You are bidding on a beautiful one Nobility postcard from 1936 out of Wyk (Föhr).
Mechtild von Bülow, b. by Hahnke (1912-1977) write to her Mother Emilie “Emy” von Hahnke, b. Baroness von Seckendorff-Aberdas (1880-1965), daughter of the major Adolph Georg Alexander Carl Freiherr von Seckendorff-Aberdar (1846-1916) and Martha Erna, née. von Heyden zu Plötz (1855-1921) and divorced wife of Major Oskar von Hahnke (1872-1926), recipient of the Order of Merit and director of the Reichslandbund, son of the Prussian Field Marshal Wilhelm von Hahnke (1833-1912).
She was married to Ernst-Albert von Bülow (* 19. September 1899 in Loxten, died. 1981), son of the administrative lawyer Friedrich von Bülow (1868-1936). Her gravestone is in the Trinity Cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Dated Wyk (Föhr), the 13th February 1936.
Written in pencil.
Excerpts:"My dear, sweet, kissed mother! Everything about me is beaming because another, so dear, detailed letter came. [...] Aren't you too lonely for me, my love?! Hey, you look nice. Street. Oh, I love you so much. [...] Gustav's article is hilarious, I have to laugh a lot. [...] Phew, I ate so much that I almost burst. Little sweetie, thank you so much and lots of love, your Mechthildi child."
6-pfennig postal stationery (10.3 x 14.8 cm).
Condition:Map slightly stained; Corners bumped. Please also note the pictures!
Internal note: Ostbhf 22-09
Wilhelm Gustav Karl Bernhard von Hahnke (* 1. October 1833 in Berlin; † 8th. February 1912 ibid) was a Prussian Field Marshal, Canon of Brandenburg as well as Chancellor and Knight of the High Order of the Black Eagle with Diamonds.
Life
Origin: Hahnke came from an old officer's family. He was the son of the later Prussian Colonel Wilhelm von Hahnke (1793–1861) and his wife Angelique, née von der Lancken (1803–1873). His father was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility in 1836.
Military career: After his upbringing in the cadet corps, Hahnke was born on the 26th. April 1851 as a second lieutenant in the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 transferred to the Prussian Army. From the 19th February 1854 to 18. In January 1858 he served as a battalion adjutant, then became a regimental adjutant and was appointed to this position on January 31st. Promoted to first lieutenant in May 1859. This was followed by the 7th. June 1860 to 22. September 1863 he was employed as adjutant of the 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade. This was followed on the 22nd with simultaneous promotion to captain. September 1863 he was appointed company commander in the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3.
Hahnke fought with his company during the war against Denmark near Fredericia in 1864 and took part in the siege and storming of the Düppeler Schanzen. His achievements were recognized by the award of the Order of the Red Eagle IV. Class with swords and the Order of the Crown III. Class honored with swords.
In 1866, during the war against Austria, Hahnke was a member of the General Staff of the 2. Army with Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in Bohemia. Until the Franco-Prussian War, Hahnke was aide-de-camp to Duke Ernst II. of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He took part in the Franco-Prussian War as a major in the general staff at the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Prussia. In 1872 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the III. Army Corps, promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1875, colonel in 1878 and finally major general in 1881. As such, he was commander of the 1. Guards Infantry Brigade and at the same time city commander of Potsdam.
In 1886 he was promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the 1st Division. Guards Division appointed. He was then head of the military cabinet from 1888. He held this position until 1901. In the meantime, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown in 1891. He then served as commander-in-chief in the Marches and governor of Berlin until 1909. In 1890 Hahnke was promoted to general of infantry. His mention in the millionaire address book dates back to 1894.
On the 1st In January 1905 he was promoted to field marshal and was then adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Family: In 1865 in Berlin he married Josephine von Bülow (1842–1911), a daughter of the Prussian Privy Legation Councilor Friedrich von Bülow (1789–1853). The couple had seven sons and two daughters including:
Wilhelm (1867–1931), Prussian major general ⚭ Elisabeth von Schlieffen (* 1869), daughter of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen
Albert (1869–1925), Prussian colonel, wing adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm I, commander of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment “Kaiser Wilhelm” No. 90
Gustav (1871–1897), German first lieutenant at sea and victim of an accident on Kaiser Wilhelm II's trip to the North.
Oskar (1872–1926), retired colonel. D., recipient of the Pour le Mérite, director of the Reichslandbund
Adolf (1873–1936), district president, curator of the University of Breslau
Elisabeth von Hahnke (1874–1949), wife of Louis von Schwerin in Hohen-Brünzow
Josephine von Hahnke (1881–1945), wife of Alexander von Grunelius
Friedrich August Otto Karl von Bülow (*23. January 1868 in Hanover; † 11. June 1936 in Omechau, Upper Silesia) was a German administrative lawyer.
Life:As the son of the Prussian Major General Albert von Bülow, Friedrich von Bülow studied law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen. In the year of the three emperors he joined the Corps Bremensia Göttingen. After the state examination and his traineeship, he worked as district administrator for the Duchy of Lauenburg from 1901 to 1907. In this capacity, he also headed the Lauenburg State Municipal Association in the province of Schleswig-Holstein.
From 1907 to 1917 he worked for the government in Schleswig and the government in Königsberg. In 1917 he was appointed district president in the Bromberg administrative district (Posen province). The area had to be ceded to Poland after the Peace Treaty of Versailles. In 1919 he also assumed the office of deputy president in the province of Posen.
From 1919 to 1922, as transition commissioner, he was responsible for handling German administration in the parts of the territory that had fallen to Poland. From 1922 he was senior president of the Posen-West Prussia border region, based in Schneidermühl. There he made great contributions to the economic reconstruction of the province, which had been severely damaged by the demarcation of the border. In January 1933 he retired due to age and was replaced by the Meseritz district administrator Hans von Meibom.
Bülow was a member of the DVP and a National Socialist sympathizer. He announced this on the 8th. July 1935 at the Bülow family day:
“All of the great ideals that the Führer has set for the German people come from old Germanic heritage and, not least, from the deepest treasuries of the German nobility. “The German nobility is fundamentally related to National Socialism in terms of their nature and their roots.”
– Friedrich von Bülow
Bülow married Irmgard Lewine Hedwig Auguste Alma Bertha Anna Hammerstein-Loxten (* 7. December 1875), the daughter of the Prussian Minister of Agriculture Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten.