Franco-Prussian War Hugo Moritz Anton Heinrich Freiherr[a] von Obernitz (born April 16, 1819; died September 18, 1901, in Honnef) was a Prussian general who served as adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Hugo was the son of the Prussian Major Friedrich Karl Moritz von Obernitz and his wife Wilhelmine.

During the Austro-Prussian War, he led the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade as part of the 2nd Army in the battles of Soor and Königinhof against the Austrians.

[2] Meanwhile, in June 1879 he was promoted to General of the Infantry and on March 22, 1884, he was appointed chief of the 4th (3rd East Prussian) Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick the Great".

After his retirement in 1888, he and his wife Anna Friederike Ida Bertha, née von Usedom, bought a villa in Bad Honnef.

They had several children, among them: Hugo von Obernitz died on September 18, 1901, in Bad Honnef and was buried in the Alter Friedhof cemetery.