Ernst Wisselinck

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Ernst Wisselinck (born May 18, 1892 at Gut Taschau , Schwetz district ; † February 13, 1987 ) was a German officer , most recently major general of the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

origin

Ernst Wisselinck was the son of the manor owner Alexander Wisselinck and his wife Marie.

Military career

On 19 March 1912 he joined as a cadet in the Grenadier Regiment "Prince Carl of Prussia" (2nd Brandenburg) no. 12 of the Prussian army , where he on 1 November 1912 Ensign and November 18, 1913 Lieutenant was promoted. When the First World War broke out , he was transferred to the Brigade Replacement Battalion 10 on August 2, 1914, where he was deployed as a company commander from September. He was wounded on October 27, 1914. After his recovery he became an orderly officer in his main regiment in January 1915 and leader of the 1st company in June 1915. On June 23, 1915 he was wounded again and in May 1916 he was adjutant to the regiment . From June 1917 he served as an orderly officer in the 5th Infantry Division before he returned in May 1918 as a battalion leader in the grenadier regiment "Prince Carl von Prussia" (2nd Brandenburg) No. 12. From June 1918 he was an adjutant in the 10th Infantry Brigade. For his achievements during the war he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, the Wound Badge in Black and the Hanseatic Cross of the City of Hamburg.

After the end of the war, Wisselinck was an adjutant at the Marienwerder NCO School from May 1919 . On October 1, 1919, he was accepted into the Provisional Reichswehr and assigned to the 10th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment. With the formation of the Reichswehr on January 1, 1921, he was transferred to the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 8 . From 1923 to 1926 he completed military training in the Reichswehr Ministry, where he was promoted to captain on May 1, 1924 . On October 1, 1926, he became chief of the 8th Company in the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment. On 31 December 1928 Wisselinck was at his own request, with the character as a Major adopted.

Wisselinck moved to South America and in 1929 became a major in the general staff and instructor in the Peruvian army . In 1930 he returned to Germany and was deployed in the state protection service from October 1, 1930 . On April 1, 1934, he was taken over as a captain in the Reichswehr and transferred to the 5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . On June 1, 1934, he received the patent as a major. From October 1, 1934, he commanded the III. Battalion of the regiment, which on October 1, 1936 for III. Battalion of the 92nd Infantry Regiment. On October 1, 1936 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on January 1, 1938 tactics teacher at the Dresden War School. From October 1, 1938 he was in command of teaching group C and on August 1, 1939 he was promoted to colonel .

After the beginning of the Second World War, Wisselinck was appointed commander of the Fusilier Regiment 68 on October 1, 1939. From October 1941 to April 17, 1942 he was in the Führerreserve . He was then commander of the Radom field sergeant school, where he was promoted to major general on March 1, 1943 . On June 23, 1943, his right lower leg had to be amputated after a serious wound. After his recovery he was brigade commander of the Army NCO School East from August 1944 and commander of Division No. 491 in Neumünster from November 1944.

After the end of the war he held the post of German commander of the Neumünster and Rendsburg districts under English supervision. On February 24, 1946, he was dismissed by the English as 70% war-damaged. After the war he lived in Grünwald near Munich.

family

On December 19, 1925, he married Eva Roth. Wisselink became a father of two. His daughter Erika was born in 1926, his son Neidhard in 1934. His daughter, a feminist journalist and author , described him as a loving and open father.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Soldier Yearbook 1988: Thirty-sixth German Soldier Calendar . Schild Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-88014-090-1 , p. 458.
  2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1925, p. 161.
  3. ^ German Soldiers ' Yearbook 1980: Twenty-second German Soldiers' Calendar . Schild Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-88014-073-1 , p. 448.
  4. ↑ diestandard.at (accessed June 8, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Wisselinck, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general of the German Wehrmacht in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Good Taschau , Schwetz district
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1987