Günther von Niebelschütz

Günther von Niebelschütz (born June 27, 1882 in Sprottau , † January 26, 1945 in Schildeck near Osterode in East Prussia ) was a German infantry general in World War II .

Life

origin

Günther was the son of the Prussian colonel z. D. Horst von Niebelschütz (* March 25, 1855 - February 11, 1934), Herr auf Dahme bei Wohlau , and his wife Margarethe, née Severin (* November 21, 1855 - March 12, 1923).

Military career

Niebelschütz kicked his cadet training on March 22, 1901 as a lieutenant in the 3rd Guards Regiment walk the Prussian army one. The officer's license was later dated June 22, 1901. On June 19, 1914 he was promoted to captain . When the First World War broke out , he was an adjutant in the 40th Infantry Brigade . He was wounded and awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords.

After the end of the war, Niebelschütz was accepted into the Reichswehr . In the spring of 1920, he was part of the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 32 of the 200,000-strong "Transitional Army", and in the formation of the "100,000-man army" in January 1921, he began to see Regiment Infantry 12th , where he served as company commander served . On February 1, 1923, he was promoted to major . In the spring of 1924 he was transferred to the Army Inspectorate of Education at the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin. In 1927 he moved to the Army Personnel Office . In 1928 Niebelschütz changed back to the troop service, now as commander of the III. Battalion of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Osterode . Shortly afterwards, on November 1, 1928, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On April 1, 1931, while being promoted to colonel , he was appointed commander of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Deutsch Eylau .

On February 1, 1933 he was appointed Infantry Leader I in Allenstein . On December 1, 1933, he was promoted to major general . On October 1, 1935, he was promoted to lieutenant general and on October 15, 1935, when the units were exposed and renamed, he was appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Division .

On April 1, 1937 he was transferred to the Army High Command in Berlin and appointed inspector of the war schools . At the beginning of February 1938 he was released from this post and then retired from active service on February 28, 1938 with the character of a general of the infantry.

At the beginning of the Second World War he was reactivated and appointed commander of Border Guard Command 15 in Southeast Prussia. In April 1941 he was appointed commander of the rear army area 584 (Korück 584) in northern Russia. He was finally retired from active service in 1943 and retired to his Gut Schildeck in East Prussia . There he was shot by Soviet soldiers in January 1945 when the Red Army marched in.

family

Niebelschütz married Elisabeth Hardt (born August 18, 1879 in Schildeck, † 1946 in Naumburg / Saale), the heir to the Schildeck estate, on October 4, 1919, and moved his residence there. The marriage remained childless.

Awards

Order of the Crown IV class
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
Wound badge (1918) in black
Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with swords
Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
Knight's Cross of the Order of the Griffin
Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of Henry the Lion with Swords
Friedrich-August-Kreuz II. And I. Class
Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations
Mecidiye Order IV Class

Works

Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 230. Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg i. O. 1926.

Notes and individual references

^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume, A 23, Volume 106 of the complete series, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg / Lahn 1994, p. 382.
↑ The Infantry Leader I was set up when the 100,000-man army was formed in Defense District I and was responsible for the tactical leadership of the infantry regiments of the 1st Division of the Reichswehr. On October 1, 1934, when the Reichswehr was expanded, the staff was expanded to become a division staff, but retained the designation Infantry Leader I for camouflage reasons. It was only renamed the 11th Infantry Division on October 15, 1935 when it was exposed . The regiments were formed from the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the Reichswehr.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Reichswehr Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1929. p. 117.

personal data
SURNAME	Niebelschütz, Günther von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sprottau
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1945
Place of death	Schildeck near Osterode in East Prussia

[1] Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume, A 23, Volume 106 of the complete series, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg / Lahn 1994, p. 382.

[2] The Infantry Leader I was set up when the 100,000-man army was formed in Defense District I and was responsible for the tactical leadership of the infantry regiments of the 1st Division of the Reichswehr. On October 1, 1934, when the Reichswehr was expanded, the staff was expanded to become a division staff, but retained the designation Infantry Leader I for camouflage reasons. It was only renamed the 11th Infantry Division on October 15, 1935 when it was exposed . The regiments were formed from the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the Reichswehr.

[Rangliste1929-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Reichswehr Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1929. p. 117.