Max von Hausen

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Max von Hausen, photography by Otto Mayer , Dresden

Baron von Hausen

Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen (born December 17, 1846 in Dresden , † March 19, 1922 ibid) was a Saxon Colonel General as well as Minister of War and Chairman of the entire Ministry of the Kingdom of Saxony .

origin

Max was the son of the Saxon Lieutenant General and City Commander of Dresden Clemens von Hausen (1809–1879) and his wife Anna, née von Ammon, daughter of the ophthalmologist August von Ammon . His two brothers Lothar (1845–1920) and Arndt (1851–1919) were lieutenant general in the Saxon Army.

Life

As a teenager, Hausen attended the cadet institute in his hometown and after graduating in 1863 he joined the 3rd Jäger Battalion of the Saxon Army . In 1864 he was promoted to second lieutenant here. He took part in the wars of 1864 ( German-Danish War ), 1866 ( German War ) and 1870/71 ( German-French War ) and then attended the Prussian War Academy in Berlin, which he graduated in 1874. In 1887 he was appointed to the Great General Staff and in 1890 to commander of the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 "Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia" in Dresden. In 1893 he was promoted to major general and finally in 1897 appointed commander of 3rd Division No. 32 and promoted to lieutenant general. In 1900 he was appointed Commanding General of the XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps .

During the First World War , Hausen commanded the 3rd Army as Colonel General (since December 17, 1910) from August 2 to September 12, 1914. During the Battle of the Marne , he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on September 12 due to an alleged dysentery that later resolved when typhus turned out, temporarily relieved due to illness. This served the "interest of complete restoration". Under von Hausen's leadership, during the Dinant massacre, the Belgian city was largely destroyed from August 21 to 28, 1914, during which 674 Belgian civilians were murdered.

As a politician, he was the Saxon Minister of War from August 2, 1902 to 1906, and as Chairman of the entire Ministry from July 26, 1912 to May 21, 1914. He was wrongly quoted as the first Prime Minister of Saxony at the time as chairman of the entire ministry. This triggered Artur Brabant's choice of words, who referred to Hausen as "Prime Minister" in the foreword of his biography Colonel General Max Freiherr v. Hausen. A German soldier called. The office of Prime Minister did not exist in the Kingdom of Saxony .

Grave in the Inner Neustädter Friedhof in Dresden

Hausen has received numerous awards for his services. So he stood à la suite of the 1st Jäger Battalion No. 12 in Freiberg and was among other things bearer of the house order of the diamond crown , knight of the black eagle order and the red eagle order with the chain .

Hausen is buried in the Inner Neustädter Friedhof in Dresden.

family

Hausen married in Berlin in 1876 Marie von Salviati (1853–1933), a daughter of the Secret Upper Government Council and gentlemen on Gossendorf Karl von Salviati (1823–1878), son of Peter Heinrich August von Salviati , and Helene Freiin von Bjelke (1821–1899 ). The couple had three daughters: Erna (* 1877), Gerda (* 1878), Asta (* 1880).

literature

• Artur Brabant : Colonel General Max Freiherr von Hausen. A German soldier. Dresden 1926. Digitized
• The Colonel General Freiherr von Hausen: Memories of the Marne campaign in 1914. With an introductory critical study published by Friedrich Max Kircheisen, Leipzig 1922.

Web links

Commons : Max von Hausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Thilo Vogelsang:  Hausen, Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 113 ( digitized version ).
• Jan Hoffmann: Hausen, Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: StA , HStA DD , 11248 Saxon War Ministry, No. 8054.
2. ↑ Ranking list of the Royal Saxon Army for 1913 , Ed .: Sächsisches Kriegsministerium, Department for Personal Affairs, C. Heinrich, Dresden 1913, p. 4