Friedrich von Amann

Friedrich Ludwig von Amann (born March 8, 1870 in Berlin , † March 29, 1953 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Friedrich was the son of the later Prussian general of the infantry Wilhelm von Amann (1839–1928) and his wife Emma, ​​née Hegeler (* 1848).

Military career

Amann was initially brought up in the family home. He attended schools in Glogau , Potsdam , Altona and made his Abitur at Luisengymnasium Berlin . Then he joined the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm IV." (1st Pomeranian) No. 2 of the Prussian Army on March 19, 1889 as a three-year-old volunteer with the prospect of promotion . There Amann was promoted to secondary lieutenant until September 1890 and from April 1, 1894 was commanded for one year in the Castle Guard Company . Released from this command with effect from October 1, 1894, he came as an intern at the War Academy , which Amann then completed from October 1, 1895 to July 21, 1897. After his promotion to Prime Lieutenant he was commanded from October 1, 1898 to September 30, 1901 as an adjutant to the Szczecin District Command. In the same capacity, Amann was transferred to the 9th Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt (Oder) on January 27, 1904 and promoted to captain in mid-September 1904 . From March 22, 1907, he was employed as a company commander in the Guard Fusilier Regiment . With his promotion to major , Amann worked for the regimental staff from October 1, 1913 and was appointed commander of the 2nd battalion in the training infantry regiment at the outbreak of the First World War .

With this regiment Amann initially took part in the invasion of neutral Belgium and the conquest of Namur . At the end of August 1914 he moved to the Eastern Front and was used in the fighting on the Masurian Lakes and around Lodz . There his battalion suffered heavy losses. Amann took part in the fighting in the Carpathians in 1915 and was transferred to the Guard Fusilier Regiment on June 1, 1915 as a battalion commander. For a short time he was involved with this association from April to the beginning of September 1916 in the fighting on the Western Front and was used during the trench warfare in Champagne and the Battle of the Somme . After he had already received both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords for his achievements . He then worked again on the Eastern Front until Amann was appointed commander of the Grenadier Regiment "King Wilhelm I" (2nd West Prussian) No. 7 on December 21, 1916 . The regiment was at the time on the Aisne and participated in the further course of the war u. a. in the battle there , the trench warfare on the Chemin des Dames and in March / April 1918 in the German offensive .

After the armistice of Compiègne , Amann led the remnants of his regiment back home to Liegnitz . There he gave up command and on December 18, 1918, became the leader of the Guard Fusilier Regiment, which at that time was in the process of being demobilized . With the formation of the Provisional Reichswehr, Amann was with the staff of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 12 from October 1, 1919 to September 30, 1920 and then as a lieutenant colonel with the staff of the 7th Infantry Regiment . With his promotion to colonel on April 1, 1921, he was appointed commander of the Neuhammer military training area . Under awarding of the character of a major general Amann was adopted from military service on 31 January 1924th

Shortly before the start of the Second World War , Amann was placed at the disposal of the Wehrmacht and on August 26, 1939, was appointed commander of Breslau . In this capacity he was promoted to major general on December 1, 1940 and lieutenant general on April 1, 1942. A month later he was transferred to the Führerreserve and his mobilization provision on June 30, 1942 and his z.V. position on May 31, 1943 canceled.

family

Amann had married Eva Adelheid Klara Hedwig von Pelzer (* 1877) on October 9, 1897 in Jüterbog . The daughter Evamarie (* 1898) emerged from the marriage.

literature

• Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Brockmann: 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. Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 52-53.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses . Volume 7, Verlag Justus Perthes , Gotha 1913, pp. 7-8.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Officer master list of the Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1st Pomeranian) No. 2. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1906, pp. 244–245.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 67/68 of October 7, 1916, p. 1535.