Karl von Wuthenau

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Karl (Carl) Adam Ludwig Johann Traugott Count von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm (born June 26, 1863 in Dresden , † November 13, 1946 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German lieutenant general , civil registrar and landowner .

Life

origin

Karl comes from the old Brandenburg aristocratic family Wuthenau . He was the son of the Saxon major a. D. and Chamberlain Maximilian von Wuthenau (1834–1912) and his wife Pauline, née Countess von Württemberg (1836–1911). On October 18, 1911, his father was raised to the rank of Count of Wuthenau-Hohenthurm in Prussia .

Military career

After visiting the Vitzthum Gymnasium Dresden he studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn Law . In 1884 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn .

After graduating, he embarked on an officer career in the Prussian Army . First he served in the 1st Guard Dragoon Regiment in Berlin in 1885/90 and then until 1892 in the 2nd Squadron of the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 in Weißenfels . Wuthenau then transferred to the Saxon service and was employed with a patent from November 12, 1885 in the Guard Reiter Regiment (1st Heavy Regiment) . He rose to Rittmeister and Chief of the 1st Squadron in the 3rd Uhlan Regiment No. 21 "Kaiser Wilhelm II., King of Prussia" in Chemnitz , was promoted to Major on May 22, 1908 and in autumn 1912 with the leadership of the 2. Uhlan Regiment No. 18 commissioned. With his promotion to lieutenant colonel on December 8, 1913, he was appointed commander of this regiment. On January 15, 1914, Wuthenau was put up for disposal .

With the outbreak of World War I again used, Wuthenau was given command of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 107 as a colonel . With this regiment he took part in the fighting on the Western Front and was able to defend himself during the Battle of the Somme from 14 to Distinguished July 30, 1916 at Delville Forest and at Guillemont west of Combles for personal bravery. For this he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry on August 28, 1916 . On May 4, 1917, Wuthenau was appointed commander of the 48th Reserve Infantry Brigade on the Eastern Front . With her he was initially in position battles between Narajowka and Zlota Lipa . At Brzezany , during the Kerensky offensive from July 1, 1917, after two days of artillery preparation , Russian troops were able to take the trenches of the first position in the Dzikie Lany line and the Lysonia height. The troops led by Wuthenau succeeded in stubborn fighting until July 7, 1917 to recapture the lost terrain . For this achievement he was awarded the Commander's Second Class of the Military Order of St. Henry on August 10, 1917 . At the end of October 1917, Wuthenau and his brigade moved west to Flanders , fought in the Battle of Cambrai and took part in the German spring offensive in March / April 1918 . In the following months he was involved in permanent defensive battles with his large association , led the remnants of his brigade back home after the armistice and was finally dismissed as major general in December 1918 .

After 1926 he was given the character of Lieutenant General.

family

Wuthenau was Fideikommissherr on Hohenthurm near Halle (Saale) and a member of the German gentlemen's club . He was married to Marie Antoinette Countess Chotek von Chotkowa and Wognin (1874–1930). Her sister was Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa who was murdered in Sarajevo together with her husband Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este . Wuthenau and his wife had two daughters and four sons. In 1937 he married the middle-class Dorothea Wolff.

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902. Düsseldorf 1902. p. 211.
  • GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928. Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 206.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Adam, Count von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm on www.geneall.net
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 588.
  3. ↑ Ranking list of the Royal Saxon Army for the year 1893. Dresden 1893. p. 247.
  4. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1926. p. 922.
  5. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation. Dresden 1937. p. 720.
  6. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 . P. 356.
  7. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation. Dresden 1937. p. 117.
  8. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 9 , 682
  9. ^ Biography of the Countess Pauline von Württemberg married. from Wuthenau to landesarchiv-bw.de
  10. ↑ Carl_Adam_von_Wuthenau-Hohenthurm_ (1863-1946) on familypedia.wiki.com
personal data
SURNAME Wuthenau, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wuthenau-Hohenthurm, Karl Adam Ludwig Johann Traugott Count of; Wuthenau-Hohenthurm, Carl Adam Ludwig Johann Traugott Count of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, gentleman and landowner
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1946
Place of death Halle (Saale)