Karl Schönberg

Karl Schönberg
Birth date	7 March 1862(1862-03-07)
Place of birth	Gut Langgoslin, Kreis Obornik, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia German Empire
Service/branch	Prussian Army Imperial German Army
Rank	Major d. R.
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Iron Cross House Order of Hohenzollern

Karl Friedrich Otto Schönberg (also Carl, sometimes Schoenberg; b. 1862) was a German officer of the Prussian Army and the Imperial German Army in World War I, finally Major of the Reserves as well as lord of the manor (Gut Wasmerslage, Kreis Osterburg, Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, Province of Saxony), Oberamtmann (senior district official/chief bailiff) and active member of the Pommerscher Landbund, an association of patriotic landowners.

Life (chronology)

• 17 October 1883 Sekondelieutenant d. R. (2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves) of the Infanterie-Regiment „Graf Kirchbach“ (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 46
• 15 July 1893 Premierlieutenant d. R. (1st Lieutenant of the Reserves)
• 15 June 1899 Hauptmann d. R. (Captain of the Reserves)
• 18 August 1913 Farewell from the Reserves approved
• 1914 to 1917 WWI
  • 28 August 1914 Commander of the 3rd Battalion/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 227
  • 24 October 1914 Wounded at the front
  • 27 January 1915 Charakter als Major d. R. a. D. (honorary retired Major)
    • at this time, it was not certain that he would return to service
  • 26 December 1915 Commanded to the 2nd Replacement Battalion/Füsilier-Regiment „General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal“ (Magdeburgisches) Nr. 36
  • 11 February 1916 Commander of the 3rd Battalion/8. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 153
  • 4 October 1917 Once again wounded

Death

His death date is not known (possibly c. 1929), but in 1924 he held a speech for the Landbund warning against the "Jewish-Marxist spirit" within the Weimar Republic.

Family

Carl/Karl was the son of Rittmeister a. D. (ret.) and lord of the manor (Gut Lang-Goslin/Langgoslin) Otto Schönberg (1838–1902) and his wife Bertha Friederike Manon Hermina, née Bensch (1841–1928). Father Otto sold the manor and the vast lands in June 1890 for over a half of a million marks and continued as a senior civil servant of the village (Oberbeamter der Ansiedlung zu Langgoslin).

Siblings

He has seven siblings:

• Manon
• Kurt, Captain of the Landwehr a. D., head of department (Abteilungsleiter)
• Augusta
• Ernst, operations manager (Betriebsleiter)
• Otto (b. 27 March 1863), Colonel
• Franz (b. 19 July 1867), regional master forester (Landforstmeister) in Schneidemühl
• Wilhelm (1872–1966), Lieutenant General z. V. of the Wehrmacht

Awards and decorations

• Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
• Long Service Award of the Landwehr, 1st Class (LD1)
• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
• House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3⚔) on 11 July 1917
• Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander II. Class with Swords (HSEH2b⚔/HSH2b⚔/EH2b⚔)
• Wound Badge (1918) in Black