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Ludwig Wilhelm Karl von Lauter was a Prussian
General der Artillerie General der Artillerie ( en: General of the artillery) may mean: 1. A rank of three-star general, comparable to modern armed forces OF-8 grade, in the Imperial German Army and its contingency armies of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg. ...
who was involved in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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Life

Lauter was born on 23 April 1855 in the
Grand Duchy of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Grand Duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 ...
. He joined the military in 1872 as a second lieutenant. In was made a premier-lieutenant in 1881, hauptmann in 1886, and major in 1891. By 1904 he was a
Generalmajor is the Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central and Northern European countries. Austria Belgium Denmark is the second lowest general officer rank in the Royal Danish Army and Royal Danish Air Force. As a two-star ...
and in 1911 was promoted to General der Artillerie and appointed as Inspector General of Foot Artillery. In 1913, Lauter was ennobled. During
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
he continued to serve on this post, attached to the Great Headquarters, until 15 October 1917, retiring on the next day. He died at
Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
on 8 April 1929.


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1855 births 1929 deaths Military personnel from Hesse German untitled nobility German Army generals of World War I Generals of Artillery (Prussia) {{Germany-army-bio-stub