Erwin von Heimerdinger

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Erwin Otto Heimerdinger , von Heimerdinger since 1910 , (born August 10, 1856 in Stuttgart , † December 22, 1932 in Berlin ) was a Württemberg major general and ethnic politician.

Life

As the son of General Doctor Dr. med. Friedrich Heimerdinger began his military career on October 1, 1873 as a flag junior in the Württemberg army . He served in the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment No. 29 and rose there until July 20, 1907 to lieutenant colonel and commander of the 2nd division. From April 21 to November 18, 1908, he was in charge of the 4th Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 65 . Then Heimerdinger was given command of this association . In this position he was awarded the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown on February 25, 1910 . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself von Heimerdinger after his entry in the nobility register . In the same year he was promoted to colonel on July 25, 1910 . Heimerdinger was put up for disposition on March 22, 1913, with the character of major general .

At the First World War Heimerdinger participated officer z D-as. He acted as commander of the ammunition columns and the train of the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps .

In addition, he became a member of the Teutonic Order, a secret organization founded by Hermann Pohl in Leipzig in 1912 with a nationalist and anti-Semitic orientation, which is therefore also counted among the "occult roots of National Socialism ". When they split up in 1916, he took over the management of this organization as Chancellor, but resigned from this position in late summer 1919 in favor of Duke Johann Albrecht von Mecklenburg . In the report of the Prussian State Commissariat for the Supervision of Public Order of October 1, 1919, his name is mentioned in connection with counter-revolutionary efforts.

family

He was married to Elise Hausch. The marriage had four children. His final resting place is in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf .

Gertrud Heimerdinger (born October 31, 1889), one of his daughters, was deputy head of the diplomatic courier service in the Reich Foreign Ministry and took care of a. a. the diplomat and agent Fritz Kolbe with special passports to enable information to be given to Allen Dulles , later head of the US secret service.

literature

  • Who is it Born in 1935.
  • Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: The Occult Roots of National Socialism. Wiesbaden 2004, pp. 112–120 (= The Teutonic Order)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Württemberg Military Ordinance Gazette. No. 6 of February 25, 1910, p. 19.
personal data
SURNAME Heimerdinger, Erwin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimerdinger, Erwin Otto von (full name); Heimerdinger, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg major general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1932
Place of death Berlin