Fritz von Westerman
Fritz von Westerman (born June 1, 1921 in Tübingen ; † August 20, 2007 in Rheinbach ) was a German army officer, most recently in the rank of major general .
Life
Westerman came from a Baltic German aristocratic family who moved to Germany after the First World War. He entered the Wehrmacht as an officer candidate in 1939 and received several awards. He returned from the war as captain of the reserve. From the summer semester of 1946 he studied physics at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen , where he became a member of the Tübingen fraternity Derendingia . He finished his studies with a degree in physics.
In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr . In 1976 Westerman became division commander of the 2nd Jäger Division of the German Armed Forces . Westerman was seen in 1978 as a Bundeswehr general in an episode of the documentary Germany in the fall . In 1982 he retired and was committed to the social reintegration of prisoners, such as his wife Ingeborg, who died in 2019 and who has been doing this voluntary activity since 1974. In 2001 they received the sponsorship award for volunteering in the city of Rheinbach.
Awards
- German Cross in Gold (1944)
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1978)
- Entry in the Golden Book of the City of Rheinbach (1980)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Membership directory of the Derendingia fraternity in Tübingen. 1967, master roll no. 925.
- ↑ Fritz von Westerman as actor in the documentation Germany in Autumn , on: www.imdb.com [1]
- ↑ https://trauer.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/trauerbeispiel/ingeborg-vonwesterman
- ↑ Awarding of the Rheinbach City Promotion Prize to Fritz von Westerman, at: www.rhein-sieg-kreis.de - ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ General von Westerman in the Golden Book of the city of Rheinbach, on: www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de [2]
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Otto Schaefer (1956–1957) | Friedrich Foertsch (1957–1958) | Alfred Zerbel (1958–1960) | Ottomar Hansen (1960–1961) | Klaus Müller (1961–1964) | Werner Drews (1964–1967) | Ernst Ferber (1967–1969) | Rolf Juergens (1970–1971) | Carl-Gero von Ilsemann (1971–1976) | Fritz von Westerman (1976–1979) | Werner Schäfer (1979–1981) | Manfred Fanslau (1981–1984) | Carl-Helmuth Lichel (1984–1987) | Hans Grillmeier (1987–1991) | Wolfgang Estorf (1991-1994)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westerman, Fritz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German army officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Rheinbach |