Waldemar von Hennigs

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Waldemar Gustav Carl von Hennigs (born July 1, 1849 in Stremlow , † June 1, 1917 in Steglitz ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Waldemar was the sixth of nine children of the manor owner Albert von Hennigs and his wife Kathinka, born Baroness von Fock. The later Prussian general of the cavalry Victor von Hennigs was his brother one year older.

Military career

After the visit of the Potsdam Cadet Corps , Hennigs was transferred to the Pomeranian Jäger Battalion No. 2 of the Prussian Army on June 13, 1866, as characterized portepeef ensign. On October 13, 1866, he received the patent for this rank and was promoted to second lieutenant on November 14, 1867 . As such, Hennigs was adjutant to the battalion from March 24, 1870 . In this position he took part in the battles at Gravelotte and Villiers and the siege of Paris during the war against France in 1870/71 . From December 3, 1870 to March 2, 1871 Hennigs was the leader of the mobile 2nd company and received the Iron Cross 2nd class.

On October 14, 1873, he was transferred to the Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No. 9 in Ratzeburg and on April 15, 1875, Hennigs was promoted to Premier Lieutenant before he was sent to the 1st Thuringian Infantry for a year from October 1, 1875. Regiment No. 31 commanded. As Captain Hennig came with simultaneous appointment as company commander on 16 August 1881 in the Guards Rifles Battalion , lived there in 1888, the Year of Three Emperors and particularly participated in the funeral parade for William I in part. On May 23, 1890, he became a major and on January 27, 1891, he was transferred to Hanover in the Fusilier Regiment “General Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia” (Hannoversches) No. 73 . There he was appointed commander of the 1st battalion on June 16, 1891.

On May 14, 1894, Hennigs left the army, joined the Imperial Navy and became the commander of the 1st Sea Battalion in Kiel . During this time, in June and July 1895, the celebrations for the commissioning of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal took place . The music conductor of the sea battalion Hasselmann composed the "Hennigs-Marsch" and the "Elfrieden-Walzer" named after his daughter Elfriede von Hennigs, who later married the captain Viktor Cramer von Clausbruch.

After he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 18, 1896 , Hennigs rejoined the army on September 12, 1896 and was employed as a regular staff officer in the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment 89 . Promoted to colonel on March 25, 1899, he was appointed commander of the infantry regiment "von Wittich" (3rd Hessian) No. 83 in Kassel, and on April 11, 1902, he was commissioned to command the 85th Infantry Brigade in Strasbourg . At the same time he was promoted to major general on June 19, 1902, he was appointed commander of this brigade , which Hennigs commanded until July 19, 1904. Subsequently, in approval of his resignation request, he was put up for disposition with the statutory pension . On September 13, Hennigs received the character of Lieutenant General.

At the beginning of the First World War , Hennigs was re-used as a ZD officer and worked as a deputy inspector of the Landwehr inspection in Graudenz . He sustained a wound and received the Iron Cross 1st class. He died on June 1, 1917 in Berlin-Steglitz - one year after the celebration of his golden military anniversary in 1916 - as a result of his wounding.

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Hennigs married Eva Maria on January 16, 1874 (* February 22, 1855 - August 11, 1926), daughter of the landowner Georg Koch on Buggow . The couple had two children.

literature

  • Wallmüller: List of officers of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Kurhessisches) No. 83. 1866–1903. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1903, pp. 79-80.
  • Arani (Ed.): Who is it? Who is who? The German WHO's WHO. 1908.
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch. (GGT) , volume 1911.
  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch (GGT), Volume 1940.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 37 of April 23, 1902. p. 983.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 56 of June 21, 1902. p. 1492.
  3. ↑ Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815-1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 310.
  4. ^ Alfred von Besser : List of the officers and medical officers of the Guard Rifle Battalion. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, p. 68.
  5. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 694.
personal data
SURNAME Hennigs, Waldemar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennigs, Waldemar Gustav Carl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Stremlow
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1917
Place of death Steglitz