Heribert von Larisch
Adolf Karl Arthur Heribert von Larisch was a German Army officer who rose to the rank of Generalleutnant during World War II. He was also a recipient of the renowned Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Adolf Karl Arthur Heribert von Larisch was born onJuly 1894 in Freiburg im Breisgau as the first son of a military officer. Both of his parents were members of the German nobility his father, Gebhard Otto von Larisch ultimately reached the rank of Major a. D. , while he also held the rank of a Hauptmann d. R. in the prestigious 2nd Foot Guards Regiment . His mother was Editha Karoline Luise Elisabeth, ne Freiin von Weiler , daughter of Arthur Freiherr von Weiler, a judicial counsellor and Kammerherr in the service of the Grand Duchy of Baden. His parents had married in Freiburg im Breisgau, where Larischs father served, onOctober 1892. The couple went on to have a daughter, Marie Elisabeth Edith Irmgard, who was born in Sprottau, a city in the Province of Silesia, onJune 1897.
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