Friedrich von Cochenhausen (General, 1879)

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Friedrich von Cochenhausen (born July 14, 1879 in Marburg ; † July 20, 1946 in Hochstadt am Main ) was a German officer , most recently general of the artillery in World War II and the author of numerous books.

Life

Promotions

On September 21, 1897, Cochenhausen joined the 1st Kurhessian Field Artillery Regiment No. 11 in Kassel as a flag squire . There, on April 21, 1898, his appointment as cadet and on 27 January 1899, to lieutenant . As such, he was transferred to the 3rd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 83 in Friedrichsfeld on October 1, 1899 , where he was initially employed as a battery officer. From October 1, 1901 to March 21, 1902 he was assigned to the United Artillery and Engineering School . Subsequently, Cochenhausen worked as a trainer at the field artillery shooting school. On September 17, 1907, he returned to the 3rd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 83 as a battery officer. From October 1, 1907 to July 21, 1910, he was assigned to the Prussian War Academy and then to the General Staff .

With the outbreak of the First World War , Cochenhausen was transferred here and used in the general staff of the field army and in other general staff posts as the war continued. Among other things, he also acted as a liaison officer for the Supreme Army Command in the North Caucasus .

After the end of the war, Cochenhausen was accepted into the provisional Reichswehr and from October 1, 1919 to May 16, 1920, he was employed as a consultant in the Reichswehr Ministry in the Army Training Department (T 4). This was followed by commands to Reichswehr Brigade 9 and from August 9, 1920 to military district command I, where he remained until October 1 of that year. Then Cochenhausen returned to the Reichswehr Ministry. From October 1, 1923 to December 1, 1925 he was then commander of the II. Division of the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Minden . On December 1, 1925, he was promoted to Chief of Staff for the Army Education and Training System. Cochenhausen held this post until the end of February 1928. On February 1, 1927, he was promoted to colonel. At the beginning of 1928 he was transferred to the staff of the 4th Artillery Regiment in Dresden. In 1929 his book "Gneisenau - Its significance in history and for the present" was published by Mittler-Verlag in Berlin. On February 1, 1929, he was appointed commander of the 4th Artillery Regiment in Dresden. There he was promoted to major general on March 1, 1930. In 1931 his books “The War Studies Training of the Troop Officer” and “The Troop Leadership” were published by Mittler-Verlag in Berlin. On February 1, 1931, he was appointed Artillery Leader IV in Dresden. On 31 January 1932 he resigned under the ceremony character as a lieutenant general from active military service. A year and a half later, he was appointed President of the German Society for Defense Policy and Defense Sciences , which he remained until 1945. This was published by the magazine “ Wissen und Wehr ”.

On October 1, 1935, Cochenhausen was reactivated as Lieutenant General in the Air Force and worked as a tactics teacher at the Air War Academy Berlin-Gatow until February 28, 1938 . On February 28, 1938, Cochenhausen resigned from active service again, giving him the character of General der Flieger .

Shortly before the beginning of the Second World War , he was at the disposal of the army and served as the commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the XIII. Army corps and commanders in military district XIII . In this position, Cochenhausen was transferred to active service on April 17, 1940 and promoted to General of the Artillery on December 1, 1940. Cochenhausen gave his command on May 1, 1942 to the General of the Infantry Mauritz von Wiktorin and was transferred to the Führerreserve until May 31, 1942 . On that date he finally resigned from active service.

Cochenhausen was also an honorary senator of the University of Erlangen .

Fonts

  • 1920 German soldiery
  • 1926 Further training in military science for the troop officer. A handbook for teachers and students with practical examples
  • 1929 Gneisenau - Its significance in history and for the present
  • ???? The Imperial Army
  • 1933 Defense Thoughts - A Collection of Defense Policy Articles
  • 1933 From Scharnhorst to Schlieffen 1806 - 1906, one hundred years of the Prussian-German General Staff , Berlin (as editor)
  • 1935 Creator and designer of the military force
  • 1936 Will and deed
  • 1937 fateful battles of the nations
  • 1937 The most important military literature of 1936, in Bücherkunde , Gauverlag Bayreuth, 4th year.
  • Soldierhood remembered in 1938 - contributions to military education
  • 1940 Tactical manual for the troop leader and his assistants
  • 1940 The defense of Central Europe
  • 1940 Gneisenau, the conqueror of Napoleon
  • 1940 culture and soldiery
  • 1942 Soldier leaders and educators
  • 1943 The will to win. Clausewitz's doctrine of the counterweights inherent in war and how to overcome them, explained on the 1814 campaign in France
  • 1943 Letters from Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke
  • 1943 Thoughts from Clausewitz

Awards

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935–1945, Part II, Volume 1: Abernetty – v. Gyldenfeldt , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 , pp. 162-163

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 108
personal data
SURNAME Cochenhausen, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently general of the artillery in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1946
Place of death Hochstadt am Main