Alexander August Adolf Karl Klaus Ottomar von Linsingen 
(10.02.1850 - 05.06.1935)
place of birth:  Hildesheim
Königreich Preußen:  OBH,  Generaloberst


General von Linsingen joined the Prussian Army in 1868 and was soon engaged in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, fighting as a Sekonde-Lieutenant with Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 17.  Following the war, he rose through the ranks in peacetime Germany, ultimately being selected in 1909 as a Generalleutnant to command II. Armee-Korps headquarters in Stettin. Linsingen was one of the very few commanding generals who was never called to serve on the general staff in Berlin.

When the First World War was launched in August 1914, Linsingen led his II. Armee-Korps into Belgium and France as part of General von Kluck's 1. Armee. He and his corps were soon transferred to the Eastern Front where they saw action during the Lodz campaign (Nov-Dec 1914.) In January 1915, he moved south to the Carpathian Mountain region in order to command the Süd-Armee consisting of German and Austrian divisions. There his troops were to fight off Russian forces attempting to cross into Hungary near the Ukrainian towns of Stryi and Ivano-Frankovsk. Germany's counter-offensive initially bogged down in the heavy winter snows but springtime saw them cross the Carpathians down into the Galician plains towards the Dniester River. For his distinguished service and leadership during this campaign General von Linsingen was decorated in May 1915 with the highest Royal Prussian order of bravery, the Pour le Mérite. Thereafter, his forces were credited with having captured over 60,000 Russian prisoners during the Battle of Stryi. 

In July 1915, Linsingen's Süd-Armee was reformed as the Bug-Armee (Army of the Bug River) consisting of units from Mackensen's 11. Armee.  He then took command of the Heeres-Gruppe Linsingen in September 1915, a force which included the Austrian 4. Armee.  In June 1916, his Army Group faced off against the Russians during the Brusilov Offensive, losing the 4. Armee headquarters at Luck but ultimately checking the Russian advance near Kovel. Following the Russian Revolution, Linsingen's group occupied Western Ukraine and Crimean Peninsula. After his promotion to Generaloberst, Linsingen was removed from the front and sent to Berlin, where he replaced the recently deceased General von Kessel as Supreme Commander of Mark Brandenburg (Oberkommando in den Marken) and simultaneously served as Governor of Royal Capital Berlin Garrison HQ. After the War, he faced Nazi-inspired discrimination due to his less than "Aryan pure heritage." Von Linsingen died on 5 June 1935 in Hannover and is buried there at the St. Nikolai Friedhof.

	Generaloberst	07.04.1918
	Eisernes Kreuz II	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
	Pour le Mérite	14.05.1915  (Eichenlaub:  03.07.1915)
	Militär-St-Heinrich	24.10.1916  Kommandeur II
	Schwarzer Adler	27.01.1917