Friedrich Hirschhauer

Friedrich Hirschhauer (born October 2, 1883 in Landau in the Palatinate , † December 9, 1979 in Munich ) was a German general of the Luftwaffe anti-aircraft cartillery in World War II .

Life

Hirschhauer joined the 8th Field Artillery Regiment of the Bavarian Army in Nuremberg as an ensign on July 5, 1902 , where he was deployed as platoon leader and battery officer . There he was promoted to lieutenant at the end of October 1904 and completed the artillery and engineering school from October 1906 to July 1907 and, as a first lieutenant, from October 1912 to September 1913 the military riding school in Munich .

During the First World War , Hirschhauer initially worked as a battery operator until December 1914 and then rose to the position of adjutant in Department I. He held this position until May 1915. He then acted as battery chief until February 1918 and was promoted to captain in August 1915 . In this position, Hirschhauer was appointed commander of the previously conquered Fort Douaumont near Verdun on July 16, 1916 , but his post he gave up again in the same year. From February 10, 1918, beyond the end of the war until the end of September 1919, Hirschhauer then held the position of Leader of the III. Department. For his work he received both classes of the Iron Cross and the Military Merit Order IV. Class with swords and with a crown.

On October 1, 1919, Hirschhauer transferred to the 48th Infantry Regiment as leader of the infantry gun battery , where he remained until its demobilization in February 1920. This was followed from February 27 to the end of September 1920 as a battery chief in the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 24. On October 1, 1920 Hirschhauer was transferred within the Reichswehr to the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment , where he was on the staff of the III . Department in Nuremberg. From February 1, 1925 to the end of March 1928, Hirschhauer served in the role of artillery officer from the square at the fortress commandantur Cuxhaven , but then returned to his staff assignment with the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment. Here Hirschhauer finally rose to the command of the III on February 1, 1930. And became a lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1930 . From November 1932 to the end of September 1934 he was again active in the regimental staff.

On October 1, 1934, Hirschhauer joined the Luftwaffe, which was being established, with the rank of colonel , where he was employed by the staff of Luftkreis-Kommando IV in Münster until the end of September 1935 . On October 1, 1935, he rose to the position of higher commander of the flak cartillery in Luftkreis I in Königsberg , whose post he also held until the end of October 1936. During this time, Hirschhauer was also entrusted with the management of the Luftgau Nuremberg from April to October 1936 . Hirschhauer then resumed the position of Higher Commander of the Flak Cartillery in Air District III in Dresden , where he was in charge from November 1, 1936 to March 1938. After the annexation of Austria , Hirschhauer was posted to Vienna , where he served as commander of the Luftgau and replacement command from April 1, 1938 to June 30, 1938. Here he rose to the position of Commanding General and Commander in Luftgau XVII (Vienna) effective July 1, 1938 . In this position he was promoted to general of the anti-aircraft cartillery on August 1, 1939.

On August 1, 1942, Hirschhauer was appointed President of the Reich Air Protection Association. He held this post until January 31, 1945 and was then transferred to the Führerreserve at the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), where he was available at Luftgau Command XVII (Vienna). On April 30, 1945 he retired from active military service. A prisoner of war did not follow.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. The military careers of the aviation, anti-aircraft, paratrooper, air intelligence and engineer officers. Part II, Volume 2: Habermehl – ​​Nuber. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 98-99.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 140.
2. ↑ Horst-Adalbert Koch: FLAK. The history of the German anti-aircraft cartillery and the deployment of air force helpers. Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965, p. 416.