Otto von Koppelow

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Otto von Koppelow
Coat of arms of those of Koppelow
Koppelow with Major General Morgen followed the Kaiser as he walked off the front

Otto (Karl Julius Friedrich Hermann) von Koppelow (born September 16, 1863 in Schwerin , † October 20, 1942 in Lübeck ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He came from the old Mecklenburg noble family von Koppelow and was the son of the Prussian colonel and commander of the 1st Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 22 in Ratibor Paul Magnus Karl von Koppelow (1826-1878) and his wife Johanne Ulrike, née von Moellendorff (* June 16, 1838) from the house of Ganzer.

Military career

Koppelow was educated in the cadet corps and transferred as a second lieutenant on April 15, 1882 to the 1st Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 31 of the Prussian Army in Altona . After he proved himself as a battalion and later as a regimental adjutant , he became adjutant of the 24th Infantry Brigade in Neisse in 1893 . Under the promotion to captain Koppelow became a company commander in the Infantry Regiment "Duke of Holstein" (Holstein) No. 85 in Rendsburg appointed . As adjutant of the 36th Division in Danzig he was promoted to major in 1903 and in 1906 transferred to the local grenadier regiment "King Friedrich I." (4th East Prussian) No. 5 as battalion commander. After being promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel , Koppelow was appointed on April 18, 1913 as the successor to Colonel Jarotzky to commander of the infantry regiment "Lübeck" (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162 . As such, he reported to the emperor during his visit on August 9, 1913 before the Lübeck Main Report .

On July 31, 1914, one day before the mobilization , he and his regiment left Lübeck to protect the island of Sylt . It was there that the First World War began for them . After fighting at Termonde , Noyon and Roye , he was first transferred to the 34th Reserve Infantry Brigade, then commander of the 35th Infantry Brigade and, after its dissolution, commander of the 108th Infantry Brigade. In March 1915, Koppelow fell so seriously ill that he had to undergo an operation.

From August 27, 1915, he led the 181st Infantry Brigade, with which he took part in the Kovno - Vilna offensive . Later Koppelow was in command of the 27th Landwehr Infantry Brigade and the 50th Reserve Infantry Brigade off Verdun . On January 27, 1916, Koppelow was promoted to major general. Sick of a heart condition, he had to return home in early September 1916.

In January 1917 Koppelow was the deputy general command of the IX. Army Corps and in April transferred to the 5th Army to manage the expansion of the Crimean position. Since he was no longer fit for field service, Koppelow was put up for disposal on May 7, 1918 . The character of lieutenant general was given to him on December 22nd of the same year. Koppelow was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

Since leaving the army he lived in Lübeck and took an active part in the development of the 162nd Confederation.

Awards

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literature

  • Festival number on the occasion of the consecration of our memorial at the Lübeck cemetery and the 2nd regiment day on 9/10. May 1925. Section: The commanders of the Inf.-Regt. "Lübeck" in the world war.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook of the German Nobility . Volume 2, WT Bruer, Berlin 1898, p. 337 .
  2. ^ Kaiser Wilhelm II. In Lübeck. In: Father-city sheets. No. 4 of August 16, 1913.
  3. ↑ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 317.
personal data
SURNAME Koppelow, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1942
Place of death Lübeck