Karl von Hänisch

Karl von Hänisch
Karl von Hänisch in c. 1916
Birth nameKarl Heinrich Eduard von Hänisch
Born(1861-04-25)25 April 1861
Unruhstadt, Province of Posen, Prussia
Died27 March 1921(1921-03-27) (aged 59)
Blankenburg, Weimar Republic
Allegiance Prussia
 German Empire
Service / branch Prussian Army
 Imperial German Army
Years of service1879–1916
RankGeneral der Infanterie
CommandsChief of Staff, 7th Army
XIV Corps
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsIron Cross

Karl Heinrich Eduard von Hänisch (25 April 1861 – 27 March 1921), was a Prussian general who served in World War I, his military service spanned 37 years.

Early life and family

Karl Heinrich Eduard von Hänisch was born on 25 April 1861, in Unruhstadt, to the Prussian General of the Cavalry Carl Eduard von Hänisch [de] (1829–1908) and his wife Laura (née von Hippel; 1834–1918).[1]

Hänisch and his wife Elly (née Schröder), daughter of the mining director Julius Schröder, married on 1 July 1885, and had four children;[2]

  • Liselotte (22 August 1888–21 July 1937): married to the Oberst Hans Würtz.
  • Hans Erich (26 August 1890–21 January 1915): Leutnant of the Dragoon Regiment No. 23, died from wounds received during the First Battle of the Marne.
  • Liddy (3 December 1894–4 November 1931): married to the Oberstleutnant Paul Freiherr von Uckermann.
  • Joachim (10 November 1897–12 December 1944): Leutnant, his daughter Dagmar is the grandmother of Luisa Neubauer.[3]

References

  1. ^ von Priesdorff 1942, p. 84.
  2. ^ von Priesdorff 1942, p. 106.
  3. ^ Neubauer 2022, p. 32.

Works cited

  • von Priesdorff, Kurt (1942). Soldatisches Führertum (in German). Vol. 10. Hamburg: Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt. pp. 84, 104–106.
  • Neubauer, Luisa (2022). Gegen die Ohnmacht (in German). Tropen Verlag. p. 32. ISBN 9783608501988.


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