Louis von Kamphövener

Louis Karl Adolf Franz Kamphövener , von Kamphövener since 1900 (born August 11, 1843 in Schleswig , † December 24, 1927 in Hanover ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and Ottoman marshal .

Life

origin

He was the son of a native of Holstein pastors and officials Family Appeals Council Adolph Kamphövener and his wife Sophie, nee Brökel, a sister of the writer Johanna Antonie Brökel .

Military career

Kamphövener was brought up in his parents' house and attended high school in Koblenz . On October 30, 1860 he joined the Infantry Regiment No. 68 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior and was promoted to second lieutenant on February 11, 1862 . On October 1, 1865, he was sent to the military academy for further training . Due to the war against Austria , Kamphövener interrupted his studies in 1866 and took part with his regiment in the battle of Königgrätz . After the peace treaty he returned to the academy and successfully completed his training on June 30, 1868. He then served in the 9th Company in Koblenz and from May 1, 1870 was commanded to serve with the Great General Staff . At the beginning of the war against France , Kamphövener served as an adjutant in the Koblenz governorate and joined his regiment on September 11, 1870. He took part in the siege of Metz as well as the battles at Amiens and the Hallue . After his promotion to prime lieutenant on December 8, 1870, he still fought at Bapaume and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

After the Peace of Frankfurt , Kamphövener was again ordered to serve with the Great General Staff in October 1871 and was transferred here on April 17, 1873, with promotion to captain . At the same time he was used from this point on as surveying director in the topographical department. On April 4, 1876, he returned to military service and came to Hameln as chief of the 11th company in the 3rd Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 79 . On April 29 In 1882 furloughed Kamphövener and set him on 29 June 1882 the character as a Major for disposition in order to transfer into Ottoman service.

Together with Otto Kähler and Colmar von der Goltz he went to Constantinople as part of the German military missions in the Ottoman Empire and worked there as a military advisor to Sultan Abdülhamids II until his dismissal in 1909. The Sultan honored him for his services in 1905 as "Müschir" ( Marshal), which earned him the title of pasha in the Ottoman Empire .

He continued to advance within the Prussian Army and until April 18, 1899 received the character of Lieutenant General. On January 1, 1900, Kamphövener was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility for himself and his family by Wilhelm II .

family

Kamphövener married Anna von Werlhof (1857–1932), the daughter of the Celle court president August Carl Ernst von Werlhof (1809–1895). The couple had two sons and two daughters: Kurt (1887–1983) became a diplomat, Adolf (1889–1945) died in a hospital in Berlin. Elsa Sophia (1878–1963), one of the two daughters, became known far beyond Germany as a storyteller and writer. Her sister Hedwig († 1891) died young.

Louis von Kamphövener spent his retirement in Hanover. There he wrote his memoirs in 1921/22 , but they remained unpublished.

literature

• Kurt Wenzel: Officer master list of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment von Voigt-Rhetz (3rd Hannoversches) No. 79. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1902, pp. 85–86.
• Helga Moericke: The fairytale baroness. Elsa Sophia von Kamphoevener. eFeF (edition ebersbach), Dortmund / Zurich 1995, especially pp. 46–60; therein (especially p. 14f and 193) also the reference to his unpublished memoir: Memory from an eventful life. 27 years in Turkey. Schleswig-Holstein State Archives, Dept. 399.26.
• Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1915, ninth year, p.460

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Noble houses B Volume VI, Volume 32 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1964, p. 183.
2. ^ Gregor Schöllgen: Imperialism and balance: Germany, England and the oriental question 1871-1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich, 3rd edition, 2000, ISBN 978-3-486-52003-3 , p. 35.