Max von Fabeck
Herrmann Gustav Karl Max von Fabeck ( born May 6, 1854 in Berlin, † December 16, 1916 in Partenkirchen ) was an officer in the Prussian army, last general of the infantry and the First World War commander in chief of several German armies.
Life
Fabeck was the son of the royal Prussian Lieutenant General Hermann von Fabeck (1816-1873) and his wife Bertha, née von dem Borne (1829-1910) and became effective on October 18, 1871 at the age of 17 years as a second lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment a walk. From 1878 to 1879 he attended the Prussian Military Academy. In 1882 he came to the Great General Staff and was promoted to captain in 1884. From 1886 he served in the General Staff of the 28th Division in Karlsruhe.
He married on 24 October 1887 in Karlsruhe Helene von Seldeneck ( born October 7, 1863 in Karlsruhe, † July 13, 1938 in Cologne), the daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden Chamberlain William of Seldeneck and Julie Brandt von Lindau. The couple had three daughters Ilse Margarethe and Hildegard.
1889 came Fabeck as a general staff officer to the VI. Army Corps in Breslau and was promoted shortly thereafter to Major. From 1893 he served in the Grenadier - Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm II (1st Silesian ) # 10 in Schweidnitz. In 1896 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel Chief of Staff of the XI. Army Corps in Kassel. In 1898 he became commander of Infantry Regiment " Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick " ( Ostfriesisches ) No 78 carried in Osnabrück and in the same year Colonel. Beginning in 1901, he led the 25th Infantry Brigade ( 13th Division ) in Münster and was promoted to Major General in the same year.
Fabeck in 1906 promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed commander of the 28th Division in Karlsruhe. 1910 he was appointed general of the infantry and Commanding General of the XV. Army Corps in Strasbourg. In 1913 he took over the same position at the XIII. ( Royal Württemberg ) Corps in Stuttgart.
This he conducted in August 1914 in the First World War, where he was initially placed under the 5th Army. As part of the " race to the sea " Fabeck was transferred with his general command of the 6th Army, where it introduced the " army group Fabeck " during the First Battle of Ypres in October / November 1914. This succeeded in conquering the strategically important Wytschaete -arm. Subsequently, he was with his corps moved to the eastern front, where he participated in the winter battles of the 9th Army in Poland.
In early March 1915, he was commissioned to draw up a new 11th Army in the West, but was commissioned for only a short time with the leadership of the 1st Army in place of the injured Alexander von Kluck later. On August 23, 1915, he was awarded as commander of the 1st army military for outstanding planning and successful operations during the campaigns from 1914 to 1915 in Belgium and Northern France, the Order Pour le Mérite. As of September 1915, he then led the 12th Army in the East ( in October 1916 renamed 8th Army ).
He died due to an illness in the field on 16 December 1916 in Partenkirchen as commander of the 8th Army à la suite stationed in Potsdam 1st Guards Regiment of Foot.
Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion Zähringerplatz
- Bavarian Military Merit
- Grand Cross of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves
- Crown, First Class
- Prussian Service Cross Award
- Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht with golden star
- Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania
- Iron Cross (1914 ) II and I. Class
- Commander of the Württemberg Military Merit on November 1, 1914
- Pour le Mérite on August 23, 1915