Elimar von Cranach

Elimar von Cranach

Elimar von Cranach (born December 29, 1871 in Stettin , † September 26, 1950 in Anholt ) was a German major general .

Life

Elimar was a nephew of the Prussian infantry general Ludwig von Cranach (1818-1894).

Cranach joined the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 of the Prussian Army on March 24, 1890 , coming from the Cadet Corps as a Second Lieutenant . Cranach , who was promoted to Premier Lieutenant on May 24, 1898, was a battalion adjutant and regimental adjutant from June 1988 to the end of March 1902. The following month he was assigned to the Great General Staff . On March 10, 1904, he was promoted to captain and adjutant of the 33rd Infantry Brigade . At the end of January 1906 he returned to his main regiment, where Cranach was used as a company commander until April 1912 . On April 22, 1912, he was promoted to major , adjutant at the General Command of the II Army Corps in Stettin .

Cranach held this position after the outbreak of World War I until the end of 1914. He was then from January to July 1915 adjutant at the high command of the Southern Army and from July 6 to August 18, 1915 in the same function at the high command of the Bug Army under General of the Infantry Alexander von Linsingen . On August 18, 1915 he was appointed commander of the Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 7, which fought with the Landwehr Corps on the Eastern Front . He then led the Jäger Regiment No. 6 on the Western Front from September 16 , where Cranach was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 18, 1917 . In this position he was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite on April 22, 1918 .

After the end of the war, Cranach stayed in this regiment until it was demobilized . On March 31, 1919, he was retired from active service at his own request.

On April 14, 1920 he was awarded the character of a colonel .

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg , Cranach was awarded the character of Major General on August 27, 1939. Cranach died in Anholt at the age of 78.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.): 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. Part IV, Volume 2: von Blanckensee-von Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , pp. 470-471.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , p. 481, no. 2708.