Wolfgang von Unger

Ludwig Otto Wilhelm Wolfgang von Unger (born December 17, 1855 in Detmold , † December 18, 1927 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian cavalry general and military writer.

Life

origin

He was the son of Fritz Ludwig Urban von Unger (1817–1893) and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine Albertine Berta, born von Eberhardt (1825–1905). His father was a Prussian Premier Lieutenant a. D. and Landstallmeister .

Military career

Unger graduated from high school in his hometown and was then a cadet in Bensberg and Berlin. On April 19, 1873, he was transferred to the Oldenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 19 as a second lieutenant . From October 1880 to July 1883 Unger graduated from the War Academy , became Prime Lieutenant and as such was assigned to the General Staff for a year in early May 1884 . Relocated here on March 3, 1887, he was promoted to captain on March 22 . After further assignments to the General Staff, Unger was from March 22, 1891 to March 28, 1892 squadron chief in the Neumärk Dragoon Regiment No. 3 . He then joined the General Staff of the 13th Division and became major on May 31, 1892 . Insinuation à la suite of the General Staff, he was appointed first adjutant of bosses followed on June 25, 1893 of the General Staff of the army, Alfred von Schlieffen . Released from this command on September 9, 1897, Unger was entrusted with the management of the Badischer Dragoon Regiment No. 20 . From August 18, 1898 to October 17, 1900 he acted as the commander of this regiment, in the meantime became lieutenant colonel on January 27, 1899 and then chief of the general staff of the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps . Still as a colonel , he received command of the 20th Cavalry Brigade on January 27, 1903, and on January 27, 1905, he became major general . At the same time as his promotion to lieutenant general on February 18, 1908, he was appointed commander of the 3rd division in Stettin . Under the star ceremony for Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves on January 20, 1910 Unger board for disposition made.

With the outbreak of World War I , Unger was reactivated and appointed commander of the newly established 14th Reserve Division . With the large association he participated in the invasion of neutral Belgium and took part in the conquest of Namur . After the siege and capture of Maubeuge his division came at the Aisne mid-September 1914 in the trench warfare over. On January 28, 1915, he handed over the command to his successor Lieutenant General Ernst Wagner. It was not until September 17, 1915 that he was given a new role when he was appointed stage inspector of the 4th Army in Ghent . His mobilization provision was finally lifted on February 4, 1917, when he was awarded the Order of the Crown, First Class with Swords.

family

Unger had married Alexandra Wilhelmine Sidonie Edle von Grün (1855-1933) on October 16, 1884 in Oldenburg. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Friedrich (1885–1972), German major general
• Karl Ludwig Paul (* 1890), captain in the general staff
• Ernst Friedrich Karl Eduard Job Wolf (1894–1914), last lieutenant in the Guards Grenadier Regiment No. 4

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 400-404, no. 3292.