Traugott von Sauberzweig

Traugott Martinvon Sauberzweig
(28.10.1863 - 14.4.1920)
place of birth: Greifenberg, Brandendburg

German general who saw action on both Great War fronts as a corps-level and army-level chief of staff. He was awarded the Pour le Merite in 1917 for outstanding leadership as General von Hutier's chief of staff (8th Army) and their actions at Riga. Sauberzweig was born in 1863 the son of a commoner pastor, but was later brought into the aristocracy.

Assignments and Commands (pre-War)

00.00.0000	*Grenadier-Regiment ,,Prinz Karl von Preußen” (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder*
13.02.1883	Leutnant
00.00.0000	Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin
00.00.0000	*Infanterie-Regiment ,,Hamburg”(2. Hanseatisches) Nr. 76 - Hamburg*
00.00.1894	Großer Generalstab - Berlin (detached from IR76)
00.00.0000	Hauptmann
00.00.1896	Großer Generalstab - Berlin
00.00.0000	II. Armeekorps - Stettin (general staff)
00.00.0000	4. Infanterie-Division - Bromberg (general staff)
00.00.0000	Major
00.00.0000	Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin (instructor)
00.00.0000	XV. Armeekorps - Straßburg (general staff)
00.00.0000	Infanterie-Regiment ,,*Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg” (3. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 20 - Wittenberg* (Bn Cdr)
00.00.1910	Oberstleutnant
21.04.1911	III. Armeekorps - Berlin (von Bülow's Chief of Staff)
00.00.1912	Oberst
04.04.1913	Grenadier-Regiment Prinz ,,*Karl von Preußen” (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder* (Cdr)
03.02.1914	XI. Armeekorps - Kassel (von Plüskow's Chief of Staff)

Assignments and Commands (during Great War)
02.08.1914	XI. Armeekorps = 3. Armee (von Plüskow's Chief of Staff)
18.09.1914	9. Armee (Oberquartiermeister on Hindenburg's staff)
24.12.1914	Generalmajor
24.07.1915	III. Reserve-Korps (von Carlowitz' Chief of Staff)
17.09.1915	General-Gouverneur - Brussels
27.06.1916	**Großer Generalstab, Generalquartiermeister - Berlin** (Freytag-Loringhoven's Chief of Staff)
12.09.1916	**Großer Generalstab, Generalquartiermeister - Berlin** (temporary replacement)
16.11.1916	8. Armee (Chief of Staff for Mudra, Kirchbach, and Hutier)
09.07.1917	*Heeresgruppe Eichhorn* - Wilna** (von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff)
09.09.1917	10. Armee (von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff) (concurrent with above)
27.12.1917	18. Armee (von Hutier's Chief of Staff)
15.07.1918	Generalleutnant
07.08.1918	convalescent leave
05.11.1918	*Heeresgruppe Gallwitz* - Verdun** (von Gallwitz' Chief of Staff)
28.12.1918	38. Infanterie-Division (Cdr) (replaced Schultheis)
05.07.1919	*zur Disposition gestellt*

Pour le Merite: 6 September 1917
highest rank: Generalleutnant