Paul von Hingst

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Johann Paul Friedrich Hingst , von Hingst since 1908 , (born December 23, 1846 in Machern , † September 16, 1919 in Dresden ) was a royal Saxon infantry general and adjutant general of King Albert of Saxony .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Machern pastor Friedrich August Hingst (born March 16, 1812 in Tragnitz ; † May 24, 1848 in Machern) and his wife Ottilie, née Koch.

Military career

After completing school, Hingst visited the cadet house in Dresden from 1863 and was transferred as an ensign to the 16th Infantry Battalion there on April 1, 1865 . He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1866 with a patent from July 14, 1864 and served in the 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101 from 1867 . In the same year he was sent to the Prussian War Academy in Berlin for further training and rose to prime lieutenant the following year . He had to interrupt his training with the beginning of the war against France . Hingst returned to his regiment and took part in the fighting in France, for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. After completion, he returned to the War Academy, finished his training and was then assigned to the Great General Staff of the Prussian Army . With his promotion to captain he came back to his regiment on May 23, 1873 and was commanded from there as an adjutant to the 1st Infantry Brigade No. 45 , to which his regiment belonged. From 1875 to 1884 Hingst worked in the directorate of the War Ministry. Here he advanced to major on September 17, 1882 .

Hingst was promoted to colonel in 1892 and appointed commander of 2nd Grenadier Regiment No. 101. This was followed from March 30, 1896 to April 1, 1897 as a major general and commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade No. 48 . He was then appointed general on duty à la suite of the king. From March 29, 1900, Hingst acted as commander of 3rd Division No. 32 until he was put up for disposal on April 17, 1903 with the statutory pension . After his departure, Hingst received the character of General of the Infantry on September 11, 1903 and was on May 22, 1908 by King Friedrich August III. the hereditary Saxon nobility raised .

He lived to see the end of the First World War, in which his youngest son died in 1914, and died in Dresden in late summer 1919. He is buried in the north cemetery in Dresden , which was used as a military cemetery in its time. His tomb has been preserved there to this day.

family

In 1873 Hingst married Auguste Louise Eveline von Abendroth (* 1850), the daughter of Lieutenant General Heinrich von Abendroth (1819-1880). The marriage resulted in three sons and a daughter.

Honors (selection)

literature

  • Master list of officers of the 1st Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No. 100. 1867-1911. Dresden 1912, pp. 26-27.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First supplement to No. 148 of the Leipziger Zeitung of May 27, 1848. P. 3472 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Saxon War Ministry (ed.): Royal Saxon Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 19 of May 30, 1908, p. 113, No. 97.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. Part 2, 1930, p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Hungst, Paul von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hingst, Johann Paul Friedrich Hingst von (full name); Hung, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Saxon general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Makers
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1919
Place of death Dresden