Kurt of Lupine

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Kurt Freiherr von Lupine (born September 30, 1867 in Ludwigsburg , † November 2, 1938 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) was a German major general in the Reichswehr .

Life

origin

Kurt was the younger son of the Württemberg lieutenant general Hugo von Lupine (1829-1902) and his wife Karoline, née Veiel (1841-1917). His brother Arthur (1861–1920) also advanced to lieutenant general in the Württemberg army. The Bavarian state official and mineralogist Friedrich von Lupine (1771–1845) was his grandfather.

Military career

After attending grammar school in Schwäbisch Hall , Lupine joined the 7th Infantry Regiment No. 125 of the Württemberg Army on September 24, 1885 as a flag junior . By the beginning of February 1887 he was promoted to second lieutenant and from May 1890 to February 1893 Lupine served as an adjutant battalion . On April 1, 1893 he was transferred to the infantry regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" (2nd Württembergisches) No. 120 and in mid-October 1893 he was promoted to prime lieutenant . From July 14, 1899 he was in command for fourteen months as adjutant of the Esslingen am Neckar district command. At the same time as he was promoted to captain on September 14, 1900, Lupine became company commander in 9th Infantry Regiment No. 127 . He was to carry out this function for almost thirteen years and become major on March 20, 1911 . As such, Lupine was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Regiment "King Karl" (5th Württembergisches) No. 123 on April 18, 1913 .

In this capacity, Lupine took part in the Battle of Longwy after the beginning of the First World War and the mobilization with the 27th Infantry Division . After fighting around the Meuse crossings and in the Argonne his regiment went here in the trench warfare over. He was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross as well as the Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit on November 9, 1914 , and on March 8, 1915 he was appointed regimental commander. In December 1915 his regiment moved to Flanders and was there on the Yser in trench warfare . Lupine was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1916 and was involved in the Battle of the Somme in August . After his association was withdrawn from the front in the middle of the month and relocated to the St. Eloi area in Flanders, he was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown with Swords on September 5, 1916 . In November his regiment returned to the Somme and stayed there after the battle was over. In the spring the association went back to the Siegfriedstellung and took part in the Battle of Arras near Bullecourt in April / May 1917 . From mid-August to October 1917, Lupine was used several times in the Third Battle of Flanders .

During the spring offensive in 1918 his unit was used with the 2nd Army as a shock regiment between Gouzeaucourt and Vermand . He succeeded u. a. to take the place of Fins . For this, Lupine was awarded the order Pour le Mérite on March 26, 1918 , and his king honored him on March 29, 1918 with the Commander -in-Chief of the Order of Frederick with Swords. After the failure of the offensive and the fighting in retreat, his regiment suffered heavy losses on August 8, 1918. He was promoted to colonel on August 18, 1918 and led the remnants of his unit back home after the armistice of Compiègne .

After demobilization , he was accepted into the Reichswehr on June 25, 1919 when he was appointed commander of the Münsingen military training area . In this capacity, Lupine received the character of Major General on October 1, 1922 and took his leave on January 31, 1923 .

He was an honorary knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Lupine married Julie Mehl (1889–1297) on September 24, 1910. After her death, he married Jeanette Marschall (* 1898) on July 28, 1934 in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, before whom he divorced on September 1, 1938. The daughters Hildegard (* 1911) and Waldtraut (* 1919) emerged from the first marriage.

literature

  • Franz Josef zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (Hrsg.): Genealogical manual of the nobility matriculated in Bavaria. Volume II, Verlag Degener & Co. Schellenberg 1951, pp. 197-198.
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 , pp. 394-395.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order "pour le mérite" in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, pp. 716–717.
  • Herman Niethammer: The officer corps of the infantry regiment Kaiser Friedrich, King of Prussia (7th Württemberg) No. 125. 1809–1909. Belser, Stuttgart 1909, p. 179.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Lupine, Kurt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lupine, Kurt Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general of the Reichswehr
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1938
Place of death Schwäbisch Gmünd