Hans Gollnick

Hans Gollnick (born May 22, 1892 at Gut Gursen ; † February 15, 1970 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .

Life

Gollnick attended Marienwerder high school and Michaelis passed the Abitur examination in 1911. On March 22, 1912, he joined the 3rd West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 129 in Graudenz as a flag junior . There he was on 19 November 1912 Ensign appointed and on August 18, 1913 Lieutenant promoted. After the outbreak of the First World War and the mobilization Gollnick came into the field with Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21 and was seriously wounded on August 26, 1914. After a stay in the hospital and recovery, he was transferred to the replacement battalion of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 21. There he acted as a company commander from June 10, 1915. On October 27, 1915, he became adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and, due to illness, spent from November 16 to December 15, 1916 and from October 21 to December 5, 1917 in the hospital . In the meantime he had been promoted to first lieutenant on October 5, 1916 . From August 9, 1918, Gollnick acted as a regimental adjutant, was transferred to the replacement battalion on November 22, 1919 after the end of the war and finally on January 8, 1919 company commander in Infantry Regiment 129.

On October 15, 1935 he became commander of the First Battalion , he was in the Infantry Regiment 25. In this role on April 1, 1936. Lieutenant Colonel and on October 1, 1938 Colonel promoted. At the beginning of the Second World War, Gollnick commanded the 76th Infantry Regiment during the attack on Poland ( → see: Battle near Krojanty ) and in the western campaign in 1940 . But it was not until June 1, 1941, that he was promoted to major general , and on October 15, he was entrusted with command of the 36th Infantry Division deployed in the war against the Soviet Union . Gollnick distinguished himself and received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 21, 1942 after the fighting in the Rshew area and the Oak Leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on August 24, 1943. After he had already risen to lieutenant general on January 1, 1943 , he was given command of the XXXXVI on August 10 . Panzer Corps , which he led until March 22, 1944. A few weeks later, on October 1, 1943, he was promoted to General of the Infantry . From May 20, 1944, Hans Gollnick was the commanding general of the XXVIII. Army Corps to the area of Army Group North. From October 1944 to the end of January 1945 he was the fortress commander of Memel, from February 8 to April 1, 1945 he was in command of the Samland Army Department. Hans Gollnick was named as such in the Wehrmacht report of February 26, 1945. In mid-April 1945 General of the Infantry Hans Gollnick and the General Staff of the XXVIII. Army corps in the Führerreserve - Military District Command X, Lübeck - transferred. After the unconditional surrender Hans Gollnick served by the Allies until 20 January 1946 as the military commander of the German soldiers in the city and county and the port of Flensburg . On February 5, 1946, he was released to Hamburg by the British occupation authorities.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1918) in black
Wehrmacht service award IV. To I. class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on November 27, 1942
- Oak leaves on August 24, 1943 (282nd award)
Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
Mentioned in the Wehrmacht report on February 26, 1945

literature

Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck-Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 347-348.

Individual evidence

^ Hans Dühring : The Marienwerder high school. From cathedral school to high school . East German contributions from the Göttingen working group , Vol. XXX. Hölzner Verlag, Würzburg 1964, p. 175.
↑ ^a ^b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin, p. 138.
↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 341.

personal data
SURNAME	Gollnick, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Good gursen
DATE OF DEATH	February 15, 1970
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Hans Dühring : The Marienwerder high school. From cathedral school to high school . East German contributions from the Göttingen working group , Vol. XXX. Hölzner Verlag, Würzburg 1964, p. 175.

[RL-2] Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin, p. 138.

[Scherzer-3] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 341.