officer in the Great Headquarters , which at that time was in Charleville-Mézières . In 1916, Nagel was used on several occasions as Chief of the General Staff of the Southern Army on the Eastern Front . Dismissed from his post as military representative on November 24, 1916, Nagel then served as Chief of the General Staff of the 6th Army under Colonel General Ludwig von Falkenhausen until April 10, 1917 . Kaiser Wilhelm II paid tribute to his achievements at the headquarters on November 27, 1916 by being awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class, with crown and swords.

On June 6, 1917 Nail eventually became the commander of the 12th Infantry Division appointed he in the position battles on the Putna and the Siret commanded and at the Susita. After the armistice had entered the Romanian theater of war on December 10, 1917 , Nagel and his large unit were transported to the Western Front from April 30 to May 4, 1918. Here his troops were initially engaged in trench warfare near Reims and went on the offensive near Soissons at the end of May . This was followed by positional and defensive battles.

After the end of the war , Nagel led his troops back home and, after the proclamation of the Republic in Bavaria in December 1918, was appointed commander of the not yet demobilized 1st Division by the State Ministry for Military Affairs . In the street fighting against the Munich Soviet Republic , Nagel was shot in the stomach on May 2, 1919 .

family

Nagel had married the American Mabel Dillon Nesmith on April 17, 1907 in Munich. The marriage produced three daughters.

literature

• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 535f.
• Max Spindler (Hrsg.), Walter Schärl: The composition of the Bavarian civil service from 1806 to 1918. Verlag Michael Lassleben. Kallmütz / Opf. 1955. pp. 261f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 31 of March 3, 1914. p. 636.
2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 103 of December 7, 1916. p. 2423.