Franz Maria von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels

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Franz Maria Friedrich Clemens Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (born April 21, 1876 in Düsseldorf , † November 25, 1947 in Bad Wildungen ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Army Cavalry in World War II .

origin

Franz von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels was the youngest son of the center politician and member of the Reichstag, Franz Hubertus von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels , who was married to Elisabeth Geyr von Schweppenburg (February 12, 1838 - December 10, 1905) on January 18, 1870 . He had five siblings, including two half-siblings from his father's first marriage.

Military career

Empire

Dalwigk joined the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 in Berlin on August 18, 1896 as a flag junior . There he was on 4 August 1899. Ensign and March 22, 1900. Lieutenant promoted. On April 18, 1900 he was transferred to the infantry regiment "Graf Bülow von Dennewitz" (6th Westphalian) No. 55 , where he was placed on leave on April 18, 1901 à la suite . He was assigned to the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 on January 27, 1902 and transferred to this regiment on January 27, 1903. On August 24, 1904, Dalwigk was released from there to the reserve of his main regiment, the Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4. On May 18, 1905, Dalwigk was assigned to the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 , where he was reinstated on May 21, 1906. On August 4, 1909 he was promoted to first lieutenant and from October 1910 he served in this regiment as regimental adjudant . On October 1, 1913, he was promoted to Rittmeister and appointed squadron chief. On December 27, 1917 he became commander of the Landsturm battalion Elberfeld and on April 5, 1918, commander of the 2nd battalion of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 , which he commanded until the end of the war.

Weimar Republic

November 15, commanded until 23 December 1918 Dalwigk that bears his name "volunteer battalion of Dalwigk," a volunteer corps . After its dissolution, he was appointed commander of the III on December 24, 1918. Battalion of the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 , where he served until its demobilization in early March 1919. After that he was commander of the "Voluntary Hussar Regiment 12", a voluntary corps that emerged from this regiment, until mid-April 1920.

On April 15, 1920, Dalwigk was accepted into the Reichswehr , where he was assigned as squadron chief to the 10th (Prussian) cavalry regiment , where he was promoted to major on April 1, 1921 . On May 1, 1923, Dalwigk was transferred to the staff of the 18th Cavalry Regiment in Stuttgart-Cannstatt . On February 1, 1927, he was appointed commander of the 15th (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Paderborn . Service in that on March 1, 1927 followed his promotion to lieutenant colonel , on April 1, 1930 to Colonel .

From October 1, 1931 to the end of March 1937, Dalwigk was commander of the Hanover Cavalry School , where he was promoted to major general on February 1, 1933 and lieutenant general on October 1, 1934 . From April 1, 1937 to August 1939, Dalwigk was General z. bV in III. Army Corps in Berlin.

Second World War

In the course of the general mobilization before the Second World War , Dalwigk was appointed Commanding General of the Deputy General Command III on August 26, 1939 . Army corps and at the same time appointed commander of military district III . On December 1, 1940 he was promoted to general of the cavalry. Dalwigk was transferred to the Führerreserve on March 1, 1943 and adopted on May 31, 1943, when he was awarded the German Cross in Silver.

Dalwigk died in Bad Wildungen a few years after the end of the war in 1947.

Marriages and offspring

Dalwigk was married twice. On September 3, 1904, he married Maria Magdalena Beissel von Gymnich (* December 7, 1878, † July 7, 1918). With her he had four sons and a daughter. After the death of his first wife, he married Vera Marianne Hermine Auguste Doraline Countess Grote on March 5, 1920 (* December 18, 1889, † September 28, 1965). This marriage resulted in a son and a daughter.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945 , Part IV, Volume 3: Dahlmann – Fitzlaff, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 , pp. 7–8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.bickel-wbn.de ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Family tree.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bickel-wbn.de
  2. ↑ Management with the rank of major general also documented in Rudolf Absolon: The Wehrmacht in the Third Reich. January 30, 1933 to August 2, 1934. Vol. 1, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1998, p. 57 2nd edition (Writings of the Federal Archives, Vol. 16) [1]
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1924, p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Franz Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Franz Maria Friedrich Clemens von; Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Franz Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently general of the cavalry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1947
Place of death Bad Wildungen