Major (later Oberst) Thieme, 3. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 111, ~1889.

            Hugo Thieme

Hugo Thieme was born in 1841 in Gruna, Lower Silesia.  After his graduation from high school he entered into FR34 as a Junker.  Thus began an association with this regiment which would last two wars and nearly thirty years of service.  Thieme climbed steadily through FR34s ranks and served through the war with Austria in 1866 and the war with France in 1870-1871.  He was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd Class and Knights Cross 2nd Class of the Order of the Zähringen Lion with Swords for valor in the latter conflict.  In 1873 he was promoted to Hauptmann and took over command of FR34’s 4. Compagnie, a post he would hold for a decade.  Thieme compiled a unit history of FR34 which was published in 1879.  Subsequently, and after a comparatively shorter stint as the Commandeur of 5. Compagnie, he was promoted to Major in 1885.  Finally in 1887, Major Thieme’s long association with FR34 came to a close and he was made Commandeur of the Füsilier-Bataillon of IR111.  In 1890, he left the Aktiv service and commanded Landwehrbezirk Bruchsal in Baden for a year until he became commander of Landwehrbezirk Heidelberg in 1891.  He developed a popular reputation as an amiable and capable Offizier in Heidelberg.  He eventually left the service in 1895 with the rank of Oberst and lived with his wife in Heidelberg, having secured a civil-service position in the field of insurance, until his death in April 1902.  Upon his death, an obituary was published by the current Kommandeur of FR34 that read thusly [translated]: 

“On 5 April, the retired Imperial Colonel Hugo Thieme passed away in Heidelberg. The deceased was a member of the Pomeranian Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 34 from 1 October 1858 to 20 March 1887, and during these 29 years he not only proved himself in war and peace in a variety of positions, but also earned the undivided affection and loyalty of all his superiors, comrades, and subordinates, so that his memory is still held in high honor in the regiment today.  
von Briesen, Colonel and Commander of the Pomeranian Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 34”*

*Of tangential note, Oberst (later General der Infanterie) Alfred Arthur von Briesen who wrote the above obituary is exceptionally notable for being (besides General der Infanterie von Wartenberg) the highest ranking German Offizier killed in the Great War (gefallen am 12.11.1914.)  General der Infanterie von Briesen was also the father of General der Infanterie Kurt von Briesen who oversaw the 1940 Avenue Foch victory parade in Paris during WWII and who himself was killed in action in Russia (gefallen 20.11.1941.)  

*2.9.1841 in Gruna, Kreis Görlitz, Provinz Schlesien, Königreich Preußen
⚭5.5.1873 in Stettin, Deutsches Reich
– Luise Caecilia Caroline Sidonie *Wanda* Seelmann (17.1.1847-)
Kinder: Hugo Heinrich (20.3.1881-), Georg Wilhelm (3.10.1888-)
+5.4.1902 in Heidelberg, Großherzogtum Baden, Deutsches Reich.

PROMOTIONS:
- Junker: 1.10.1858
- Secondelieutenant: ~1859
- Premierlieutenant: 1866
- Hauptmann: 1873
- Major: 1885
- Major zur Disposition: 1890
- Oberstleutnant zur Disposition: 1891
- Oberst (Char.) außer Dienst: 1895

ASSIGNMENTS:
- Pommersches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 34 [Mainz/ Rastatt / Frankfurt a/M / Stettin]: 1.10.1858
FELDZUG 1866
– Commandiert beim Stab des Landwehr-Bataillons Marburg: 1866-1867
FELDZUG 1870-1871
– Chef des 4. Compagnie: 1873-1883
– Chef des 5. Compagnie: 1883-1885
– Aggregiert: 1885-20.3.1887
- 3. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 111 [Rastatt]
– Commandeur des Füsilier-Bataillon: 1887 
- Landwehrbezirk Bruchsal
– Kommandeur: 1890
- Landwehrbezirk Heidelberg
– Kommandeur: 1891

AWARDS:
- Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse: 1870
- Großherzoglich Badische Orden vom Zähringer Löwen, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern: 1870
- Königlich Schwedische und Norwegische Schwert-Orden, Ritterkreuz: 1881
- Dienstauszeichnungskreuz: 1882
- Roter-Adler-Orden 4. Klasse: 1890
- Königlich Schwedische und Norwegische Schwert-Orden, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse: 1891
- Kronen-Orden 3. Klasse: 1894
- Großherzoglich Badische Orden vom Zähringer Löwen, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub: 27.11.1895

   

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