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Adolf
Hans Heinrich von Wittich
(28.08.1836 - 23.02.1906)
place of birth: Schönlanke, Posen (Trzcianka, Poland)
Königreich
Preußen: KG, Generaladjutant
SM, Generaloberst mdR GFM
General von Wittich served as Generaladjutant to Kaiser
Wilhelm II. before being dismissed in 1892. Von Wittich was the son
Wilhelm von Wittich, a minister in the Imperial Military Court, and his
wife Christine Mildebrandt. Adolf later married the former Anna Schade
in 1866.
Adolf von Wittich began his military career in 1855, serving
much of his time on the Great General Staff in Berlin, as well as on
the general staff of the IV. Armee-Korps in Magdeburg. He served as a
section chief in the Prussian War Ministry and served as an
aide-de-camp in Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s entourage from 1888 to 1892. In 1897, he
was decorated with Prussia's highest order of chivalry, the Schwarzer
Adler-Orden (Order of the Black Eagle.) Wittich
ultimately served as commander of XI. Armee-Korps in Kassel, attaining
the rank of Generaloberst m.d.R. GFM in 1903. He became a lifetime
member of the Prussian Herrenhaus, and died in Würzburg, Franconia in February of 1906.
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