Edmund Wachenfeld

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Edmund Wachenfeld (born November 24, 1878 in Mulhouse , † December 4, 1958 in Graefelfing ) was a German artillery general .

Life

Wachenfeld joined the field artillery regiment "von Scharnhorst" (1st Hannoversches) No. 10 of the Prussian Army on July 1, 1896 as a flag squire . There he was appointed ensign on January 27, 1897 , and with his promotion to secondary lieutenant on October 18, 1897, he was transferred to the foot artillery battalion No. 13 in Ulm . Here he worked as a company officer for the next two years and then graduated from the United Artillery and Engineering School . With effect from October 1, 1901, his association was formed into a regiment . By army order of January 27, 1902, it was also given a country team name and from then on it was called the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13. From October 1906, Wachenfeld completed the war academy for three years for further training . Since February 18, 1908, first lieutenant , Wachenfeld was used as regimental adjutant on his return. In March 1910 he was transferred to the General Staff , where he was promoted to captain on March 22, 1912 . As such, he joined the General Staff of the V Army Corps on October 1, 1913 .

Here he remained after the outbreak of the First World War until January 26, 1915. This was followed by his transfer as first general staff officer to the staff of the 9th Division . In this role, Wachenfeld was deployed in the battles between the Meuse and Moselle as well as in front of Verdun . From October 1, 1916, he was in the same position in the 22nd Division, initially on the Eastern Front and witnessed the Battle of Kovel here . This was followed by position battles on the upper Styr - Stochod . In October 1917 the division was relocated to the Western Front and on January 1, 1918, Wachenfeld was transferred as a major to the General Staff of the Commander Upper East .

After the war ended in the Reichswehr , Wachenfeld belonged to the Army Peace Commission. On October 1, 1920, he was appointed First General Staff Officer at Group Command 1, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel with seniority from June 1, 1921 . On July 1, 1923, he was appointed commander of the 1st Division of the 5th Artillery Regiment in Fulda . From 1 February 1925 to the 14 November 1927 acted Guard field as chief of staff of the 6th Division in Muenster , was meanwhile on February 1, 1926 Colonel and also in the leader assistant training used. He then received command of the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Königsberg . At the same time as he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1929, he was appointed Artillery Leader I. Wachenfeld held this post for a year and was then appointed Chief of Staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin. Between October 1931 and March 1932 he was represented by Major General Ludwig Beck . He himself concentrated on the advanced training courses for officers that Georg-Hans Reinhardt had set up for the secret Wehrmacht Academy . From March 1932 he was again at Group Command 1 in Berlin and on April 1, 1932 became Lieutenant General . Wachenfeld was retired from active service on November 30, 1932, with the character of general of the artillery.

In the spring of 1934 he joined the Air Force , was appointed Commander in Air District I on April 1, 1935, and General of the Aviators on October 1, 1935 . He kept his position until the spring of 1937. Then Wachenfeld was General z. b. V. of the Luftwaffe at the Army High Command until February 3, 1938. This was followed by a use in the Reich Aviation Ministry until its renewed adoption on March 31, 1938.

On January 1, 1939, Wachenfeld was made available to the army of the Wehrmacht, but was not used. During the mobilization he was then appointed the commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the VII Army Corps in Munich. He was also the commander in military district VII .

. On February 28, 1943, he was finally retired from the Wehrmacht .

Wachenfeld's estate is kept in the Federal Archives .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. The military careers of the aviator, anti-aircraft cartillery, paratrooper, air intelligence and engineer officers, including doctors, judges, intendants and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 475-476.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 9, January 28, 1902, pp. 225-226.
  2. ↑ Federal Archives
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Reichswehr Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 119.
  4. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 559.
personal data
SURNAME Wachenfeld, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general of the artillery
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Mulhouse
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1958
Place of death Graefelfing