Richard von Schubert (General)

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Richard von Schubert

Adolf Louis Theodor Richard Schubert , von Schubert since 1909 (born April 19, 1850 in Wielkibor , † May 13, 1933 in Marburg ) was a Prussian Colonel General in the First World War .

Life

origin

Richard was the son of the manor owner Theodor Schubert (1816–1890), lord of Bogislawitz , Rachelsdorf, Koschine, Kalmow and his wife Amalie, née Lebius. His older brother Conrad also embarked on a military career, later advanced to lieutenant general and became a politician after he left.

Military career

Schubert attended grammar school in Ostrowo in 1858 and then joined the 1st Westphalian Pioneer Battalion No. 7 on April 1, 1867 as a one-year volunteer . In 1868 he came to the field artillery regiment No. 10 in Hanover, with whom he went to the Franco-German War as a second lieutenant . Awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class, he graduated from the War Academy for three years from 1875 and was assigned to the Great General Staff in the three Emperor's year . In the meantime he served on the staff of the Brandenburg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 3 ("General Feldzeugmeister") . In 1894 he moved to the II Army Corps under Hermann von Blomberg as Chief of Staff . Two years later he became the commander of the 2nd Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 30 in Rastatt . On June 15, 1899, he was appointed commander of the 16th Field Artillery Brigade in Trier and on July 3, 1899, he was promoted to major general . A short time later, on October 1, 1899, Schubert took over the 33rd Field Artillery Brigade in Metz , which he commanded for the next three years. With simultaneous promotion to Lieutenant General, Schubert was given command of the 39th Division in Colmar on September 12, 1902 . After he had given up command on October 1, 1906, he was appointed governor of the federal fortress in Ulm .

On April 4, 1907 Schubert was transferred to the army officers and on May 2, 1907 appointed inspector of the field artillery. In this position he was promoted to general of the artillery on August 16, 1907, and in recognition of his services , Kaiser Wilhelm II raised him to the hereditary Prussian nobility on January 27, 1909. In the same year Schubert received the Grand Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit and the Order of Frederick, and the following year the Golden Star for the Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht . Insinuation à la suite of field artillery shooting school he was placed on 4 April 1911, the statutory pension for disposition .

First World War

When the First World War broke out, Schubert was re-used on August 1, 1914 and appointed commanding general of the XIV Reserve Corps , with which he was deployed in conjunction with the 7th Army on the Western Front . After six weeks, on September 18, he succeeded Paul von Hindenburg as commander of the 8th Army on the Eastern Front . From a strategic point of view, a completely different view than Hermann von François , Commanding General of the 1st Army Corps , Schubert was removed from his post on October 8, 1914 and assigned to the Grand Headquarters . After almost three weeks he took over the XXVII as Commanding General on the Western Front in Flanders . Reserve Corps of the 4th Army under Albrecht Herzog von Württemberg . Awarded the Pour le Mérite order at the end of August 1916 , he followed Josias von Heeringen as commander of the 7th Army. On January 27, 1917 he was promoted to colonel general. Shortly afterwards, on March 11, 1917, when he was awarded the Black Eagle Order with Swords to the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order , his mobilization provision was lifted and Schubert finally retired.

After his farewell, he moved back to Marburg, where he lived strictly withdrawn until his death in 1933.

family

Schubert married Helene Maria Wenzel (* 1859) on June 2, 1885 in Mainz. The couple had several children including:

  • Otto (* 1886), German naval officer
  • Elisabeth (* 1887) ⚭ René von Schöfer (1883–1954), German architect and university professor
  • Erich (* 1890), German medic
  • Helmuth (* 1891), Prussian officer

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