Hugo von Kathen

Battles/warsWorld War IAwardsPour le Mérite with Oakleaves

Hugo Karl Gottlieb von Kathen (27 August 1855 – 2 April 1932) was a German infantry general during World War I.

Family

Kathen was born in Freienwalde, Farther Pomerania to the Prussian Major Karl von Kathen (1803–1876), a landowner from Langenhaken in Pomerania, and Agnes née Schumann (1825–1895). His family came originally from Stralsund and became Swedish nobility in 1692.

Kathen married Susanne von Dechend (1859–1929), daughter of Reichsbank president Hermann von Dechend (1814–1890), on 27 September 1884 in Berlin.

Kathen died in Wiesbaden, Hesse.

Commands held

• 2 August - 18 December 1914: military governor of Mainz
• 19 December 1914 - 30 July 1918: commanding general of the XXIII Reserve Corps
• 31 July - 11 November 1918: commander-in-chief of the 8th army
• until February 1919: commander of the German troops in Lithuania and Estonia
• starting from February 1919: commander of the German troops in Latvia

Medals and decoration

• Pour le Mérite on 28 August 1916; with oak leaves on 27 August 1917

References

• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B Band VII, Seite 180, Band 36 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1965, ISSN 0435-2408.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Kavallerie Georg von Kleist	Commander, XXIII Reserve Corps 19 December 1914-31 July 1918	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Arthur von Gabain
Preceded by Generaloberst Günther Graf von Kirchbach	Commander, 8th Army 31 July 1918-21 January 1919	Succeeded by Dissolved