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|birth_place      = Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, [[German Empire]]
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|death_place      = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
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'''Adam Kaus''' (1 October 1880 – 8 November 1941) was a [[Germans|German]] officer of the Prussian Army, the [[Imperial German Army]] and the [[Wehrmacht]], finally Major in [[World War II]] as well as graduate engineer and government builder. 

==Life==
After his [[Abitur]] and his studies (Civil Engineering) at the ''Technische Hochschule'' Darmstadt, he passed his state preliminary examination (''Staatsvorprüfung'') in 1903 and his state examination (''Staatsprüfung'') in 1904, receiving the degree ''Diplom-Ingenieur''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230701230542/https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/detailAction?detailid=v7564617 Kaus, Adam], Technische Universität Darmstadt / Universitätsarchiv</ref> He completed his compulsory military service as a one-year volunteer ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Einj%C3%A4hrig-Freiwilliger ''Einjährig-Freiwilliger'']) with the 5. Großherzoglich Hessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 168, where he became a 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves. 

He was occupied in Darmstadt, Hirschberg and finally [[Berlin]]. For [[WWI]], he was reactivated (Oberleutnant der Reserve) and served most of the war in the 5. Großherzoglich Hessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 168 and in the Großherzoglich-Hessisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 254, but also Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 252 of Thuringia. In February 1915, he was severly wounded and was even reported as {{KIA}} for a short time.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gfk9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Regierungsbaumeister+kaus+berlin&source=bl&ots=i5T6YtDwPI&sig=ACfU3U21Sm9BUBABxMvCvHrA-T0xPpn1_w&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2ieKn6t__AhWDEGIAHarmAqQQ6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=kaus&f=false ''Annalen für Gewerbe und Bauwesen''], Band 76, Berlin 15 February 1915, p. 84</ref> After the war, being discharged as a Hauptmann d. R., he returned to his beloved occupation and took over the Gelsenkirchen factory of his deceased father-in-law in 1924. He lived with his family in the Hans-Schemm-Straße 39 (now Robert-Koch-Straße).

In WWII, he was reactivated as a reserves officer of the Luftwaffe und took over command of the Luftwaffen-Bau-Bataillon 17./IV. The Luftwaffe construction battalions were formed as battalion staffs to lead the independent Luftwaffe construction companies. Their numbering consisted of a sequential number and the respective air district. The Luftwaffe construction battalion  17./IV was thus the 17th battalion of the Luftgau IV. The battalions were usually deployed in companies, the deployment was mostly at air bases, field airfields, anti-aircraft positions and other Luftwaffe facilities in order to set them up and maintain them or repair damage after attacks.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230702005106/https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/LwBauBataillone/Gliederung.htm Luftwaffen-Bau-Bataillone]</ref>

==Death==
Major and Regierungsbaumeister Dipl.-Ing. Kaus was severely wounded on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] and died in the military hospital ''Luftwaffen-Lazarett Bukarest'' on 8 November 1941. He was buried in the German military cemetery "Pro Patria" in Bucharest; Final grave location: Block H, Row 9, Grave 49.

==Awards and decorations (excerpt)==

* Long Service Award of the Landwehr, 2nd Class (LD2)<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062308179&view=1up&seq=834&skin=2021&q1=kaus ''Rangliste de Königlich Preußischen Armee''], 1914, p. 722</ref>
* [[Iron Cross]] (1914), 2nd and 1st Class<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lN5LAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA72&lpg=RA1-PA72&dq=dipl.-ing.+adam+kaus+berlin&source=bl&ots=37V-H9VJuM&sig=ACfU3U0dUMjGmlRnir9-7TnH6D20XtbMig&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhjM-p6d__AhUMLFkFHaUoBUY4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=dipl.-ing.%20adam%20kaus%20berlin&f=false Deutsche Bauzeitung], Band 51, No. 14, 1917, p. 72</ref>
* Hessian Bravery Medal (''Großherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille''; HAE1/HT)
* Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration (ÖM3K)
* Hessian Warrior Badge of Honor in Iron (''Krieger-Ehrenzeichen in Eisen''; HK)
* [[Wound Badge]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Verwundetenabzeichen_(1918) ''Verwundetenabzeichen 1918'']) in Black
* [[House Order of Hohenzollern]], Knight's Cross with Swords (HOH3⚔) on 30 August 1918 
* [[Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer]] (FEK)

==Gallery==
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File:Adam Kaus, EK I.png
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File:Major Adam Kaus, Westfälische Landeszeitung Castrop-Rauxel, 26.11.1941.jpg
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==References==
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[[Category:1880 births]]
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[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Prussian Army personnel]]
[[Category:German military officers]]
[[Category:German military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:German military personnel of the Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)]]
[[Category:German military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Iron Cross]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the House Order of Hohenzollern]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Cross of Honor]]
[[Category:German military personnel killed in World War II]]