Luitpold von der Tann-Rathsamhausen

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Luitpold Freiherr von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (born April 19, 1847 in Munich , † August 5, 1919 in Weisendorf ) was a Bavarian general of the infantry .

Life

origin

Luitpold was the eldest son of the Bavarian Major General Hugo von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1817-1883) and his wife Johanna, born von Stetten (1826-1902), lady of honor of the Order of Theresa . His younger brother Ludwig (1850-1928) became major general, Rudolf (1855-1942) State Councilor and Bavarian envoy in Rome .

Military career

After graduating from a humanistic grammar school and the pagerie , Tann joined the 2nd Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince" of the Bavarian Army on June 24, 1866 as a second lieutenant . He was promoted to battalion adjutant in 1870 and took part in the war against France in the battles at Wörth , Beaumont , Sedan , Loigny and Poupry , Orléans and Beaugency and the enclosure and siege of Paris . In the meantime promoted to first lieutenant , Tann was twice commended by army orders and awarded the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of Military Merit with Swords.

After the peace treaty , he graduated from the War Academy from 1871 to 1874 , which pronounced him qualified for the general staff and senior adjutantage. He was then assigned to the General Staff of the Army for two years to serve. In mid-March 1879 he was commanded as adjutant of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, with his regiment à la suite . In this position Tann advanced to captain at the end of April 1879 and was transferred to the General Staff in Munich on November 3, 1880. From October 1882 he was assigned to the Great General Staff of the Prussian Army in Berlin for two years . After serving as a company commander in the 8th Infantry Regiment "Pranckh" , Tann was transferred to the central office of the General Staff in mid-October 1886 and promoted to major in early February 1887 . From October 1, 1887 to October 30, 1888 he was on the General Staff of the 3rd Division in Nuremberg , was then placed à la suite of the General Staff and transferred as a consultant to the War Ministry. In mid-October 1889, Tann was transferred to the General Command of the 1st Army Corps . Here he rose to lieutenant colonel at the beginning of October 1890 and was reassigned to the central office of the general staff on September 22, 1892. After being promoted to colonel , he was head of department in the General Staff from June 12, 1893 to June 13, 1894, and then resigned from service when he was appointed commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment "Crown Prince". Tann gave this command to his successor Ferdinand von Leoprechting and was appointed chief of the general staff of the 1st Army Corps on November 9, 1895. He was promoted to major general on July 20, 1896, and was appointed commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade . In the same capacity he took over on June 2, 1899, the 2nd Infantry Brigade and was as at April 15, 1901 lieutenant general to commander appointed the capital and residence city of Munich. From June 11, 1903 to April 8, 1905 he was commander of the 5th Division in Nuremberg and was then promoted to General of the Infantry Commanding General of the III. Army Corps . In approval of his resignation , Tann was put up for disposition on May 4, 1910 .

During the First World War , Tann was reused as a zD officer and acted from August 2, 1914 to September 3, 1918 as the commanding general of the deputy general command of the I. Army Corps in Munich.

He was an honorary doctor from the Technical University of Munich .

family

Tann had married Ludwine Countess von Hallwyl (1858-1883) on September 30, 1879 in Teplitz . After her untimely death on June 16, 1891 in Feldafing Emma married Countess Mikes von Zabola (1869–1956). The first marriage remained childless and the daughters Hilda (* 1892) and Elisabeth (1900-1998) left the second marriage .

literature

  • Genealogical paperback of the baronial houses. 1918. Sixty-eighth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1917, pp. 725–726.
  • Max Spindler (Hrsg.), Walter Schärl: The composition of the Bavarian civil service from 1806 to 1918. (= Munich historical studies, department Bavarian history 1), Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmütz / Opf. 1955, pp. 270-271.
  • Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 588.
  • Gene. the Inf. Luitpold Frhr. vu to the Tann-Rathsamhausen. In: Military weekly paper . No. 70, June 7, 1910, pp. 1673-1674.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Menges : Tann, from and to. In: New German Biography. 25 (2013), pp. 781-782 [online version].
  2. ↑ Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 588.
personal data
SURNAME Tann-Rathsamhausen, Luitpold from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tann-Rathsamhausen, Luitpold Konrad Eberhard von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1919
Place of death Weisendorf