Adalbert Zuckschwerdt

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Adalbert Zuckschwerdt (born January 1, 1874 in Worbis , † July 1, 1945 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German naval officer , most recently Rear Admiral of the Navy .

Career

Imperial Navy and First World War

Zuckschwerdt joined the Imperial Navy on April 4, 1893 as a cadet . On September 14, 1896, he was promoted to Unterleutnant zur See (renamed Leutnant zur See on January 1, 1899). On April 9, 1900 he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea . In the period from October 1, 1902 to September 30, 1904, he was a company officer and adjutant of the Sailor Artillery Division III and from October 1, 1904 to October 3, 1906, an artillery officer on the great cruisers Prince Heinrich and Roon . During this period of service he was promoted to captainleutnant without a patent on December 10, 1904 - he received the patent on February 11, 1905. From October 4, 1906 to September 22, 1909, Zuckschwerdt was a teacher at the ship artillery school. From September 23, 1909 to February 11, 1913, Zuckschwerdt served as a navigational or first officer on the Hesse liner . In the meantime he had been promoted to Corvette Captain on April 10, 1911 . On February 12, 1913, Zuckschwerdt then traveled with the steamer Roon to Sydney , where on April 7, 1913 he took over the small cruiser Cormoran, which had been reclassified as a gunboat, as commander . After a mission with a landing corps against tribal feuds on Bougainville from February 22nd to 27th, 1914, Zuckschwerdt ran into Tsingtau on May 30th to have the ship completely overhauled. During the mobilization at the beginning of the First World War , the Cormoran was decommissioned on August 6th. Instead Zuckschwerdt took over with his crew from 8 August 1914 auxiliary cruiser Cormoran , a previously by the light cruiser Emden in the first days of the war in the Korean Strait applied pinch . On August 10, Zuckschwerdt was commissioned to wage cruiser warfare in East Asian waters , but had to be interned in Guam on December 14, 1914 due to a lack of coal without having captured an opposing ship. After the USA entered the war , Zuckschwerdt was transferred to the USA as a prisoner of war on April 7, 1917 . He was released in 1919 and returned to Germany in October, where he was promoted to frigate captain on November 24, 1919 with seniority from December 17, 1916 . At the same time he was retired from the Navy. On February 19, 1920 he was subsequently given the character of a sea ​​captain .

Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine

Grave of Adalbert Zuckschwerdt

During the Second World War , after the occupation of France , Zuckschwerdt was a retired officer. D. initially from August 28, 1940 port commander of Nieuwpoort and later of Calais . On February 23, 1941, he became the commandant of the naval defense of the Loire estuary and later of the Languedoc naval defense . On September 1, 1941, he received the patent as captain at sea zV and on March 1, 1943, Zuckschwerdt was made rear admiral z. V. promoted. From June 26 to August 31, 1943 Zuckschwerdt served as admiral on the French south coast . From September 1, 1943 to April 4, 1944 he was again in command of the Languedoc naval defense . He was adopted on May 31, 1944, but after the end of the war on May 14, 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Americans , where he died on July 1, 1945 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. His grave is in the Hövelhof community cemetery .

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SURNAME Zuckschwerdt, Adalbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rear admiral
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Worbis
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1945
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen