Max von der Goltz

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Max Koner : Admiral Max von der Goltz. Sketch, 1893

Maximilian Leopold Otto Ferdinand Freiherr von der Goltz (born April 19, 1838 in Königsberg , † December 20, 1906 in Potsdam ) was a German admiral .

Life

origin

Max was the son of the manor owner Amadeus Bogislaw Ferdinand von der Goltz (* February 11, 1804 - March 23, 1851) and his wife Louise, née Hempel (* March 13, 1812 - September 12, 1894).

Military career

Goltz joined the Prussian Navy on October 28, 1853 , became an ensign in the sea in 1859 and in 1861 a second class lieutenant in the sea . As such, he made a trip to Japan and China on the frigate SMS Gazelle between 1863 and 1865 . In 1865 he became a lieutenant captain and shortly before the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 he became a corvette captain . He was then assigned to service at the Ministry of the Navy .

Goltz was promoted to sea captain in 1875 and then made several trips as the commander of the corvette SMS Augusta to South America ( Brazil ) and the West Indies . Between 1877 and 1882 he reorganized the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel as chief shipyard director . He then became commander of the Gneisenau covered corvette and chief of the Mediterranean squadron during the Urabi uprising in Egypt . From 1883 he was head of the squadron at the East Asian naval station .

In 1883 Goltz was promoted to rear admiral and at the same time appointed director of the admiralty. When he was appointed Vice Admiral in 1888, he became chief of the North Sea naval station in Wilhelmshaven . As the commanding admiral, he was entrusted with the high command of the Imperial Navy as early as 1889 . In 1892 Goltz was finally promoted to admiral. Goltz responded negatively to a request from the Prussian military cabinet about the necessary establishment of naval attachés , which had been considered an important step up to 1894 due to the reorganization of the French army and the navy. Nevertheless, with the cabinet order of November 19, 1894, Rudolf Siegel was sent to Paris as the first German naval attaché .

On May 13, 1895, Goltz was placed at the disposition and at the same time à la suite of the naval officer corps. He was u. a. Holder of the Grand Cross with Oak Leaves of the Red Eagle Order and the Crown Order 1st Class.

family

Goltz married Klara von Kries (1844–1923), a daughter of the Prussian district president Eduard Moritz von Kries , on April 19, 1868 in Berlin . The couple had several children:

  • Moritz Ferdinand Max Joachim (1869–1907)
  • Rüdiger (1870–1946) ⚭ 1911 Gertha Strecker (1889–1955)
  • Malwina Luise Clara Irmgard (1871-1941)
  • Gabriele Bertha Adele Clara (* 1872) ⚭ Gustav Kaetzler
  • Maxa Clara (1874–1941) ⚭ Hans Barthold von Bassewitz (1867–1949)

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 1: AG (Ackermann to Gygas). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1988, ISBN 3-7648-2480-8 , pp. 447-449.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1871. P. 218.

Web links

Commons : Max von der Goltz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to NDB 6 (1964) p. 629 the year of birth was 1836
  2. ^ Heinrich Otto Meisner, Military Attachés and Plenipotentiaries in Prussia and the German Reich, Rütten & Loening Verlag Berlin, 1957, p. 11f.
  3. ↑ Marine-Kabinett (Ed.): Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1896. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1896, p. 86.
  4. ^ Freiherr von Bock: list of the officers' corps of the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot June 19, 1813– May 15, 1913. Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin 1913, p. 262.
personal data
SURNAME Goltz, Max von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goltz, Maximilian Leopold Otto Ferdinand Freiherr von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1906
Place of death Potsdam